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Home renovation contractor charged with fraud

Posted on By Kartika
Renovation

City police have charged a man they say defrauded a couple over home renovation work he was expected to perform for them.

A couple seeking to revamp their northwest Calgary home contacted local firm Envision Custom Renovations in December of last year, say police.

“Between January and April 2023, the victims had several disagreements with the hired contractor, which included the victims being invoiced for sub-contractor materials, several scheduling delays and work not being completed within the agreed upon timeframe,” city police said in a press release.

“In April 2023, the victims discovered the invoices provided by the contractor, that they paid for, were fraudulent and contacted the police.”

It’s alleged the contractor altered and forged the billings by presenting them as subcontractor invoices and collected money through his business.

Police have charged Envision owner Alan Wade Hrehirchuk, 53, with two counts of forgery,

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Kingdom Hall renovation underway in Glasgow

Posted on By Kartika
Renovation

GLASGOW — A unique construction project is an underway at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Glasgow. Volunteers, including some who drove several hours from out of state, are helping complete the month-long renovation of the building.

The project is also highlighting the role of women in construction.

Husband and wife Gavin and Ellie Oakman are helping install insulation in the Kingdom Hall. They made a roughly eight and a half hour drive from Laramie, Wyoming to Glasgow to do the work.

GAVIN & ELLIE OAKMAN

MTN News

“We enjoy the work. Even though some of the tasks aren’t the most enjoyable, it’s fun to be helping on a Kingdom Hall, on a place of worship like this. It’s so enjoyable being with our friends. Even though most of the people here we don’t know, we leave at the end of the week having friends that we’re going to stay in touch with,” Gavin

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How a $360,000 renovation transformed a Junction shack into a sparkling family home

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Renovation

Before and After: How a $360,000 renovation transformed a Junction shack into a sparkling family home

Goodbye, muddy floors, ’70s paneling and dilapidated shed. Hello, airy interiors, bespoke cabinets and EV-ready garage

Toronto, Real Estate, Before and After: basement before


The place

A three-plus-one-bedroom, four-bathroom semi in the Junction that just underwent a big-time renovation. It has a separate one-bedroom basement apartment and a new two-car garage with a panel that can support an EV charger.

Thehistory

Gord Harrison, a contractor, initially purchased this 100-year-old property, for $1 million in February of 2021, as a home for his young family. He brought in his friend Shawn Chua, with whom he had partnered on a dozen previous renos, to share the load. But, a year into the job, they discovered a rat’s nest of problems: poor insulation, asbestos and a basement floor that required re-pouring. Harrison needed to recoup costs, so he kiboshed moving in, instead opting to rent

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The Hatha House: A West Van renovation achieves outdoor bliss

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Renovation

When a client asks for a guest house that doubles as a yoga studio, and you don’t just deliver – but build something so seamless it looks like it was always there – well, that’s a reward in itself.

But for the dreamy, yogi-approved outdoor space it created in West Vancouver, the CCI-Fairmile Group has won plenty of acclaim, too. Most recently: a Georgie Award for Best New Small-Scale Home up to 1,000 Square Feet, along with two Homebuilders’ Association of Vancouver award nominations.

It took a whole lot of care and planning to match every angle, peak, column and soffit of the new structure seamlessly with the original – a 2015-built, 6,000-square-foot modern-traditional family home – says CCI-Fairmile Group

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More questions over FirstOntario Center renovation timeline

Posted on By Kartika
Renovation

Just in case there weren’t enough unknowns about the construction timetable for the promised renovations to FirstOntario Centre, a new puzzle has emerged.

The company that produces Disney On Ice says the popular skating show will make its annual visit to the arena next year.

“Our dates for the 2024 Disney On Ice in Hamilton at FirstOntario Center have been confirmed but have not been announced at this time,” Feld Entertainment said in an email to The Spectator.

That would surely be happy news for families who look forward to the show’s annual visit that traditionally lands on March break.

But hold on a second. The local group behind the $100-million-plus construction project says there are no shows of any kind planned in the new year because long-awaited renovations will be starting.

“ … (I) can simply share that there are no plans of booking into 2024, which we confirmed

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How to Make a Shelf with a Wooden Gallery Rail

Posted on By Kartika
Renovation

We are currently refreshing the laundry room and I am slowly completing a project to update this space. We finished it almost 7 years ago and it is one of the most used rooms in our house (after the kitchen). But now that we have 3 kids and my style has evolved, it’s time for some changes! My latest project is to make a shelving with wooden gallery rails and I’m here to share all the details with you!

How to Make a Wooden Gallery Rail Shelf

When we first finished the laundry room, we put a shelf against the wall above the washer and dryer that was about 5 feet long. I don’t know why I decided on that length or why I didn’t extend it all the way to the wall. It was the start of my design journey and the laundry room was the first room I ever designed from top to bottom!

The more

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The renovation and expansion of Canton’s Golden Key Center is moving forward

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Renovation

In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, the Stark Community Foundation highlights positive events in our community. Here’s to Good News Monday!

The Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children is on its way to serve more local students with special needs with a $2.5 million renovation and expansion.

The Golden Key is a non-public, not-for-profit special needs school that provides quality education and intervention services to preschoolers through eighth graders with autism and other cognitive disabilities. Students from 13 of Stark County’s 18 school districts attend The Golden Key, but enrollment is limited due to available school space. The school is at maximum capacity with a growing waiting list of families who need its services, making this renovation and expansion project important to our community.

Again:The good people are still there. Never mind the negative things in politics, social media

The center, 1431 30th Street NW in Canton, will

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