Monica Stanciu's Blog

Looks like it is still on schedule for 2011.   http://www.markham.ca/markham/ccbs/indexfile/Agendas/2009/General/gc0906 22/Fire%20Vehicles%20Apparatus.htm   In the 2007 capital budget Council approved the acquisition of one fire pumper apparatus including equipment (project #7748 -$650,000) and ...

The Hospital Site plan was approved last week.  Looks like the hospital expansion plans are moving quicker then expected and will be under construction at the same time as the community centre.   http://www.markham.ca/markham/ccbs/indexfile/Agendas/2009/Development%20 Services/pl090505/Markham%2...

“If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you are right” - I heard these words from Christine Rae, the founder and president of Certified Staging Professionals CSP, entrepreneur, mother, business woman, wife...and a lot of abbreviations that I have no idea what they mean... how much wisdom...

We were hired for a staging consultation by one of our Realtor™ partner. The house had been previously listed in the fall of 2008 with a different agent, but it had no showings. Now the homeowner was ready to list the house with our Realtor™ who understood the need of a professional staging cons...

Although I am not quite technically challenged, some of the latest changes on AR are a bit overwhelming for me. I can't figure out why all my Before and After images from my profile are nowhere to be found. Did I skip a "class"? Is this the new look, without images? If then, why there is still th...

See and hear about plans for the East Markham Community Centre & Library Mayor Frank Scarpitti and Members of Markham Council invite you to learn more about Markham's new, state-of-the-art community centre and library. Date: February 26, 2009 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Markham Village Library, Fir...

Yesterday I stumbled across this article by Tom Kelly here where he quotes the result of a survey by Mark Nash - a Coldwell Banker broker and real estate author, who uses a network of 839 Realtors in all 50 states and eight Canadian provinces to acquire consumer responses to a variety of housing ...

After a staging job nightmare last week, I realized that having a good staging contract could've saved me some of the frustration and stress I've been through. This is when I considered hiring a lawyer to write a good contract for me. My problem is that I only know one Real Estate lawyer with who...

I just want to post some pictures from the 10th Annual Cornell BBQ wich was held on the 10th of August 2008. This is one event that is being marked in our calendar many months before it takes place. Our kids love it and it is an opportunity to meet neighbours, connect with the local business comm...

Welcome to Cornell Village! Situated on the North-East corner of Markham - Ontario, Cornell is a mixed-used community that was built 9 years ago following the New Urbanism philosophy. It was one of a kind development long before the mixed-used communities became a mainstream development trend.I w...