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  Renovating a condo after you’ve bought it and before you move in is a common exercise. Consider condo interior design for your beautiful home space: Putting some personality and personal touches to your new home sometimes requires having a condo interior design team help you with that project, which is like the icing on […]

If you’re ready to become a homeowner for the first time, or you’re just about ready to downsize from your big family home, it’s likely the idea of buying a condo has already crossed your mind. We’ve put together this list of pros and cons to help you decide if a condo is the right […]

Yes, you’re an independent, free-thinking, condo-owning professional. But just because you own your condo doesn’t mean you can do whatever you wish… without first getting approval. As we explained in one of our previous blogs, you actually don’t own your balcony. Therefore, your plans to add balcony outdoor flooring tiles should include a check-in with […]

Beautifying your condo balcony should really start from the floor up. As designer Cheryl Torrenueva explains, the floor is really the foundation of any design project. While traditional synthetic grass is not always a solution for those seeking condo balcony grass, selecting a condo or strata-approved option can help create the green warmth of a traditional backyard. Check […]

If you’re among the one in eight Canadians that lives in a condo, how often do you shuffle quickly through the lobby, into the elevator and into your suite with your eyes down, probably looking at your smart phone, hoping no one actually stops to talk? More and more of us are living closer to […]

All condominiums have a board of directors or strata council, as it is called in jurisdictions like British Columbia, that manage the affairs of the condominium corporation. There is often confusion about who these bodies actually serve: individual owners, or the condo corporation. Represent Owners, Not the Corporation Perhaps the most important idea is that […]

The housing construction boom in Canada over the last few years is buoyed by new condo construction. Yes, more and more Canadians are buying ‘homes in the sky’ in the pre-construction phase, paying tidy sums as down-payments before there’s even a shovel in the ground. It can be very exciting to think about getting into […]

New construction, transfer of control from developer to strata council, drafting new bylaws for the complex, and dealing with property management turnover in a brand new 6-tower, 450-suite complex in Richmond, B.C. That’s just a snapshot of what Dick Wagner has had to deal with, manage, and take a leadership role on as the inaugural […]

When the weather starts to warm up, or you return from an extended vacation, you will want to “prep the patio”, “dust off the deck”, or “beautify the balcony”. Whether you’re in Oakville or Oklahoma, Mississauga or Manhattan, Burlington or Burnaby, Toronto or Tsawwassen, San Francisco or Savannah, the process and approach is the same. […]

You may or may not be aware that how you feel about something is more powerful than what you think about it.  Of course they are connected, but in a simple, basic sense what you feel is the physical and emotional manifestation of your body’s stress response. Creating ways to feel better about where we […]