Toronto Real Estate: A Home Inspection Story Part 4
December 30th, 2009 categories: Around TORONTO, Buying in Toronto, Real Estate, Selling in Toronto, Toronto
Years ago a consumer bought one of my listings, and after living there for 10 years and having children, he decided to finish the basement as a bedroom and playroom for his children. A few years later he decided to sell it and a pre-listing inspection was done and then the new buyer decided to do another one as part of the Purchase. After the sale was completed it was found that there was dampness in the basement and the Buyer felt that the Seller had known. Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto Real Estate: The Reality of Home Inspections Part 1
December 29th, 2009 categories: Buying in Toronto, Listings, Real Estate, Selling in Toronto, Toronto
After years of attending Home Inspections, some of them my own, I have learned a few lessons that I thought would be good to share with you:
No Home Inspection is perfect:
Even if you were to buy a brand new Home today, the Home Inspector would find some issues that need to be dealt with. That is their job.
Manage your expectations:
In reality, Houses are ongoing projects, costly and full of surprises. The job of the Home Inspector is to minimize some of those surprises and to educate you in helping to recognize issues where they may be or may appear. Read the rest of this entry »
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Some Great Home ecoEnergy News from “Carson Dunlop and Associates”.
April 23rd, 2009 categories: Real Estate, Toronto
Here is some great news from Andra Wooley of Carson Dunlop and Associates. It showcases some of the existing energy options that are available through the both the Federal and Provincial Governments. Hopefully this will serve to clarify some of the confusion on what is available at present to Homeowners:
“Richard, as mentioned, we are excited to share this IMPORTANT news for all home owners. NRCan’s ecoENERGY Retrofit program now offers more ways to access valuable rebates. NOW, 25% MORE GRANT MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR UPGRADES PLUS SEVERAL CRITICAL PROGRAM CHANGES.
Some Highlights:
25% increase in available grants – still maximum of $5000 federally (+ separate provincial programs) Read the rest of this entry »
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For Real Estate, This Year’s Colour is “GREEN”.
December 29th, 2008 categories: Lifestyle, Real Estate
It seems as if every time I open my mail, emails, newspaper, TV, radio etc. there is more movement on “GREEN” issues. I do support the GREEN movement even though I own an SUV (remember I work from home and my commute is from my bedroom to my office…also small cars look funny with the For Sale Signs hanging out the back window). When we bought our new house, we upgraded the perfectly good 60% efficiency Furnace, washer and dryer, Read the rest of this entry »
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