Would a two bedroom apartment in a secure building in Collingwood at a cost of about $1,000 a month including heat, hydro, water, sewers, mortgage payments, condo fees and taxes, be affordable? With a down payment of just 5%, great opportunities like this do still exist in Collingwood. Once a rare cooperative complex, Bayview Terrace [...]
After a good day on the slopes, there is something very comforting about walking home to your own condo rather than a hotel room. You can light the fireplace, pour a glass of wine, pop dinner in the oven and enjoy privacy and views of a forest from the windows and patio. You can easily [...]
A few years ago, I listed a century home for sale in Thornbury which had been in the same family for three generations. Can you imagine the memories they created there? Lives started and ended, birthdays, holidays, family dinners, tears, heartbreaks, laughter and all the moments that life brings about left their mark on this [...]
It’s no secret that the Lighthouse Point condominium development in Collingwood is one of my favourites. My mother and my mother-in-law both lived there and my uncle currently lives there. You know when I take the chance of putting my own family there, I really have to love it! So here are my top ten [...]
Hidden on almost 600 acres in a secluded valley, is Devil’s Glen; one of the Collingwood area’s favourite family ski clubs. Since it’s inception in the late 1960′s, the club has been known for it’s stunning location within the Niagara Escarpment. Far from the hustle of city life, the Glen offers an escape to nature [...]
It’s that time year when people are again beginning to look for land to buy in our area. The dream of building a home is very much alive and well. Lots within the town are very far and few between as Collingwood is an established community and most new land released for sale in recent [...]
If you are contemplating buying a condominium in the Collingwood – Blue Mountain area, you owe it to yourself to visit Lighthouse Point. This very popular development sits on about 100 acres with a mile of Georgian Bay shoreline on the west edge of Collingwood. Construction began in 1989 with the last of the roughly [...]
We get several enquiries a week about a particular condominium development near the slopes. Understandably, it’s the pricing of the units that attract people as they generally run between $100-$150,000. That particular development however has unique issues that, when discovered, often send people in search of other options. (Yes, I’m being careful here on purpose [...]
I’ve always had a fascination with history and thankfully, my real estate career often leads me to discovering interesting things about South Georgian Bays past. Not long ago, I listed a house for sale in Thornbury that quite fascinated me. It has been in the same family since the 1930’s and according to stories handed down [...]
I think I may have told you before how I fall in love with the properties I list for sale. And their owners. And buyers. A whole lotta love in my job! Well, it happened again. If you don’t live in this area, may I ask if you’ve ever been to Blue Mountain? If so, [...]
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