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Home builders association offers free renovation seminar
Experts will guide homeowners through the process; including selecting a renovator, permits, inspections and living through a makeover.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating
Bits & Bites by Peter Simpson for METRO
Renovation seminar offers free advice.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating
Bits & Bites by Peter Simpson for METRO
Province Increases Rebate Threshold
B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon recently unveiled the HST transition rules for new housing, alleviating the uncertainty around how the HST will revert back to the PST/GST system.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating, Affordability, Buying, Building, Using a professional
Fill your head with ideas for home, garden
Housing junkies take notice. Following an appearance at the Vancouver Convention Centre last year, Western Canada’s largest consumer home show returns to BC Place on Feb. 22 for a five-day run.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating, Using a professional
Bits & Bites by Peter Simpson for METRO
Moving in to Squamish
The town of Squamish is often perceived to be a place for Vancouver folks to pull off the road to take a bathroom break, top up the gas tank, and grab a burger and fries on the way to Whistler.
These days, many Vancouver families not only stop in Squamish, they live full time in this growing community that offers many amenities and opportunities to pursue a healthy, active lifestyle.
Categories: New homes, Renovations / Renovating, Building
Home-renovation seminar well worth the time; Primers on WorkSafeBC regulations, RenoMark program among valuable information dispensed
It amazes me how safety-conscious parents constantly warn their darling children to not run with scissors, jump off furniture or stick straws up their noses, yet they allow some stranger to renovate or repair their houses without checking to see if he is compliant with WorkSafeBC regulations.
Categories: Renovations / Renovating, Affordability, Safety, Using a professional
Bits & Bites by Peter Simpson for METRO
Categories: New homes, Renovations / Renovating, Affordability, Buying, Building
Four-day Home + Design Show at Vancouver Convention Centre has it all: Celebrities, food, exhibitors, interactive displays and expert advice
Disaster DIY host Bryan Baeumler joins star-studded lineupCategories: Renovations / Renovating, Safety
Bits & Bites by Peter Simpson for METRO
The Vancouver Home + Design Show will be held Oct. 13-16 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This annual show features more than 325 exhibitors, live stage presentations from industry insiders, and the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association’s Renovation Gallery, presented by FortisBC, where showgoers can view home makeovers and get free advice from design and renovation professionals.
Categories: New homes, Renovations / Renovating, Buying, Building
BC must act to protect builder until HST dies
During my more than 45 years in and around the media, I don’t recall any taxation issue that has befuddled, aggravated and divided British Columbians as much as the harmonized sales tax.
Categories: New homes, Renovations / Renovating, Building, Affordability, Buying
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