Costs, permits, rebates, hiring and seasonal upkeep for houses and condos across the GTA, with Ontario numbers, not US averages.
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Seven GTA firms' published prices, the exclusions written into the standard of practice and the inspection agreement, the specialists you still have to hire, and the licence Ontario has never switched on.
No Ontario law caps a contractor deposit. Here is what the Consumer Protection Act actually gives you, and what 26 GTA roofing companies publish about deposits.
Roofer is one of Ontario's 121 voluntary trades, so no provincial licence or register exists. Here is what a roofer must carry instead, and the six GTA municipalities that licence the work.
We read the current warranty documents for the five asphalt shingle brands sold in Ontario. Here is what lifetime means, when the labour money stops, and what selling the house does to the coverage.
A fall checklist ordered by deadline, not by room: the four GTA frost dates, the tasks Ontario law actually requires, and what the paid jobs cost here.
Toronto's Eco-Roof Incentive Program pays $100 per square metre of vegetated area installed, up to $100,000 per project. Green roofs stopped being required on November 3, 2025, and you still need a building permit.
The real end to end wait for a GTA building permit, computed from 99,540 city permit records, and why the law's 10 business days is a different clock.
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.
What 917,258 GTA building permit records actually declare, why 93.9 per cent of Toronto's new-house declarations are round numbers, and how 13 published builder claims span 4.5 times.
What 19 GTA duct cleaning sites publish, what the $49 coupons leave out, and the vent count, dryer vent and tax conditions attached to every headline price.
What Chapter 447 actually says: every Table 1 height, the corner-lot trap, the pool enclosure gate and gap rules, what the pool permit really costs, and why Toronto has no fence viewers.
The checks you can actually verify, what a renovation contract must contain before it binds you, how the 10-day cooling-off period really starts, and the holdback that makes you liable twice.
