Top tips for a successful Parade of Homes experience

The 2016 Fall Parade of Homes has started in fine fashion. Crowds for the first week have been terrific and the weather has been a pleasant mix of warm and cool, so you could take your pick of prime new-home-visiting . . .

Posted: 2016-09-17

All in the family

Highview-16 designed with supreme flexibility for large, active families -- and up to five bedrooms

When you’re a big, active family, a home must possess three qualities.First, it must be spacious. Second, its design must have a good deal of flexibility built into it. And third, its floor plan must be logical so as to . . .

Posted: 2016-09-17

A quiet retreat

Located in scenic St. Boniface, this ultra-hip, stylish house has it all

As neighbourhoods go in the city, it’s one that doesn’t get a lot of attention.That neighbourhood is none other than the quietly spectacular enclave of Point Hebert, a little pocket of land in St. Boniface that holds 33 exclusive family . . .

Posted: 2016-09-17

Cast off for a cause

Hooked on Shelter Fishing Derby has reeled in almost $60,000 in past nine years

It’s an event that’s reeled in nearly $60, 000 over the past nine years for the Manitoba Real Estate Association’s (MREA) Shelter Foundation.Slated for Sept. 21 at Selkirk Park, the 10th edition of the Hooked on Shelter Fishing Derby is . . .

Posted: 2016-09-17

A Community with Something Extra

Step into Oak Bluff West, a growing Qualico community, and you’ll find broad and open streetscapes, spacious lots and beautifully crafted homes. Spend some time in the neighbourhood and you’ll quickly discover that beyond the seamless views of the prairie . . .

Posted: 2016-09-16

What makes a great community?

"A community is not defined by the physical boundaries that separate one place from another, but rather is a place where people engage with and look out for one another, where it's easy to get around, it's safe, and children . . .

Posted: 2016-09-16

A well-rounded healthy lifestyle neighbourhood

Waterford Green is fulfilling its promise as a complete lifestyle community.Lombard North Group has completed the design of the final phase of Waterford Green, and construction is set to begin this fall on the Village Centre.The summer of 2016 saw . . .

Posted: 2016-09-16

Uncover the out of the ordinary at this fall's Parade

Just as the Parade opens, StreetSide Developments unveils its brand-new townhome-style development at the gate of Devonshire Village.With striking parallels to a single-family home, Hudson Condominiums’ two-storey designs come complete with front and back decks and open-concept layouts. The spacious, contemporary . . .

Posted: 2016-09-16

Building a beautiful framework for your life

It's not uncommon for new homeowners to throw a housewarming party.That happens with clients of Signature Homes, but it's not the first celebration to christen the biggest purchase of their lives.When the happy homeowners are handed their keys, Signature staff . . .

Posted: 2016-09-15

Changes are good

September announces a transition, the next gardening season.The annuals and perennials of our gardens have matured into glorious shows of colors.  Accented with a backdrop of green trees and shrubs, soon these same planting beds will be framed with new . . .

Posted: 2016-09-15