Over time our housing needs change. When you originally bought your home, likely decades ago the kids were young or perhaps not even born yet. You needed a home to raise your family. Things like a yard, schools, quiet street may have been very important to you at the time. But now it’s years later....
Here are some things you can do to make the bathroom safer. Some are obvious, some are cheap, and some represent more of an investment. Keep the floor free of clothes and towels. Are you finding it difficult to bend down to reach things? Have one of those “grabby” devices that enable you to reach...
Are you looking for a useful upgrade for your Halifax home that will increase its resale value when you put your home on the market? Consider adding a mud room and upgrading your laundry room. Both of these rooms meet a need and segregate clutter, which makes a home look bigger. Consider The Mud Room...
Being a homeowner can be a great experience, but if you are just starting out, on a strict budget, or looking for an affordable option for senior living, a single family home can easily make your house poor. Also, having a single family home may not suit you if you don’t have much time, are...
Whether you’re a Boomer looking ahead to retirement or a 20- or 30- something who is refocusing your life, downsizing your possessions is part of the deal. Do the math. “Big house” equals lots of room to store everything you use now, used the past, and may use in the future. “Smaller house “means room...
Watch a few HDTV shows, which are often based in Canada, and you may think you are committing home seller suicide if you put your home on the market without doing a major kitchen remodel. Modern buyers, it seems, won’t even bother with the kitchen without stainless appliances, granite countertops, fancy backsplashes, and clear sightlines...
As you move into your retirement years, you may find yourself reassessing your life and making decisions for the few next years. You may decide to quit your job, start a new business, or devote yourself to a passion you never had time for. As you are making changes, is it time to divorce your...
Every year, there’s a new wave of scams directed toward the elderly. The dishonest assume that increasing age makes people deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid – assumptions that are far from the truth. In this age of identity theft and deceptive ploys run over the Internet, by mail, and in person, however, it pays to...