Cottage closing and winterization checklist
How to close a cottage for winter: decide heated or drained, empty the water system, protect the traps, and keep the records your insurer may ask for.
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Guides
These guides are written by Home Resetters Property Services Inc., an incorporated handyman and property-services company in Toronto, which works across Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Mississauga, and Vaughan and runs a cottage-care membership for GTA owners with cottages in Nipissing and North Bay, Temagami, Almaguin Highlands, and Huntsville and Lake of Bays. Each one answers a question we are asked often, cites its sources, and says plainly where a rule or a policy is the final word rather than us.
For cottage owners
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Cottage opening checklist: the spring start-up, in order
A spring cottage opening checklist in the right order: the first walk-around, power, water, the water heater, alarms, fuel appliances and the docks.
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What a short-term-rental Responsible Person must do in cottage country
What a short-term-rental Responsible Person must do in Huntsville, Lake of Bays, Muskoka Lakes, West Nipissing, Magnetawan and Haliburton, with by-laws.
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What insurers expect for an unoccupied cottage in winter
What Canadian insurers write about empty cottages in winter: vacancy limits, freezing exclusions, 72-hour checks, draining, and what to ask your broker.
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For homes in the city
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How to batch small repairs into one handyman visit
Turn a list of small home repairs into one handyman visit: how to write the list, what to group, what needs a licensed trade, and how quoting works.
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How to mount a TV on a concrete condo wall
How to mount a TV on a concrete condo wall in Toronto: telling concrete from drywall, building rules, the drill, the anchors, rebar and the cables.
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