Decor and Design Channel

Our home is an expression of our personality and lifestyle.  And from time to time we may need or want to renew its look with a splash of paint, some custom made window blinds or remodeling a bathroom or kitchen. 

Well the Decor and Design channel contains all the help you will need for your next home decorating project - inspiration based on the latest trends, how-to ideas from experts like Karen Sealy or search for local interior decorators or interior designers that can help you with your next home decor project.

Home Improvement Channel

casaGURU is a website that connects homeowners with local house experts and many of them meet in the Home Improvement Channel.

Here you will find home improvement broken down into its 4 basic parts - home repair, home maintenance, home renovation and home remodelling. 

If you need to know how to repair a minor wall crack with putty or want to know the latest trends in interior paints or options for hardwood flooring, you will find it and more in the Home Improvement Channel.

Lawn and Garden Channel

We can all appreciate beautiful landscaping, where a home has a luxurious blend of trees, plants and shrubbery bordering a well maintained lawn or an inground swimming pool rimmed by modern paving stones. 

In fact, "curb appeal" is one of the top contributors for selling a home for top dollar, so browse the Lawn and Garden Channel for tips on improving soil quality or watch a video on environmentally friendly ways to keep weeds and pests at a minimum.  And turn to casaGURU when you want to learn more about ways to winterize your plant beds and vegetable gardens so they will pop back to life when Spring returns.  It's all here in the Lawn and Garden channel.

Green Living Channel

Whether you are passionate about saving the environment or simply wishing to find a few simple home maintenance tips to reduce your monthly energy bills, then you've come to the right place in the casaGURU website. 

In the Green Living Channel you can get a great introduction to the topic of "green" - from the use of sustainable products like bamboo flooring to the water conserving advantages of a low-flow toilet and tapping into energy efficiency grants and rebates from the ecoENERGY Retrofit program.

Our Green Living experts are either Office of Energy Efficiency certified energy advisors, LEED certified custom home builders or eco-conscious interior decorators that will take the mystery out of "greening" a home.

Home Buying and Selling Channel

Buying your first home can be challenging.  But then again, so can selling your current home. We've made both much easier by creating the Home Buying and Selling Channel, a comprehensive guide to either real estate process.

Learn how home staging can add 6% to the re-sale price of homes. Or download one of our guides, like a homeowner's guide to choosing the right mover or a home buyer's guide to selecting a real estate agent that knows which neighbourhoods have good schools and easy access to public transit. It's all here in the Home Buying and Selling Channel.

Home Finance Channel

When we think of home finance, of course residential mortgages pop into mind.  But, there are many other important parts of household finance and we cover them all in the Home Finance Channel.

You can learn about different types of mortgages - variable, fixed rate, "green" and reverse.  Or perhaps you are planning a home decorating project or a major home addition and want to make use of a home equity line of credit or tap into government grant and rebate programs, well you will find all that information and the professionals to help you in the Home Finance Channel.

Home Insurance Channel

Our home is our biggest investment, so understanding home insurance is a big part of home ownership. 

We created the Home Insurance Channel to give homeowners one place to find it all - from title insurance and mortgage life insurance to property and cottage insurance.

Here one can learn how to find and compare insurance professionals or pick up some expert tips for shopping for the right insurance products and the right level of coverage for one's home.

Being under-insured can be a thing of the past if you start out in the casaGURU Home Insurance Channel. 

Cottage Living Channel

"Cottage Living" it's a way of life they say and we at casaGURU agree. 

We've created a channel just for Cottage Living and filled it with great advice from architects and custom home builders for those that are building a custom cottage on their favourite lake or renovating one they have bought using one of our cottage real estate experts.

Learn about solar hot water heaters and geo-thermal heating systems - popular "green living" topics. Or, pick up some useful tips from our "gurus" to open up a cottage in Spring or close it down safely for Winter.  It's all here in the Cottage Living Channel.