Property is the largest thing most people buy, and the least often explained to them.
Most of what you need before deciding anything belongs here, written out: what the process involves, which questions to ask, and where things can go wrong. You can also come simply to read about architecture, materials, and caring for a home.
Two-storey houses with steep hipped roofs and dormers, set along curving streets under mature spruce and late-autumn canopy.
A row of two-storey houses with hipped roofs backing onto open green space, behind a band of mature woodland.
Low, shallow-pitched roofs on wide lots, a row of tall spruce along the street, and back yards that open onto a treed park.
Gabled roofs and chimneys over deep lots, with mature trees and open parkland beyond the back fences.
Investment
A home is also the largest investment most people make. What the Winnipeg market is doing compared with Canada, what buying, building and selling actually cost in Manitoba, and what ownership asks of you afterwards — with sources.
From the journal
- River Heights: nine houses in ten were built before 1960
What one census figure tells you to look at before you buy there.
- Reading a house, before naming its style
Begin with the shape, light, materials, and details.
- Materials that age, and the details worth keeping
A closer look before deciding what needs replacing.
- Seasonal care starts with paying attention
Practical observations for houses and cottages.