Water Softener Cost: Buying Beats Renting in About 7 Years
At list prices, 9 of 10 GTA softener models with a matched published rent and price break even in 6.4 to 7.4 years. Here are the rents, prices, exit rules and salt costs.
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Halton Region
Guides for Halton Region
Christmas Cactus Care Starts With Toronto's 12-Hour Nights
The date Toronto's nights get long enough to set buds, the GTA week to bring the plant in, how to spot a Thanksgiving cactus, and what GTA sellers charge.
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Toronto's Basement Flooding Subsidy Is Capped at $6,650
Toronto pays up to 80 per cent of your invoice for a backwater valve, a sump pump and three other jobs, to a lifetime $6,650 on a single-family, duplex, triplex or fourplex home.
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Average Rent in Toronto: $1,916 If You Stay, $2,577 If You Move
CMHC puts the average rent in Toronto at $1,916 and Rentals.ca puts it at $2,577. Here is what each one counts, why both are right, and which one you will pay.
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Toronto's First Frost Date Is Nov 6, Markham's Is Oct 13
The average first fall frost is November 6 downtown and October 13 in Markham. Here is the autumn shutdown in the order those two dates force it, task by task.
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Radon Map of Ontario: We Counted 451 GTA Home Tests, by Region
Health Canada tested 451 GTA homes and six were above the 200 Bq/m3 guideline. The by-region numbers, why the scarier figures differ, and what a test costs.
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