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2 NEW HOMES & CONDOS A tale of two budgets JOE VACARRO BILD This is a tale of two budgets. Both released in the same week but affecting our industry and our consumers in different ways. In the provincial budget, there is money for infrastructure projects that will help complete communities and in the federal budget - well, it's actually what's missing from the federal budget that will benefit future home buyers in those communities. Last week, the provincial budget was tabled and most notably, it protects and funds $47 billion worth of infrastructure projects over the next four years. Complementing the $12 billion invested in 2011, the province has set aside an additional $35 billion so that vital projects like the Eglinton-Crosstown transit line in Toronto, the 407 expansion into Durham Region and a new hospital in Oakville can move forward. Better access Investing in transit, roads, and hospitals supports the development of sustainable and complete communities, along with marinat ...

The Toronto Sun n friday april 6 & sunday april 8, 2012 COVER STORY Bring on the condo cottage Ontario buyers show their approval of the latest in cottage trends Get ready for "condo cottaging," where cottage buyers forego the maintenance, the isolation, and the high prices of individual cottages in remote areas and opt instead for condo cottages in vacation villages. These cottage condos are freestanding, individually-owned cottages situated in resort communities filled with amenities and activities. One of the first condo cottage resort communities, the brain child of Howard John Hall, President of Cottage Advisors LLC., was developed in 2005 by Cottage Advisors and Village Developers in Wells, Maine. Their Summer Village resort sold 240 cottages from 2005 to 2008. The trend later spread to Canada where Cottage Advisors teamed up with a Cana- dian entrepreneur and real estate developer, James Lawley, to break ground on Sandbanks Summer Village in Prince Edward County, O ...

4 NEW HOMES & CONDOS STAR SPACES MARCY CORNBLUM Special to QMI Agency As the senior designer for Steven and Chris, CBC's hit weekday talk/ lifestyle afternoon show, Elizabeth Wharnsby provides the "wow factor" that transforms the boring and ordinary into the inviting, interesting and inspiring. She's been with the show for five seasons. Wharnsby knew at a young age that "she was destined to be a designer," crediting her mom for her "creative juices" and her dad for her "business sense and a love of golf." Wharnsby's first design project was her own bedroom. "Being the best mom ever, my siblings and I were given carte-blanche when it came to decorating our bedrooms. Behind the big reveal Interior designer catches the show biz bug My mom took me to the paint store. I ended up choosing Muppet wallpaper. I painted a mural on the wall of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy." It was her unofficial entry into the world of interior design. The m ...

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8 NEW HOMES & CONDOS show preview DIANNE DANIEL Special to QMI Agency Impressed by the resourceful ideas of TV's original home stager on A&E's Sell This House series? It's time to get up close and personal. Roger Hazard, owner of Austin, Tex.-based Design Hazards (www.designhazards. com), is making a celebrity appearance April 14 and 15 at the Greater Niagara Region Home & Garden Show in Niagara Falls, Ont. Yet he's quick to downplay his star status. "I'm not a TV personality; I just happen to be on TV," says Hazard, who admits he doesn't actually enjoy the stage and prefers a more intimate audience. "I usually go down in the crowd and talk one on one." Hazard is encouraging people to come to the spring show armed with questions, anything from how to prepare their homes for the market, to how to affordably update flooring, lighting, window treatments or countertops. After sharing his own intriguing story about how he ended up on TV, he'll provide tips on ...

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