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Well that's good news, and about time: <The announcement comes on the heels of a recent study by the city, which found that 22 per cent of sewers, 14 per cent of the water system and 45 per cent of roads do not meet an acceptable level of service.> You can make a small fortune picking up...

We are going next week for Easter. After winter, I am sure it will be a disaster. As for the Champlain Bridge: Not the City of Montreal. It's the feds and a private-public partnership http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/nbsl-npsl/agreement-entente-eng.html#section2 The Turcot is the province and...

We certainly couldn't and have room to renovate and travel and go out once in a while. As for the house we sold in 2012, fuggadeaboutit.

Maclean's has a big panicky package on the all this. (Apologies for the messy links. Hope they work. I am on an iPad.) http://www.macleans.ca/economy/realestateeconomy/how-canada-completely-lost-its-mind-over-real-estate/?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=mme_daily...

The city isn't building any housing. It can barely repair its roads and bridges. And developers and landlords aren't in some secret cabal to lure people to move to Montreal.

As president of our Board, I can assure you that you would not believe the $h!t we put up with -- and how it ends up costing everybody money.

It is hard to comment on your situation without details. As a Board member myself, I can definitely say that there are always two sides of the story and the Board must follow the Act. If it is following the Act, Declaration etc. then there is not much you can do. If it isn't, well there is...

Yes, I have made that point: If not in this thread, in others such as the Bubble one. The government takes tenants' rights very seriously. The city had something like a 70% tenancy rate back in the 60s-early 70s. (That stat is off the top of my head.) Ergo, more stock. I can't speak about...

What a million will get you in Montreal now. In 2015. I suspect, based on the photos and locations, not one of these would go for less than $2M in Toronto -- and some for $5M

We did too. In fact, I LOVE to show off some of the innovative storage solutions I designed for the kitchen and bathrooms. Still ... let's just say that I am often embarrassed when picking up friends from the airport and open the trunk of my car. :D

I have the same rules ... except for shoes. Actually, my biggest problem is not being able to go crazy when stuff is on sale or when you can buy in bulk, like with cleaning and other household supplies. Who has room for 108 rolls of toilet paper from Costco? Condo living has changed my...

Oh it wasn't bad. And I used to love the take-out chicken from Sun Valley, so I get it. It's just more of a family place which is fine. Riverdale could use more of those non-Greek places that welcome kids.

Hah. That is why there are more and more people starting downsizing businesses. We hired somebody because I just couldn't bear to part with so much stuff. I had to have a gun held to my head. I don't miss 99% of it now -- and I don't even remember what half of that even was.

Our investment advisor told us to rent, not buy, when we sold our house and downsized. It could be because he wanted the fees or our capital to play with or whatever. But I don't think so. I believe that having hundreds of thousands tied up in our condo constitutes a "dead investment" in that...

Note sure whether to post this here or in the Family-sized Condos thread: Raising 5 kids in a 1,000 square-foot condo

One of my nieces is a mortgage broker in the 905. She says that the number of vacant homes is stunning. What happens when the speculators decide to sell?

Had a late lunch at Nando's. Seems to be very popular with the high school set. I felt like I was in a Riverdale -- as in Betty and Veronica -- malt shop. You order at the counter and then pick up your drink (assuming you're not getting alcohol) at a side counter which also has cutlery and...

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The thing is, it's the older demo which does the heavy lifting here. The younger ones show up for the parties but the organizers are the same dedicated group of volunteers, all 65 plus. But our demo is generally older. We have had maybe half a dozen young families move in. But the parents are...

What she said. We had a great community on our Riverdale street before we "downsized." But now I would call the condo community amazing. We have three monthly social events, including a low cost three course luncheon for some of are older residents (it always sells out), a monthly coffee...