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August 2011 Home Of The Month - Gerrard & Jones

August 30, 2011 | Home Of The Month

When my stylin' single male buyer in the banking industry contacted me to make his first purchase, he indicated he was pretty open to most any type of dwelling and location in the city centre. His main housing criteria included proximity to public transportation, good resale potential, and a place to park his vintage…
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The Income Property Proposal

August 26, 2011 | Real Estate, Tales Of Upper Hillsborough

Above is a photo from the 1986 movie 'The Money Pit' starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Cast as two optimistic homebuyers seduced by the charm of a vintage house being sold for cheap "under distress", the property and their ordeal turns into a madcap nightmare complete with corny ending. For all its…
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Green Scene

August 24, 2011 | Architecture

I like the way architecture is increasingly integrating plantings into the structure of property more and more. It better serves the health and welfare of our environment and softens all the hard edges that dominate our urbanscapes. This modern house in Singapore has a lush eye-catching facade that would make me a happy…
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House Hunting In Charlottetown

August 22, 2011 | Real Estate, Tales Of Upper Hillsborough

My friend James has made Charlottetown his residence each summer for over a decade, where he plays in the orchestra for the Anne Of Green Gables Musical. It's a great gig for James, where the complexity of his artistic craft is counteracted by the simplicity of island life. Prince Edward Island embodies all the caricatures of storybook…
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Locks Or Stocks?

August 19, 2011 | MediaPress, News, Real Estate

Locks? Stocks? Or live in a barrel? Any one who has money invested in the stock market has become a little frayed and jittery lately. It's got people wondering whether they should cash out some capital and invest it money in bricks and mortar. Should they? Read on for urbaneer.com's latest press in Propertywire.ca, which…
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Peek-A-View 3

August 18, 2011 | Renovation

You may recall my self-indulgent whining back in February during the early days renovating my Movie House Loft. At the time I struggled over what original builder’s grade fittings I would keep and what items I would turf. Like everyone facing a hefty home improvement expense, some times one can get distracted trying to save…
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Chowder In Charlottetown

August 16, 2011 | RestaurantBars, Travel

When I travel, I tend to hone in on my favourite local culinary specialty and then consume it again, and again, and again. So during my stay in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, I pretty much ordered the Seafood Chowder whenever I saw it on the menu which, being on the…
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Beach Time On PEI

August 14, 2011 | Travel

As far as I'm concerned, summer leisure should always include time relaxing by water. This year I enjoyed hiking, swimming and sun-tanning at Prince Edward Island's breathtaking National Park. This ocean treasure is situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Being approximately 60 km in length and ranging from several hundred metres…
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Summer Sizzle Part Deux

August 12, 2011 | News, Real Estate

Last week I wrote about our scorching hot Toronto real estate market, using June's sale statistics to demonstrate how dramatically it is outperforming last summer. Typically, the humid weather prompts buyers to take a break, but not this year. We're low on supply, while demand continues to surge. Buyers are in a summer…
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Charlottetown’s Charm

August 10, 2011 | Tales Of Upper Hillsborough, Travel

I first passed through Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 2005 enroute to the celebratory union of my journalist friend Stephanie to her filmaker beau Meril at his family's farm in Meat Cove, Cape Breton. It was one stop of several on a circuitous road trip beginning and ending in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that would see me loop around the…
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