CMHC Incentive for Energy Efficient Homes

Jul 11, 2016 | Building Professional, Home Owner

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has recently increased the incentive they offer to borrowers buying, building, or renovating energy efficient homes, demonstrating their commitment to making energy efficient homes more affordable. Moving away from a 10%...

Replacing a Furnace?

Apr 14, 2016 | Home Owner, Uncategorized

If you’re replacing a furnace, it probably means that you are getting hit for a big cash outlay, and you may be easy prey for anyone offering a time-limited “special”.  The best approach is to realise that this situation offers an opportunity to upgrade the...

Future proofing downtown dream homes

Jan 7, 2016 | Home Owner, Uncategorized

Most of us buy the best home we can, and then over the years make changes and renovations as we realise our dreams for our homes.  We assume the future will not hold too many obstacles and we promise ourselves that “we’ll find a way”.  But if our home is in...

The Ugly Truth About Insulation

Dec 4, 2015 | Home Owner

If home insulation was a character in a fairy tale, it’d be the plain, hardworking younger sister who never gets the attention her beautiful heart deserves. The flashy, vain and overly-quaffed sisters would get all the looks, but never deliver the selfless value of...

Attics and Winter

Dec 1, 2015 | Home Owner

It is widely known that heat travels up and hot air contains moisture, which means that in a home, heat and thus moisture travel up into the attic.  Articles for Insulate Now, and many other magazines and government programs, have encouraged home owners to make...