Swimming Pools

Swimming pools can add a lot of fun to your backyard, but when it comes to either buying or selling, there are certain issues that have to be considered. Generally, …

Front Yard Landscaping

Where is your front yard? Sometimes, this can be a problem. You want to landscape, but you are not quite sure where to put the brick lamppost and the blue …

Tree Thieves

By Brian Madigan LL.B. Now,you might think that I’m talking about people who steal trees. I’m not. I’m talking about trees that steal property for you! Obviously, these are good …

The “Dock” Dispute

Neighbours of waterfront properties on Lake Simcoe  fought for years over a dock. Finally, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered the removal of a dock, punitive damages of $100,000, and …

Unregistered Easements

There is a significant problem with unregistered easements. They are not on title and therefore a real estate agent should investigate matters in order to determine whether they may be …

Land Titles and Prescriptive Rights

Let’s assume the property was transferred to Land Titles Qualified on 7 October 2016. What does this mean? Are there prescriptive easements? Maybe, and maybe not! Nothing could happen since …

Fence and Boundary

Question: Seller puts in Schedule B that the Buyers (who I would be representing) are aware that the neighbour’s fence on the SE (south east) property side does not encompass …

The Unopened Road Allowance

This is typical with smaller lakes. There is really no particular need to travel around the perimeter, so the 66 foot road allowance was never opened. This is absolutely ideal …