Do you remember the Calgon commercials from the 70s? For the past two days, from sunrise to sunset, there has been a revolving door of trades at my Movie House Loft. It’s exciting and exhausting at the same time. Hopefully, next week all the major install will be complete. I’m completely spent…

Could you live without a kitchen for a month? It’s been four weeks since I moved back into my still incomplete Movie House loft. Amongst other items like mirrors, railings and countertops, I’ve been waiting for the kitchen which I ordered back in January, to arrive. Sigh. Living under seige…

If smarty pants Benjamin Franklin had written in 1789 “Nothing is certain but death, taxes and construction delays“, I have an inkling this founding father’s legacy as genius polymath might have been elevated to enlightened soothsayer. This alternative quip as common lore could have single handedly slowed down America’s quest to build bigger and better, which might have lowered the collective blood pressure, improved relations with their contractors, and…

Back in January, I closed the sale of my Button Factory loft after thirteen years of ownership. Click HERE for a peek at my past. I then moved into a breath-taking 3000 square foot Vintage Annex Apartment four-month sublet: Click HERE for a look at my Home Sweet Temporary Home. All while embarking on a total…

Today I’d like to share the happy conclusion of my Trinity-Bellwoods Mini-Manse listing. To begin, I’d like you to know Joanne, my Seller of Trinity-Bellwoods Mini-Manse, is an amazing dream client. From the moment she contacted me in February to share some happy news that would necessitate the sale of her first Home, Joanne entrusted me to advise, develop and co-execute a plan of action…

So it’s near 30 days since I wrote about my trials and tribulations at the Movie House during its first month of a redo. If you’re new to my blog, I’m taking my twelve year old ‘builder’s grade’ sliver of a loft located in College Street’s vintage Movie House Conversion and turning it into…

So it’s been a month since we vacated The Movie House and the reno is well underway. The space is empty of almost all the ubiquitous builder-grade fittings except the solid maple floors which will be refinished, the soaking tub, and the ‘rainbow slate floors’ in the washrooms which I gotta…

Back in 1999 (see photo above), after three years of a detailed retrofit, the third adaptive reuse conversion I was engaged on became registered as ‘The Movie House’ condominium. Located in Toronto’s Little Italy on the northwest corner of College Street and Euclid Avenue, this former Metropolitan Review Cinema became an intimate 18 unit…

Not to be present myself as too ornery, but this blog was originally going to be a rant on one of my many housing pet peeves. As a realtor unlocking the doors of dozens of homes each month, I’m constantly seeing the Number One no-no of showcasing art. What is it you…