Brampton Homes and Real Estate Blog

Question 1: What are some ways to "green" up your electricity consumption? Reduce consumption (e.g., eliminating phantom loads) Increase efficiency (e.g., Energy Star appliances) Purchase and retire carbon offsets Switch to green sources of electricy (e.g., wind, solar, low-impact hydro, geotherm...

Monday, October 6th is the last advance voting day.  Otherwise, your last chance to vote is election day, Tuesday, October 14th. By now, you should have received a voter information card (if you're on the voter registration list or gave the Canada Revenue Agency permission to share your residence...

Would you like to see or have a copy of your home's floor plans? Well, the City of Brampton should have a copy of your home's building plans on file. Just head over to the Building Division of Planning, Design and Development, now located at Flower City Community Campus (a "block" south of Queen ...

Just a reminder to fellow Bramptonians to check out the Habitat for Humanity's Brampton ReStore, which sells donated reusuable/surplus building materials.  Proceeds go towards supporting build projects and administration costs. If you'd like to learn more about donating or volunteering, check out...

In the competitive web hosting industry, "green hosting" has become a market differentiator to highlight a web host provider's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and impact on the environment.  Greening up has been accomplished by a combination of one or more of the following:  reducing ...

Conversation Day is coming to Brampton!Formerly known as Environment Day, this special one day event will be held at Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School, located at 10750 Chinguacousy Rd., in Brampton, on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.  Only residents arriving in vehicles w...

The low asking price for a new listing (commercial/residential) caught my eye. And one might think that you could get an even better deal on the property as it is being sold under bank possession (power of sale). But there's extensive mould and water damage. Just looking at the exterior windows m...

The City of Brampton wants home buyers to know that the only legal basement apartments in Brampton -- there are about 3000 such homes -- had to exist prior to November 16, 1995, be registered with the City before January 31, 2006, and be limited to a single unit.  The "mortgage helper" (e.g., ren...

Despite their many years of experience, I still come across new homes (or resale homes less than 5 yrs old) that make me wonder, WTF did the builder do that?  Recent examples of builders lacking common sense:an oversized two pc powder room (yet not big enough for a 3 pc) that makes the abutting l...

StatsCan released its mid-year national building permit figures, and Brampton's construction market is HOT, ranking 4th in Canada for total construction (across all sectors). 2nd - industrial development (up 179% for the same period last year) 3rd - residential development (up 121% for the same p...