Archive for Toronto Home Maintenance
Toronto Homeowners Go Over Renovation Budget
According to a recent Royal Bank of Canada poll, almost half of Canadian homeowners who renovated their real estate within the past two years overshot their budget, and only two-thirds of homeowners who renovated established a budget. If you’re renovating to sell your home or increase its value, it’s worthwhile to understand how much value [...]
Over-Sealing Your Toronto Real Estate To Conserve Energy?
The weather in Toronto is cooling fast.. Many Toronto homeowners will take to using heat in order to warm up and get a decent night’s sleep. Smart homeowners also know that the smallest crack or opening will seriously lessen the efficiency of their winter heat, and will seal up their homes to prevent their precious [...]
Toronto Income Real Estate And Claiming Business Losses
Thanksgiving weekend is the unofficial closing of cottage country season for Greater Toronto Area vacation real estate owners. The leaf colour changes have reached their peak, and soon the temperature will drop too low to be palatable during the majority of evenings on the lake. Those summer nights around the campfire and fishing opportunities are [...]
Sometimes, It’s Not Easy Being Green For Toronto Homeowners
Sustainable products, eco-awareness films, energy-efficient appliances and environmentally friendly incentives for homeowners are just a handful of the green things that we see all around us throughout the day, everywhere we look. Government and City of Toronto incentives are still rewarding homeowners left and right when they renovate with green in mind. Some of these [...]
How Old Is Your Toronto Real Estate?
Older homes certainly have their charms. They have a history that newer homes simply cannot duplicate and more often than not have quite a few stories to share. However, the age of your home can pose a couple of significant threats to your family’s health if it was built more than 50 years ago. The [...]
Prepping Your Toronto Real Estate For Fall
The leaves are changing and the weather has already cooled in Toronto, but before winter comes you might want to get some fall maintenance done in order to both protect your investment and help you save money on your heating bills. If this maintenance is not done before winter, serious floor damage could occur and [...]
Toronto Home Appliance Program Can Lower Energy Bills
Toronto building codes are changing, and by 2012 it’ll be mandatory for homes to be 35% more energy-efficient than they are today. New homes will probably be built with higher-end, costlier and more energy-efficient cooling and heating systems as a result. These systems may also be costlier to maintain and repair should there be a [...]
Winterizing Your Toronto Home
There are a lot of ways Toronto real estate owners can prepare for winter. While it’s not quite winter yet, anyone who’s ever swore they’d get around to minor necessary household repairs and maintenance before the snow began to fall has often found themselves in -30 weather in the middle of January wondering why they [...]
Toronto Real Estate Income Properties Require Research On Potential Tenants
Ever consider renting out your Toronto real estate? Maybe you have a spare bedroom, basement or whole home that was bought as an investment property and some extra income would certainly help with paying off the mortgage. There are more laws in place in Ontario to protect tenants than landlords. In the case of a [...]
Radon Risks For Toronto Real Estate Owners
Radon is the lesser-known, ugly cousin of mold and asbestos. It’s a homeowner issue that is not discussed or widely publicized like mold and asbestos, because there’s little recourse for litigation. When radon occurs, it’s not really anyone’s fault. Radon is a radioactive gas that is invisible and has no odour. It naturally exists all [...]
