From our family to yours
Notes on your family's next move.
Honest, practical writing on downsizing, preparing a longtime home for sale, and moving forward with less stress, drawn from our work with families across York Region.
Your parent's empty house may not be insured
Most Ontario policies can stop covering a home after about 30 days empty. The policy looks fine on paper. The claim is what gets refused.
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Some Ontario estates never pay probate at all
If the family home was bought before the land registry converted and has not changed hands since, the estate may not need probate. Here is how to find out.
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Long-term care, retirement home, 55+ or apartment?
The four kinds of housing for older adults in the GTA run on four different systems. Here is how each one works, how you get in, and how it is paid for.
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