Sold/Offered

A LOOK AT RECENTLY SOLD HOMES IN AND AROUND WINNIPEG

OakbankADDRESS: 24 Sage Pl.ASKING PRICE: $419, 900SOLD PRICE: $412, 000TAXES: $4, 382.63SQUARE FOOTAGE: 1, 555BEDROOMS: 5BATHROOMS: 3LOT SIZE: 80 x 140LISTING AGENT: Connie Levesque, Property Exchange Group, 204-444-4646SELLING AGENT: Andy Kloppenborg, Re/Max Performance Realty, 204-999-4455 SOLD: Springfield ADDRESS: 71027 Stoneridge Rd. ASKING . . .

Posted: 2017-06-16

Four Season Recreational Living

If you are looking for a piece of paradise with a soothing and serene life all year round, Joan Fehr has the place for you. After hearing from her customers, the co-owner of CherryHill Living, an RV park and park-model community . . .

Posted: 2017-06-13

Parades showcase the best home styles, trends

Manitoba’s Spring and Fall Parade of Homes are a spectacular showcase event for the Manitoba residential construction industry. The parades showcase the MHBA’s homebuilding members, allow new homebuyers a chance to see the latest in new home options and give consumers . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Privacy panels for your own personal paradise

When a property is situated on the corner of two intersecting roadways, borders a well-travelled back lane, and the only thing between the sanctuary of your backyard and the hustle and bustle of these three thoroughfares is a chain-link fence, . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Making a moss of your garden

Moss -- and moss imposters -- liven any outdoor setting

There’s a scene in the Nora Ephron 1998 romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail in which the character George Pappas, played by Steve Zahn, is preparing for a special date. As he exits the bookstore where he works, he proclaims, "First . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Refugees find sense of home through community gardens

CHICAGO — Leafy mustard greens might taste sour to native North Americans, but to Uma Mishra, their flavour is a reminder of home-cooked dinners in Bhutan. The greens fill her rectangular plot at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in the . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Keep this love in a photograph

You never know who will cherish those old family memories

What to do with those old family photos and films? Cherish them, that’s what! Not only are they a visual record of your family’s history, but they also capture and preserve that visual image of whatever day and time they were . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Moisture a tricky cottage guest to get rid of

Question: We have a moisture situation at our cottage near Lake of the Woods that we would certainly like your opinion on. We purchased a small, approximately 800-sq.-ft., 2x6 construction, post on pile, bungalow cottage and constructed a 2x6, two-storey . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

How to fix leather furniture on your own

Question: Is there a way to repair deep cuts in leather furniture? Also, is there a product that can be used to spruce up the dye color on leather furniture? I have seen advertisements about people who will come in . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10

Sold

SOLD River Park South: ADDRESS: 35-650 Warde Ave. ASKING PRICE: $299, 900 SOLD PRICE: $295, 000 TAXES: $3, 567.35 SQUARE FOOTAGE: 1, 260 BEDROOMS: 3 BATHROOMS: 3.5 LISTING AGENT: Lynda Mackie, Sutton Group-Kilkenny Real Estate, 204-890-9960 SELLING AGENT: Shirlee Ojah, Sutton Group-Kilkenny Real Estate, 204-475-9130   SOLD: Fraser’s Grove ADDRESS: 42 . . .

Posted: 2017-06-10