Kirk and I negotiated two walk throughs of the house before we take possession. We wanted to get into our new space as soon as possible because a) having seen it so briefly we desperately wanted another look! and b) to take our contractors through to have a look at the state of things/ take […]

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I sketched out an initial floorplan for our main floor reno- I used actual length and width dimensions of the space (21ft x 34ft) but had to guess/ use memory for how things were spaced out on the interior ie. length of staircase, fireplace location, exact window locations etc. I came up with a plan […]

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After the sale of our house we were able to determine our approximate initial reno budget of $120,000 (including the land transfer tax and kitchen appliances which we will buy now, pay later). I pulled out my large folder of magazine tears that I had collected over the years of rooms that inspired me in […]

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The real estate market in our area of Toronto continues to be strong. We literally had the opportunity to view our new home for 15 minutes while being ushered through all 4 floors. That being said we came away from it knowing that it had great bones and lots of space to work with… and […]

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Here are some before and after pictures of our house when we first moved in and some of the after shots of renovations that we worked on throughout the 5 years.

Our “After” photos were taken for our listing on MLS.ca so we need to give the normal legal details: “Photos are property of Feature It […]

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