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A Climate Risk Assessment Tool Is Now Available For Canadian Homebuyers & Homeowners

March 15, 2023
Healthy Home, House And Home
Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design! I’m Steve Fudge and I’m celebrating my 31st year as a realtor and property consultant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although Spring keeps approaching to knock at our doorsteps, it retreats and leaves us with the harshest – and wildest – of…
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Knob And Tube Wiring Is Still Common In Canada

November 7, 2022
Healthy Home, Tales Of Upper Hillsborough
Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design, where I explore all the facets of Canadian real estate, housing, and home. I’m Steve Fudge, and I’m a realtor and housing consultant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For 30 years! Today I’m writing about oldey-time knob and tube wiring which is…
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Dear Urbaneer: How Can I Escape Electrosmog For An EMF-Free Housing Community In The Countryside?

October 28, 2022
Dear Urbaneer, Healthy Home
Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where I dip into our mailbag to answer questions from both inquisitive readers and Urbaneer clients. This post is uniquely specific compared to other more broad shelter topics that I’ve addressed in this series, but it’s really important and relevant to a…
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Climate Risk Assessment And Real Estate Values

June 3, 2022
Healthy Home, Real Estate
I’m Steve Fudge, and I sell real estate in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design. This is where I share my insights and experiences on almost every aspect of the Toronto (and Canadian) Real Estate Market – and life here in…
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Dear Urbaneer: How Can I Incorporate Eco-Friendly Décor And Products At Home?

April 29, 2022
Dear Urbaneer, Healthy Home
Welcome to this month’s edition of Dear Urbaneer, where I open my virtual mailbag to field real estate questions from my readers. This month, in celebration of spring, Earth Day and an awareness of the necessity in incorporating sustainable choices in all of our daily living- including life at home…
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Dear Urbaneer: How Can I Make My Outdoor Space More Eco-Friendly?

January 14, 2022
COVID-19 & Toronto Real Estate, Dear Urbaneer, Design, Healthy Home
Welcome to January 2022’s addition to the Dear Urbaneer where I answer real estate questions from my inquisitive readers. This time, I am helping some homeowners who are keen are making their outdoor space more eco-friendly.     Dear Urbaneer: First, we want you to know you inspired us with…
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Dear Urbaneer: How Do I Ensure My Basement Is Not Only Comfortable, But Safe?

September 15, 2021
Dear Urbaneer, Healthy Home
Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where I take on real estate questions from my inquisitive clients. This month, I am talking with a client who has set up a home office in her basement and is wondering about the wisdom of spending a great deal of time…
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Post-Pandemic Housing Trends To Watch For

August 18, 2021
COVID-19 & Toronto Real Estate, Healthy Home, House And Home
Working in Toronto’s real estate trenches I have the unique vantage point from which to watch the ever-evolving state of architecture, interior, and landscape design, as I get to see what features and fixtures renovators and builders install in their product, and how prospective purchasers respond to it. Yes, our approach to shelter provides us with a…
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The Irony Of STILL Navigating COVID-19 On The 51st Anniversary Of Earth Day

April 22, 2021
COVID-19 & Toronto Real Estate, Healthy Home
If the earth was flat, I might leap off it. Here, on the third rock from the sun, we are celebrating the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. One might say it’s ironic that instead of globally honouring, respecting, and nurturing Mother Earth this week, our collective attention is hyper-focused on mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, just as…
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Dear Urbaneer: Can I Catch COVID-19 From HVAC Systems?

June 29, 2020
COVID-19 & Toronto Real Estate, Dear Urbaneer, Healthy Home
Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where I take the opportunity to respond to one of my clients’ real estate queries. Last week, shortly after I posted my piece exploring How COVID-19 Will Likely Change How We Design Our Homes, I received a concerned email from a client who works…
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