#Cottage Industry: Okanagan, “the million-dollar market”

#Cottage Industry: Okanagan, “the million-dollar market”

“Cottage Industry: Okanagan, “the million-dollar market”” Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns. In the July issue of Maclean’s, and each week here online, recent buyers divulge what they had to do to acquire the cottages of their dreams:…

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#A rainbow house beaming with Pride

#A rainbow house beaming with Pride

“A rainbow house beaming with Pride” A few blocks south of downtown, a Lethbridge family is having a very busy start to the summer. In May, Kim and Mary Siever spent over 25 hours painting their home in the colours of the rainbow. In June during Pride month in Alberta, the Sievers have been receiving…

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#For 5 per night you can stay at this fairy-tale cottage

#For $295 per night you can stay at this fairy-tale cottage

“For $295 per night you can stay at this fairy-tale cottage” “We want it to feel like you’re in the story,” says Audy Leavitte, co-owner of Charmed Resorts, the themed cottage playground offering a storybook experience. While there may not be elves, fairies, or unicorns wandering around Alberta’s Charmed Resort, the fantasy cottages are designed…

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#Cottage Industry: Invermere, the “best-kept secret”

#Cottage Industry: Invermere, the “best-kept secret”

“Cottage Industry: Invermere, the “best-kept secret”” Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns. Canadians call their vacation homes by many different names—cottages, chalets, cabins, camps. But they all share one thing, and that’s the promise of escape. In the last…

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#A homeowner’s worst nightmare – Macleans.ca

#A homeowner’s worst nightmare – Macleans.ca

“A homeowner’s worst nightmare – Macleans.ca” In early 2019, John Davies and his wife, Li Guo, bought a house in Kleinburg, Ontario—a new build with enough space that they invited Guo’s parents to come live with them. That left the Guo family home in nearby Thornhill empty. Guo’s parents had owned the brick-front house on…

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#Why I moved my family into a yurt in Yukon

#Why I moved my family into a yurt in Yukon

“Why I moved my family into a yurt in Yukon” Melissa Antony was priced out of the housing market, so she imported a traditional Mongolian home—and has never been happier Melissa Antony began her search for a home in the Yukon in the middle of the pandemic. Property prices were soaring, even in the North,…

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