How Safe Is Your Neighbourhood?

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
That today is Halloween makes this post rather gruesome and haunting. After all, what’s more scary than the dark side of reality? CBC Toronto recently compiled police data spanning the last seven years to create a comprehensive map of crime occurrences and drug charges in each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods.…
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Loft Redux

Leslieville/Riverside, Style Enhancement
When our client moved his company out of his authentic ‘live/work’ loft, leaving it devoid of most furnishings, we decided a design intervention was the only way to go. After all, when you’re working with a volume of space where the ceilings are 13.5 feet high and the wall of factory windows span nearly forty feet,…
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Termites For Our Anniversary

College Street / Little Italy, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
Recently I was both charmed and horrified when a pair of my fab newlywed buyers gave me a gift as a ‘One year Anniversary’. As I accepted their delicious sweets and treats (Hello Wine!), they saw a look of confusion pass across my face. I couldn’t compute how they had only recently got married…
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November 2011 Home Of The Month – Leslieville

Leslieville/Riverside
Urbaneer.com’s ‘Home Of The Month’ feature is a post showcasing what our Buyers are purchasing in the current City of Toronto marketplace. Here’s November 2011! When my buyers contacted me in the Spring of this year, I’m pretty sure they didn’t believe it would take an arduous seven months of searching,…
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Dance, Then Dine In Leslieville

Leslieville/Riverside
Although circumstances derailed me from attending ‘Art Toronto’ last weekend (Sniff!), I kept my Friday evening clear to attend the production of ‘Pteros Tactics’ choreographed by Christopher House for the Toronto Dance Theatre presented at the Winchester Street Theatre. Christopher House is an amazing choreographer. In fact, he was just voted as ‘Best…
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August 2011 Home Of The Month – Gerrard & Jones

Leslieville/Riverside
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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