Welcome to the latest installment of our Healthy Home series, where we explore the relationship between your home and your health (mentally, physically and financially). In the past, we’ve talked about the dangers that can lurk in your home in the form of asbestos  or mold or the risk of…

At Urbaneer, we’ve spent 25 years honing our housing market expertise as Toronto realtors while building a business that hinges on top-notch client care. This includes our belief that the journey of homeownership stretches far beyond a home sale or purchase, and extends long after a sale closes. For example, take…

  Have you heard? A study has found that global green building is expected to double by 2018! Like many stories and reports dotting the media these days, the above article extols the virtues of building green housing and embracing sustainable materials and assemblies in construction. But, now, ideas that…

As housing buzzwords go, there are few that cause the kind of alarm that asbestos does. However, given the age of the housing stock in Toronto, encountering asbestos is not uncommon. Prior to 1990, it was used largely used in buildings for fireproofing, weatherproofing and noise reduction. Although its use…

There is much more to home ownership then signing papers and moving in. There’s some hands-on, elbow grease kind of work that is required to preserve the physical structure that is your investment- your home. That’s why urbaneer is writing another installment in our “Healthy Home” series, where we address…