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The Ultimate Buyers Guide for your Next Home

New home &
maintenance needs

Most Ottawa builders provide their new home buyers with some form of a new home care guide either as a booklet or through online resources. Since your new home has many systems and new technology, this information will be important for you to read and follow any recommended maintenance tips.

Today’s homes are built to minimize maintenance, but no home is truly maintenance-free and by following the recommended routine maintenance, you can avoid the most expensive home repairs.

When you move in

Unless your home is one of the last to be built, you should expect the temporary disruption that comes with being in a construction zone. There will be some traffic, dust and dirt as your community is completed.

Some of the final things to finish — which many not be done yet — include paving your driveway, planting trees and sod and laying the top layer of asphalt on roads.

Tip: You should hold off on exterior projects such as landscaping and adding fences for the first year so that the ground can properly settle and to allow access for builder machinery if necessary to repair grading, etc

Find your next home

Buying a new home is an exciting journey. It also demands careful planning, evaluation of options and talking to others who know the process well and can offer you support and advice. Take the journey a step at a time and you’ll wind up with the home of your dreams.

Get started on finding your next home today.

The information contained herein is for information purposes only. The information has been drawn from sources believed to be reliable. Graphs and charts are used for illustrative purposes only, and links to other websites are for convenience only. Information provided by Minto Communities Inc. and other sources is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of publishing, but we cannot guarantee it is accurate, complete or current at all times. Information in this guide is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide financial, legal, accounting or tax advice and should not be relied upon in that regard.

Minto Communities Inc. is not responsible in any manner for direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, however caused, arising out of your use of this information. No endorsement of any third party products, services or information is expressed or implied by any information, material or content referred to or included on, or linked from or to this guide. E & OE Apr 2021.

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