When Will the Past Stop Haunting? A venerable yet somewhat infamous hotel in our general area was recently renovated. It had to be because this area is seeing huge, brand new home [...]

Shopping around for new windows? You’ve got a dizzying array of options for types, sizes, frame materials, energy efficiency, and noise reduction benefits. You might only be thinki[...]

Are you bored to tears with your current home environment? Many people are, particularly those with older homes. It’s no sin to dislike your old house. Times do change and it may b[...]

It’s So Noisy in Our Neighbourhood All too often (every Sunday morning) someone in the neighbourhood is out with their lawn mower cutting their grass. Then they get their weed trim[...]

Here in York/Durham regions, we’re still into a new home building boom. Spectacular new developments and custom homes are giving buyers more of what they want. And more may be on t[...]

Don’t tell the guys on “This Old House” I said it, but plenty of people aren’t enamored with old homes complete with “rustic” features and old fashioned styled windows. Most often,[...]

Light into your home is wonderful especially in the winter. Have you found some of the rooms in your home much too warm during sunny days, or had so much light coming through the w[...]

If you found us on Google, and you’re just doing initial research on buying new doors or windows, I’d like to get you properly oriented to the whole task and answer some common que[...]

If you’re older than 40, you remember a time when your parents commanded that you move away from the windows of your home. “You’ll catch your death of cold.” Yes, windows were full[...]

Are your home’s windows and doors ready for a cold, snowy, windy winter? Hoping for a good snowmobiling, skiing, and ice-fishing season? Start smiling cause it’s lookin that way. T[...]