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Eastview Homes, BUILD magazine – 2019 sustainable Building Award

Awards and Achievements / By / February 25, 2021

Eastview Homes is proud to have been awarded BUILD Magazine’s 2019 Sustainable Building Award. Build Magazine’s Sustainable Building Awards are a celebration of the organizations or individuals that lead the way and set the best example locally in our collective bid to reduce waste and save energy.  Buildings generate up to 35 per cent of all greenhouse gases, 35 per cent of …

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Renovating Bathrooms, Shower Bench leads 2020 Fashion Trends

Bathroom renovation / By / February 25, 2021

Bathrooms can make-or-break a house for sale. The style, condition and number of the bathrooms is a common focal point for home buyers and ranks second behind kitchen remodeling as the most common home-renovation project upon which Eastview Homes gets asked to quote. We’re often too busy to take-on single room renovations like washrooms or …

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Eastview Homes Awarded Best General Contractor for 2018

Awards and Achievements, General Contracting / By / February 25, 2021

Dear Eastview – Congratulations to you and you’re organization, after a lengthy search and review we have selected Eastview Homes as the Best General Contractor / Home Addition Contractor for 2018. As one of our referred candidates we have selected Eastview Homes best represents our criterial for advance business practices and service in the Halton …

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Rosehill Wine Cellars Helps Design Basement Renovation

Basement renovation, General Contracting, Home Improvement / By / February 25, 2021

During a recent Mississauga basement renovation, Eastview Homes worked with Rosehill Wine Cellars custom design team to complete a section of the blueprints where their designer had initially written the words ‘cold cellar’.  Now that is exactly the type of floor plan landmine that needs discussing in advance, as there are many interpretations of what …

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Before & After Home Remodeling in Burlington

Demolition Service, Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

This is what its all about. Here’s a project Eastview Homes recently completely, the air-brushed pictures provided by realtor ca. The Realtor describes the property as, Very beautiful home with tons of charm. Gorgeous curb appeal, beautiful landscaping and stunning interior. Main level offers vaulted ceilings, loads of custom millwork, high quality materials and fixtures …

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Progressing from Journeyman Apprentice to Finish Carpenter

General Contracting, Matt, Trades / By / February 25, 2021

Good help is hard to find, and experienced contractors know the best tradespeople are handmade on the job.   Raw talent must be spotted, trained and taught the basics.  Woodworkers learn by doing, and doing it some more, adding time saving techniques when they see them, and turning safety protocols into good habits through repetition.  There …

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Build a Deck in your Backyard

Building material, General Contracting, Home Improvement / By / February 25, 2021

Eastview Homes loves designing wooden decks and fences that define and command backyard properties.  Just add a sliding glass door, a BBQ, kids and a dog . . . Building a backyard deck is a gratifying project for any aspiring home handymen, and although it seems like a straightforward task, there’s a lot that can …

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Outdoor Fireplace Patio Deck Completes Circular Home

Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

An outdoor fireplace in the city? Yes. It’s a rare and wonderful amenity, especially when it is done so discreetly. Behold a new outdoor fireplace that will add warmth and light to an otherwise chilly outdoor space. This addition is sure to become a welcoming albeit seasonal entertainment room in this newly renovated home. The …

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From Home Renovation to Higher Valuation

Home Improvement / By / March 3, 2019

Full Article Available Here What does it take to turn a $650,000 house in Mississauga’s Applewood neighbourhood into a million-dollar home that is so astonishingly pretty it raises property values along the entire street? It takes an experienced home renovator with a wide spectrum of diverse skills, a business professional who can dream up cost-effective …

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Renovating Oakville’s Side-Split Houses into Modern Family Homes

Basement renovation, General Contracting, Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington expanded mightily in the decades following World War II as both the car industry and two major fuel refineries took root in the region.  Ford Motors opened their first car plant here in 1953, and this factory produced nearly all of Ford’s vehicles in Canada until 1966. In 1962, the town …

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Eastview Homes Tries Trash Nothing, a Local Freecycling Service

Building material, Building Supply, Demolition Service, Project management / By / February 25, 2021

There are always new mobile apps and services springing up with offers to help Canadian businesses reduce their carbon footprints.  Eastview Homes believes that every modern enterprise, and especially building contractors, should try new things and experiment with environmentally friendlier options just to see how they work, and so keep abreast of the changing technological …

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What is the Difference Between Renovating and Remodeling?

Basement renovation, General Contracting, Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / June 11, 2020

These two construction terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a big difference between home renovation and home remodeling.  Simply put, renovation is done to freshen up something old and make it new again. The word renovation comes from Latin renovatio which means renewal.  Remodeling is more elaborate.  The act of remodeling by definition …

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The Core Four Building Contractors at Eastview Homes

Home Improvement, Trades / By / February 25, 2021

The building contractors seen here are no longer four individual tradespeople – they have become a single well-oiled machine.  We are Eastview Homes, and here are the ‘core four’ specialists in our design build squad. Each of these hammer wielding heroes is an expert at something specific on top of being a skilled carpenter. One …

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Remodeling a Side Split House (with a Home Addition) in Burlington

Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

Its no secret, Burlington, Ontario is a sweet spot for real estate speculators in 2018.   Market conditions have turned this Southern Ontario city into prime hunting ground for property flippers.  The population across the entire Halton Region has grown by 188,000 people, or approx 60% since 1998, and that’s just the start of what many …

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Project Managers Eliminate Contractor Conflicts on Construction Sites

Project management, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

One of the main reasons property owners hire a competent project manager is to reduce and hopefully eliminate altogether any conflicts that may occur on their busy construction site.  Every building project is unique, and the more complex the requirements, the more tradespeople will need access to space and resources. When their schedules conflict, there’s …

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Our Window Replacement Service

General Contracting, Home Improvement, Remodeling home / By / February 25, 2021

Ugly windows look bad from the road, and nine-out-of-ten times that’s why people call replacement window contractors. Never mind the ever increasing heating bills or cooling costs, or the fact that poorly insulated windows leak air and water and can allow insects and rodents into the home, its usually the cosmetic appeal of new windows …

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Before a Basement Renovation

Basement renovation, Remodeling home / By / March 7, 2021

When residential home prices really began rising across Canada ten years ago, building contractors found themselves quoting prices for home additions, attic reclamation and basement remodeling.  Homeowners couldn’t ignore the potential revenue and in many cases their mortgage depended on making a second apartment in the basement.  In Oakville and Burlington, where real estate prices …

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What to do if your basement floods?

Home care / By / February 25, 2021

Spring is the season Eastview Homes most often gets called to come out and deal with home renovations resulting from flood damage.  Occasionally the homeowners call when their properties are still underwater and sometimes the weather isn’t the most obvious explanation for the flood.  Property owners call us looking for answers, and good advice; this …

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Demolition Happens Before Home Improvement Begins

Demolition Service, Home Improvement / By / February 25, 2021

Demolition happens. Sometimes it’s first on the list. The simple fact that somebody had to make a list however means demolition services are never the very first thing that Eastview Homes does for homeowners.   First, we like to do onsite inspections, and then we draft base schematics which lead to proper blueprints as architects and …

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