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Myself and two children received conditional approval recently. Still waiting on the wife's. We'd called yesterday and they didn't give any info aside from 'wait times are currently 16-18 months'.

Ostrich leather toiletries bag. That was two employers back and I still use it ten years later.

I think they're using an organic rankine cycle where the hot water will go through a heat exchanger with liquid butane (or similar exchange fluid), causing it to vaporize and then using the butane to...

The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and all of Kinder Morgan Canada's core assets.

I haven't been that way this week, but as of last Wed (Aug 13) it wasn't. Detour up to 566 was in effect.

Ah dang. Did not know that.

AndyL

To add, nothing but great reviews. Search on the forum.

Darren Roy at Touchstone is also very good.

Also used Richard and everything went very smoothly at a reasonable price.

I used Straightline Painting based on Sugarphreak's suggestion. Shawn did a great job and beat the competitor's pricing, very impressed.

Thanks for this. Drove by last night, looks like they have the barricades stockpiled there. Must be starting soon.

Hey Tim,
What happens if you were to sell your current home partway into a fixed mortgage, but buy a new home under the same mortgage? Are there any penalties/fees in doing this?

Thanks.

Hahaha. It does look like it. There was an article on it in the community newsletter this month though. Also on their facebook page, but can't get to it from work.

That might be better, might mean they're putting in the 14th St overpass soon?

Unfortunately, the closure is to allow for utility upgrades according to the ECCA website. ...

144th is closed for over a month I see, from Evanston to Centre St. Possibly for paving?

Hey Jordan,

Mind providing sale price for 176 Evansdale Landing NW? Looks to have sold almost immediately.

Thanks!

If you're interested in giving it a go, download Google Sketchup. It's free, pretty robust and not bad to get the hang of if you've used AutoCAD, Visio or similar before.
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I'm thinking that overpass goes in before this breaks ground. They aren't showing any costs in their three year capital budget (Appendix B).

What did you end up getting? Sounds like a neat feature.

Things are definitely hot in Calgary.

Sales are up, active listings are down, median price is up 9.7% since Feb '13 and the benchmark price is now $478k for SFH.

The CREB is predicting 3.8%...

No sump in Calgary. House in NW built in 09.

In Saskatoon they were everywhere.

Awesome! What exactly is a soft opening, they open but don't publicize?

I checked out the Sobey's too. Definitely a different layout, but I like it. Never noticed the lack of pharmacy.. too bad.

I had heard rumour of a Target in the old Rona too, but haven't seen...

Thanks for the link. In the bottom picture it looks like a patio - man, a pub would be nice.

Three of the four lights between Symons Valley Parkway and Stoney Trail are flashing amber before 6:30AM, if I can make it out before then it saves a few minutes.

Has there been confirmation of...

Kincora would be very slightly closer to downtown than Evanston, if at all (Evanston is immediately east, across Symons Valley Road). I do like that it is more established though.

Sherwood was...

This. Kincora is the most established of these three communities right now, so it makes sense the homes would be more expensive. Both Evanston and Sage Hill are building new shopping centres, and...

Another +1 for Andy. Been seriously procrastinating posting pics for his install. Had Sam, a dude Andy has done work with in the past, convert my 10x7 door to 16x8, then had Andy do the door install....

Nice. I'm thinking the time it will take me to board (planning to do ceiling as well) will be worth the labour cost to me. Also worried about doing a subpar job and having to pay someone to demo and...

Awesome, thanks!

Sorry to bring this back from the dead. I'm framing my basement currently and will be looking at having it boarded/taped/mudded in the new year. Anyone have recent pricing? Is there a rule of thumb...

I have a Kinetico in the place we bought this spring. Where is a good place to find filters for them in Calgary (NW preferred)?

Ardbeg's are awesome, love the Uigeadail. They are generally closer to $100 though. Daily peat drinker would definitely be the Laphroaig Quarter Cask at <$50.

Also, I didn't think the Lagavulin...

Damn, the house is only four years old! Have you had an issue finding shorter CFL's because of the adapter length?

If you do, ask them about reducing your home insurance rate. Apparently they're partnered with someone who will give greater than average discounts.

They couldn't, however, match Touchstone's...

Been looking for some LED's with GU24 bases, but I'm not have any luck. Anyone know where to find some?

Using Alarmforce. $25/mo for basic security (doors + motion). Only really using it because it was in the house when we purchased.

Really liked how Vivint looked, but couldn't justify the ~$50/mo....

Count me in!

Supposedly the show homes are showing a Tim's on the community map across from Sobey's (next to the old folks home).

Is this pub slated for the Evanston Towne Centre? That would be awesome, much shorter stumble than Scotsman's Well