Gail McCormack, the owner of Kawartha Waterfront Realty, recently shared her observations about this year’s cottage market in the Kawartha Lakes with Tess Kalinowski, a real estate reporter for the Toronto Star.
Gail McCormack, the owner of Kawartha Waterfront Realty, recently shared her observations about this year’s cottage market in the Kawartha Lakes with Tess Kalinowski, a real estate reporter for the Toronto Star.
If you own a waterfront cottage in the Kawarthas, perhaps you’ve dreamed about deeper water close to your shoreline that’s more idyllic for swimming. Indeed, some people don’t want to wade out into chest-deep water to swim. Kawartha cottagers who seek deeper waterfront but don’t want to sell their cottages will often investigate the prospects for dredging on their property.
The idea of spring cleaning – and purging – can be daunting. If you’re gearing up to clean and cull at your Balsam Lake cottage, getting rid of your old, unwanted electronics has just become less tedious and complicated.
Your cottage water line can freeze in the winter. If you visit your Kawartha cottage on winter weekends, and the temperature plunges, leave an inside water tap within your cottage turned on slightly so that it trickles and keeps water flowing to avoid freezing.
The city has taken a step in making telephone communications with municipal service centres more streamlined and efficient.
In 2015, the city increased the septic disposal rates to reflect the increased cost of operating wastewater treatment facilities.
The pipes in your cottage can freeze in cold weather. If your pipes freeze, you may have no water or your pipes could burst, which leads to expensive property damage. There are steps you can take to prevent your pipes from freezing and also protect your cottage.
Here are a few simple tips to help keep animals out of your garbage at the cottage:
The 2016 Recycling and Waste Calendar is now available at municipal service centres, libraries, city hall, and participating retailers in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
The basics
The toxic smoke unleashed in a house fire kills. Flames are an obvious danger however in most cases, flames cause structural damage, but smoke is the primary cause of death. New building materials contain increased levels of toxins and chemicals, which can smolder for extended periods of time creating large amounts of smoke before producing flames.