Home Maintenance Series: Gutter Maintenance
It is vital to periodically check the overall condition of a home. Routine maintenance for your gutter is one of the best tips to preserve the value of your home. Gutters demand high quality and preventative maintenance. Homeowners usually neglect or pay little attention to their gutters. They soon discover a number of problems and … Read more
Read MoreHome Maintenance Series: Deck Refinishing
A new wood deck is a useful addition to your home, which gives a warm, beautiful connection with the outdoors, adding to a home’s asset and setting the stage for a world of outdoor activities. Unfortunately decks take a lot of abuse from continued exposure from frequent drastic changes of our weather, making its beauty … Read more
Read MoreSpring Blooms – Early Flowers to Plant in Belleville
Spring is a much loved season for many people and it is definitely easy to understand why this is so. Spring is when the earth awakes back to life after a long cold winter, when the first flowers begin to blossom and the green world is beginning to return from a winter starved of color. … Read more
Read MoreHome Maintenance Series: Exterior Maintenance
Most of the major defects in your home are the consequence from the failure of one or more of the components to your property. More frequently than not, this will be on the exterior of your house, which you may not regularly look at to recognize problems as they occur. It is all too easy … Read more
Read MoreFlower Garden: What Should I Plant?
Choosing garden flowers is a little daunting, but it is also exciting and always an adventure. What should I plant? This is the biggest gardener’s subject. Selecting plants is one of the toughest gardening tasks, simply because there are so many to choose from. There are a lot of factors to consider. One of these … Read more
Read MoreGardening for Beginners
We have learned that plants have four basic needs, namely: sunlight, water, soil (nutrients) and air. Incorporating this knowledge in gardening assures us of healthy plants which are the main focus of our garden. We must carefully consider the needs of each plant that we are planning to include in our garden. Each should thrive … Read more
Read MoreHome Check… Spring Home Maintenance
It’s time to bring back the life and beauty to your home…….it’s time for spring home maintenance. With the daylight savings time in effect, let’s make use of the extra sunshine to keep our homes in good condition. Before you start with your chores, grab a pen and paper and make a checklist of the … Read more
Read MoreSpring Gardening Time
Winter is officially over and here comes one of the best seasons, spring. This is when everything comes to life. Spring is considered a period of growth and new life. After surviving a long winter, it is now the time to go out, appreciate sunshine, budding plants, birds and everything around us. Spring is synonymous … Read more
Read MoreHome Maintenance – A Must!
The purpose of home maintenance is not just to maintain a clean and well-organized home. It is done to ensure that the home is in optimum condition, is healthy and safe for those living in it. Regular maintenance and home care also saves you time and money. Furthermore, it protects ones investment; a well-preserved and … Read more
Read More20 Somethings use Communal homeownership to start sooner.
CAROLYN IRELAND From Friday’s Globe and Mail January 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM EST All things considered, Stacy Morris and Jamee Lakas got along awfully well sharing a cramped dorm room at the University of Waterloo. So well, in fact, that the roommates speculated that some day — if they were both single — they … Read more
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