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Feb
17
Why It's a Good Time for Home Buyers

Why It's a Good Time for Home Buyers

The real estate market can be an intimidating place to navigate, especially for first time homebuyers. There are a lot of predictions in the real estate market for 2015 in relation to dropping oil prices, but overall economists seem optimistic. In a report released last week by ATB Financial, chief economist Todd Hirsch says he sees the dip in oil prices as short-term and believes in a year we will look back and see it has a lot of fuss about nothing. Here are a few reasons purchasing a home should be in your plan for the near future: Current low interest rates allow buyers to get more house for their dollar...
Dec
15

Alberta New Home Warrantly Program

How will the Alberta New Home Warranty provide you security when you purchase your multi-family home? As of February 1, 2014 every new home built in Alberta is protected under warranty. Alberta's New Home Buyer Protection Act encourages ever higher quality standards from builders and reflects the Government's desire to ensure all new homebuyers receive even more protection for the single most expensive purchase they may ever make. This act gives buyers a clear idea of what to expect when buying a home, as well as protect them when things do not go as planned...
Oct
17
The 4 Top Reasons for Choosing Quartz Countertops

The 4 Top Reasons for Choosing Quartz Countertops

Quartz has many outstanding attributes that make it a great choice for your countertops. At Avalon, we strive to bring you the best product choices, and quartz countertops are one of those. Here are 4 top reasons to love your quartz! Quartz countertops are an attractive and rich looking product available in a wide variety of colors and mixes, from more traditional to ultra modern. Because quartz countertops are a manufactured product, quality and regularity in color is easy to achieve. Quartz countertops are very durable - as much as granite - but are less likely to chip or scratch...
Oct
01
5 Easy and Essential Fall Maintenance Tips for Your Home

5 Easy and Essential Fall Maintenance Tips for Your Home

As the autumn weather begins it's cooling decent and the leaves glide gently from the trees, it's always important for homeowners to turn their attention to a few essential seasonal maintenance items. If you follow these few easy steps, your home will be warm and bright through the chilly months ahead. 1) After a dusty summer be sure to change/clean household filters Change furnace filter. Clean your Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) by rinsing the filter with warm water. Clean your hood fan filter by washing it with soapy warm water, or you can run it through the dishwasher...
Dec
15
Elves at Avalon for the Mustard Seed

Elves at Avalon for the Mustard Seed

The merry elves at Avalon in partnership with The Mustard Seed have been working hard to bring warm feet and basic necessities to more than three hundred of Calgary's most vulnerable citizens. Staff, family and friends donned their Christmas cheer and rolled up their sleeves to spend a heartfelt evening filling loads of stockings. The table was packed with all kinds of good things, from shampoo, socks and bandaids to playing cards, watches and sweet treats, hopefully giving some joy to those in need...

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