Ah the joys of home ownership…

We were having my family over for brunch this morning and so I went into the basement to bring up some extra chairs. As I went down the stairs I noticed an odd aroma. As soon as I turned the corner I could see water on the concrete […]

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This year will be our first holiday season in the new house. We’re going to host Christmas gatherings for both of our families so Anke was excited about decorating the new living room. We purchased a 10 foot tree (we had to trim a bit off the top) and had fun making it […]

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This morning Bruce Hanson the energy advisor from Building Insight came back to do the follow-up assessment for our ecoENERGY retrofit grant. We expect to receive about $4,000 in grants from the federal and provincial government for the improvements we have made to the house.

We’ve come to that conclusion based on:

Upgrading all of the […]

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