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Small improvements make most of utility room
July 24, 2024
Call it what you will -- utility room, laundry room, mud room -- the names say it all. It's a place for the washer and dryer to live, a place for wet and dirty clothes to hang out, a landing point for muddy boots and chore jackets, you name it. If you have one of those multipurpose rooms and you'd like it to do even more, or at least do it more ...
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Say goodbye to mold
July 24, 2024
The word mold can strike terror in the hearts of home owners. It can cause health problems, especially for the ultra sensitive person. But consider this. Our homes are more tightly sealed than ever. They are warm and many of us add moisture either with humidifiers or everyday water uses. It's the perfect setup for mold.
Mold is a fungus with ...
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Showing Your House to Homebuyers
July 23, 2024
Showing the House
Your house should always be available for show, even though it may occasionally be inconvenient for you. Let your listing agent put a lock box in a convenient place to make it easy for other agents to show your home to homebuyers. Otherwise, agents will have to schedule appointments, which is an inconvenience. Most will just ...
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Single Women Buy Homes, Too!
July 22, 2024
Record numbers of single women are buying homes. If you're a single woman who wants to buy a house, the good news is the market is wide open for you. The stats from the Joint Center for Housing Studies say:
•More than one in five home buyers is a single woman.
•Twice as many unmarried women are buying homes than single men.
•Single women ...
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Disclosure: What Sellers Need to Know
July 21, 2024
States are cracking down on sellers' obligation to disclose known material facts about properties for sale—especially conditions not readily apparent, such as a cracked foundation. A material fact is anything that could affect the sale price or influence a buyer's decision to purchase a home.
The major cause of post-sale disputes and lawsuits ...
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Parent trap
July 19, 2024
Parents who live in single-detached homes in Canada's largest cities are among the most likely to have adult children living at home with them, suggests a Statistics Canada study.
The data suggest that nearly 60 per cent of Canadians aged 20 to 24 live with their parents, compared with just 41 per cent two decades earlier.
In an age of early ...
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The Big clean
July 19, 2024
Scrub, wipe and polish. It must be spring and time to sweep away the grime of winter. & Don't forget to recycle
It's been a long, long winter, but spring is making slushy inroads, which means it's time for the annual ritual of spring cleaning. This is when we wipe away winter's grime and hopefully go even further and recycle unwanted items, ...
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How to become a landlord
July 19, 2024
If you ever asked yourself how to become a landlord, you are in the right place! Investing in real estate,
and trying to profit out of it is a great idea, and if you have a chance to do it – you shouldn’t hesitate.
Many people are planning or already renting or leasing their property, and if you ask them for their
opinion – you should ...
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Making an attractive home-purchase offer
July 18, 2024
It's easy to assume that negotiating is adversarial. You, the buyer, are on one side -- the side that wants to buy a property for the lowest price possible. The opposition on the other side is the seller who wants to sell for the highest price possible. You're locked in a tug of war to see which side will win.
It's more productive to look at a ...
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Ottawa population to hit 1.13 million by 2031
July 17, 2024
With urban sprawl and Greenbelt development once again hot topics, the city's planning and environment committee will be asked Tuesday to approve new population projections for Ottawa.
A recent staff report has forecast the City of Ottawa will have 1,136,000 people, 496,000 households, and 703,000 jobs by 2031.
The Greater Ottawa-Gatineau ...
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