Carsten Knox

Given Halifax’s active real estate scene, the specific houses we found may not be on the market right now, but new listings are always coming up. Armdale The Home: Two-bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home, 9 Fenwood Road How Much: $234,900 Size: 1,386 square feet Per Square Foot: $169.48 Setting: An older house near Chocolate Lake, just […]

1) Draw a scaled drawing of your room, plot in doors and windows. Bring in any paint colours, flooring or fabrics that will be in the room. “This will save you on gas money,” says Fleiger. 2) Take a picture of the room where the furniture will go. This will help you and the salesperson […]

When realtor Ethan Michaels was renovating the apartment building at 6191 Allan Street in the summer of 2011, a building he’d purchased with his business partner Sandra Bryant, he was there all the time, almost every day. He busied himself by helping to clean the building, doing whatever he could. That was alongside members of […]

From the outside it still doesn’t look like much: a north end residence located on an unfashionable stretch of boulevard. But enter inside and your see what a little imagination and a lot of effort can do for you. It was three years ago that Colleen Ritchie and her friend Tim Keenan, who run a […]

The condo market seems to appeal to two major groups: The first are urban professionals who don’t want the hassle of a house, and for whom a downtown location and being close to amenities, to their work, is important. The other group consists of empty-nester retirees, many of whom would have lived in a home […]

Island pimping Though they had dreams of big changes in the home they’ve owned for six years, Lia Rinaldo and Crad Price decided the kitchen should be their priority. “We inherited a pretty reasonable kitchen,” says Rinaldo. “It’s sunny and bright, but it’s not really our style. People like it but we’ve always known we […]

If you’ve been on Spring Garden Road of late, you’ve started to see the changes. Construction of apartments up above the City Centre Atlantic has begun, and the new building at the corner of Birmingham Street and Spring Garden, now home to the TD Bank and Summit Spa, has recently been completed. And that’s just […]