A filmmaker built this wood cabin from scratch on a cliff in Quebec
There was just one problem: he didn’t have a construction background, or even tools
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A Toronto couple ditched their condo for a 260-square-foot custom RV
“If we’re bringing this concept to life, let’s live in one and test it out for ourselves”
The Move: A growing family upsizes in Winnipeg—at a fraction of Ontario’s prices
For the Tynedals, affording their Oshawa mortgage meant multiple renos and taking on tenants. In Winnipeg, their brood has room to breathe.
Our mortgage payments went up to more than $3,300 a month
It feels like we did everything right. And yet we can barely afford to start a family.
For $2.4 million, you can buy this net-zero corrugated-steel home in Ontario
The one-of-a-kind property has a wood-burning stove and mezzanine loft
The Move: We’re retirees who bought a granny flat to live near our daughter and save money
“We live in a prefab cabin on her 50-acre property”
The Move: Two working parents trek from B.C. to N.B. in search of affordable childcare
An East Coast move relieved the Hingleys’ cumbersome daycare debt—and came with nice new neighbours
Why I gave up my condo and moved in with my best friend and her family
“We started a group chat called Modern Fam Jam to coordinate everything”
My mortgage payments rose almost $2,000 in a year
I don’t know what my family will do next
How Canada’s housing crisis is fuelling violence on our public-transit systems
“I’ve worked in public transit for nearly 40 years, and I’ve never seen things so bad”