Tennille's Blog

Just like you take a car for regular tune ups to ensure it continues to run smoothly, your home also needs some special attention. There's a lot more to keeping up a house than cutting the grass and clearing snow from the driveway. Ensuring your home "looks" good and is in proper working order, n...

New homeowners often find there's more to keeping up a house than cutting the grass and clearing snow from the driveway. Tools To start with, a new homeowner needs to have on hand a 'basic tool kit'. A number of basic tools are a must C a metal hammer, screwdrivers with a variety of heads, a smal...

When we moved into our newly "renovated" bungalow in the fall last year, our very friendly new neighbours pulled us aside to warn us that the contractors were rather lazy and spent many a day in the summer in the back yard chatting and smoking the day away.  At the time we moved in, they were sti...

For those of you that have not had the chance to read the TREB updates,  below is one of the Alerts posted.  I have to imagine that any agent that has been through the described situation has got to be pretty frustrated. "TREB has received recent updates that a woman described in a Member Alert d...

Buying or selling a home is a big business transaction. That's why it's so important to select, in advance, an experienced team of experts and professionals you can trust.These skilled and knowledgeable individuals can vary, but usually include the services of a REALTOR, a lender, a lawyer, a hom...

As per an article in today's Toronto Star, neighbourhoods of Swansea, Roncesvalles and Parkdale enjoyed the highest one-year appreciation among single-detached homes in the Greater Toronto Area in 2006. Homes in those neighbourhoods now hover at $642,000, up by 18 per cent from $544,000 at the en...

If you're thinking of purchasing your first home, you probably have a lot of great ideas about what you'd like - such as several thousand square feet of living space, a two-car garage, large fenced-in lot, one or two fireplaces and a panoramic view. But it may be time for a reality check.  Most f...

There's little doubt that Canadians are on the move. Whether moving from an apartment to a home, apartment to apartment or home to home, moving is no simple matter. With careful planning, however, your transition can be facilitated in an organized and efficient manner, allowing you the peace of m...