This blog is part of a series – Planning your home renovation. Trust. It’s critical for any relationship, especially when a major investment, such as a home renovation, is involved. In addition to referrals from reliable sources, working collaboratively with your home renovator is an excellent way to build that trust. Happily the Internet has […]
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It’s a terrible statistic. Eighty-eight percent of all construction waste in Ontario ends up in the landfill. We calculate that 40 percent of the world’s materials are used by the building industry. That adds up to a lot of waste. It doesn’t need to be this way, and it cannot continue. This practice of easily […]
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Photo: The Lanescape team. Craig Race is second from left. Photo credit: Lanescape. Recently, we caught up with Craig Race, an architect and co-founder of Lanescape to learn more about laneway housing and its efforts in making them accessible in Toronto. Lanescape is a citizens’ advocacy group that is building political will for the City […]
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This blog is part of a series – Planning your home renovation. So you are thinking of renovating your home. Great! Renovations can add considerably to your home’s comfort, aesthetics and value. They can also add considerably to your family’s stress level if not planned well! Depending on the project’s scope, several months may be […]
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It seems that Toronto’s Bike Month is on a roll. Launching this week and running throughout June, Bike Month will likely attract more people as a result of more bike lanes that have popped up in the city in recent years. It may surprise you to learn that Bike Month is an initiative of the […]
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This blog is part of the series – Planning your home renovation. Should you sell your home or stay and renovate it? Many Toronto homeowners who desire a change are faced with this choice. With today’s heated market, where the average Toronto home as of April has already appreciated by 31.7 percent over last year, […]
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Visit us at the National Home Show, March 10 – 19 at the Enercare Centre (Exhibition Place) in Toronto (Booth #2226). We would love to discuss how we could transform your home renovation dreams into reality! Are you a skilled carpenter or site supervisor? Chris Phillips, Greening Homes’ President is happy to meet you at […]
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Community involvement and education have always been core values since the founding of Greening Homes as an alternative renovations provider in Toronto. We thought we’d share some of the initiatives our team are currently engaged in this winter! (Tim Moxam unloads material for his class on High Performance Window Installation at George Brown College, Casa […]
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