Investment/Recreational Property Week 7 in Apsley Ontario

Now that was a rainy Saturday. The rain started early early Saturday morning and kept going to early Sunday. Upon arrival of the cottage the first thing I noticed the creek was a foot lower then normal. The difference was made up with the rain.

 

On Friday I was able to build the railing for the upper bedroom. This meant we could set up the beds and spend our first night in the cottage.

 

Kids bedroom.

 

I had to work all day Saturday but on Sunday I chilled with the kids outside most of the day. It was nice to just relax and hangout.

 

Renee was glad to be outside!

 

I did wash the truck. That was as much as I got done. It is not hard to tell Fall is here. I am sure you will start seeing the fall colours in my future pictures!

 

 

 

Investment/Recreational Property Week 6 in Apsley Ontario

Welcome to fall. After a week of high temps our temperatures came crashing down! I took the family up to the cottage on Friday but I spent most of my time back home working and running a charity golf tourney. I did get a few things completed without much relaxing.

 

Got the plugs into the stairs, sawed and first rough sanding

 

I did even get the BBQ put together

 

Sam got to relax

 

I got started on the upper bedroom with new flooring. I purchased new laminate flooring on sale from $1.19 to $.89 per square feet at Home Hardware. It was the worst crap I ever delt with. It was warped. Staight from China. Never again.

 

Susan got all the painting done.

 

I finally got the flooring down with the help of an air nailer

 

Before

 

 

Where I am at now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What the recent CMHC changes mean for the Canadian housing market

Just as our country's love affair with real estate was heating up once again, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has decided to clamp down on guarantees for mortgage-backed securities. While the issue is creating a lot of chatter around the water cooler – and may ultimately serve to push interest rates up by as much as .50 basis points – it's unlikely that home buying activity will dampen. Especially now….
July marked a turning point for housing in many major centres, including Toronto and Vancouver. Overall sales activity in Canada was up over nine per cent from one year ago, with 44,829 homes changing hands in July, compared to 40,962 in 2012. The average price also rose during July, with values up more than eight per cent to $382,373 nationally. While Ottawa has clearly demonstrated its power to "tighten the taps" so to speak, we can't say the same for its ability to assuage consumer sentiment.
Rest assured, affordability will still prevail, with solid fundamentals underpinning economic performance. Growing consumer confidence levels, the threat of higher interest rates down the road, and low inventory levels will support the Canadian real estate market moving forward. As far as mortgage rates go, CIBC Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld hit the nail on the head when he said, "Overall, the days of very cheap mortgages are going to be replaced by cheap mortgages." Essentially, the outlook for Canadian real estate remains steadfast. Although year-to-date sales currently fall short of last year's pace, the gap is expected to narrow in the months ahead. By year-end, unit sales are forecast to be on par or slightly ahead of 2012 levels both nationally and provincially, while the average price of a home will climb by three to four per cent.

C/O Gurinder Sandu
EVP/Regional Director, RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada Inc.

21 Grandview Dr ANDIMAR ESTATES, PIGEON LAKESIDE COMMUNITY

 ANDIMAR ESTATES, PIGEON LAKESIDE COMMUNITY offering fishing, boating & quality living! This is a quality 20 year home that consists of 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. I doubt you will find a cleaner and tidier home listed today! Includes one of the nicest sunrooms I have seen, with the option to reinstall a hot tub in the room (ask for details). Enjoy the evenings on the large quality deck. All these features, and I have not talked about the detached 2 car garage/workshop and .64 ace lot. WOW!! 15 minutes to Peterborough or Lindsay. Deeded access to Pigeon Lake through Association

Investment/Recreational Property Week 5 in Apsley Ontario

 

Hi Everyone. It was a mixed bag of weather this weekend. The big project for this weekend was the stairs replacement at the cottage. Because of other commitments we did not arrive at the cottage until Saturday night. 

 

Keith and I had to do a ton of thinking on angles and measurements on these stairs. It is not as easy as it looks. We measured, cut, measure, cut then measure and cut again.

 

 

 

Once the raisers were correct we made cleats for the treads to rest on. We glued, nailed then screwed the cleats. They will never go anywhere.

 

Once up the sanding will begin. We did not get much sanding done. This will be another day.

 

Starting to look comfortable!

 

Upstairs the clean up begins. Susan got the ceiling painted as well. Next project getting these rooms ready for the kids.

 

 

The bathroom walls are so uneven. I put a coating of drywall mud to see if I can fix them before we left to go home.

Investment/Recreational Property Week 4 in Apsley Ontario

Wow. Can not believe it has been four weeks with our new property. The changes have been huge with little money spent. Just work. I believe as we speak the current condition of the property is so much better we are ahead of the game by at least $10,000 in value and saleability. Not bad for four weekends of work.

I love washing the cars up at the cottage. They come out spotless. The kids joined in the washing!

 

 

 

Still had this mess to finish up from last weekend's removal of greenhouse.

 

 

Before Picture

 

After Picture

 

Got the old mower running. Lucas wanted a John Deere so I did the best I could. See below!

 

The old owners built in attic stairs. We are going to use upstairs so the process of building stairs began with opening the opening back up.

 

Upstairs had carpet and a few items. This is on the list to do is fix this up.

 

Dad hitched on to the trailer for me with a good dump run!

668 Brick Rd in Ennismore!

LOOKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY HOME INCLUDING A FENCED YARD IN A RURAL SETTING? HERE IT IS! UPDATED AND MODERN HOME JUST WAITING FOR YOU IN ENNISMORE! THIS HOME FEATURES 3 PLUS 2 BEDROOMS, 2 NICE BATHROOMS, LARGE EAT-IN KITCHEN, HUGE DECK. DECK IS ACCESSED FROM PATIO DOORS IN KITCHEN, BEDROOMS ARE A GOOD SIZE. ACCESS TO CHEMONG LAKE IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD! WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASK FOR IN A VALUE PRICED HOME.