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Progress Report: Second and third floor reno

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Meanwhile on the second and third floor we are preparing for our move-in date that is only 2 days away(!) I’m very hopeful that it will all come together… the walls of every room will be painted today, the carpet goes in tomorrow, appliances arrive tomorrow, electrician goes in to finish up on thursday morning, […]

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Tags: The new house · General · Uncategorized

Progress Report: Main floor reno

November 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

As you know we are taking all of the walls out of the main floor to make it completely open concept. That means we need a big beam running the length of the house. The beam will be 16 inches deep since we only want one post in the middle of the house. […]

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Tags: The new house · Contractors · General

The new place

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Slideshow · General

At the beginning

September 12th, 2007 · 5 Comments

And so the anxiety begins! Kirk and I have suddenly found ourselves to be the proud owners of a lovely early 1900’s detached brick home on one of Riverdales prime streets. We weren’t necessarily anxious to find a new home as we had just nearly completed renovating our first starter home that we liked and […]

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Tags: The old house · General