If a Brockville house is a detached, semi-detached or row house on City water and sewer, Ontario law now stops the City from prohibiting a second unit, and in most cases a third. That can be two units in the house plus one in a separate building out back, or three units inside the house. What the pr

A backwater valve stops sewage from the City sewer from flowing back up into your basement when the sewer is overloaded in a heavy storm. An older Ottawa home may not have one, and you usually cannot tell from the listing whether a house has one. Before you firm up on an older Ottawa house, find out

Prescott is a small town on the St. Lawrence River, with about 4,200 people at the 2016 census, close to where Highway 416 meets the 401. For an Ottawa buyer, it tends to work well if you work from home most days or work locally, and it is a harder fit if you need to be in Ottawa five mornings a wee