Category: Practical Considerations
How We Did in the 2022 Derecho – Testing our Preps
We’re not preppers; at least not in the way you see portrayed in the movies. There is no bunker, no weapons, and no stockpile of…
How Clueless Hippies Bought a House in Eastern Ontario – Part 1: The Plan
This is the first post in a series which aims to cover all the things we wish we knew about the actual process of buying…
Establishing our baseline: What spending was like in the city
When T was leaving her big city job in December last year, she had two quick answers as to why she was doing it: She…
Rural Internet in Ontario – Unexpected Roadblock
We thought we had done a pretty good job considering some of the issues we would come up against when looking for a home in…
Learning Garaetteok, or The Joy of Our Own Labour
This morning I caught up on some of my YouTube subscriptions from the past few weeks, including this video from Fairyland Cottage which is a…
The Province of Ontario releases a guide to building or buying a tiny home
This month, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released a PDF guide to building or buying a tiny house in Ontario. As we mentioned…
Tiny houses in Ontario? What does the Building Code say?
There are a few regulatory layers to building a new dwelling in Ontario, the first of which is the Ontario Building Code. The Ontario building…
