2022 Fall semester – Eastview has a co-op student helping our skilled trades. Oakville Trafalgar High School has a Cooperative Education Program (Co-op) that provides students with the unique opportunity to get out of the classroom and learn what life is like in the real world. Students explore career options and gather-up the valuable information …
Oakville High School Co-Op Student Learns Carpentry Skills Read More »
Good carpenters like doing finish carpentry because their handiwork is forever on-display and it’s for precisely this reason that skilled tradespeople are so important. Eastview Homes employs highly experienced and passionate craftspeople and that includes expert carpenters who enjoy bringing beautiful projects to completion. There are thousands of little tasks grouped into hundreds of different …
Building a cabana at the rear of the upscale residential property beside an inground swimming pool makes the whole amenity much friendlier and even better suited to entertaining family and friends. A cabana is a specially designed support structure that’s purpose-built for amplifying poolside gatherings. Cabana pool houses offer an inviting place to sit and …
Backyard Pool Upgrade with Cabana and Change Room Read More »
Eastview Homes is a family of diverse tradespeople and any list begins with the carpenters, Dave and Matt. David is an apprentice carpenter and Matt’s journey to complete accreditation was profiled here in this blog. They bring a variety of rough and fine construction skills to each project. Here they are installing faux brick as …
Professional Trades Work Together in Eastview Homes Read More »
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 …
Eastview Homes Awarded Best General Contractor for 2018 Read More »
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 …
Rosehill Wine Cellars Helps Design Basement Renovation Read More »
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 …
Progressing from Journeyman Apprentice to Finish Carpenter Read More »
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 …
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 …
Renovating Oakville’s Side-Split Houses into Modern Family Homes Read More »
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 …
What is the Difference Between Renovating and Remodeling? Read More »
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 …