$200k fine may be worth it to a lot of people on the west side... but, the article says you can be fined up to $1M for doing it... If that's the case, not sure if it would be worth it at that point.

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That's why it's better to make them rebuild the original. Then some rich dingus can't just write it off as the cost of doing what they want.

Here is a story of someone who applied for the Canada Greener Home Grant, didn't qualify, and had to pay a $500 Energuide assessment fee! That kinda sux.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9675459/b...es-grant-cost/

McPherson says she answered all the questions online where it was determined she might be a good candidate for the grant. Her next step was to get what’s called an EnerGuide home evaluation to assess her 1800-square-foot home’s energy performance.

That step ended up costing McPherson just a little over $500. “When I got the report it recommended one heat pump,” said McPherson.

However, McPherson says that only needing one heat pump and a 9,000 BTU unit for her townhome made her ineligible for the Greener Homes Grant.

It also meant she couldn’t recoup the $504 she spent on the EnerGuide evaluation.

Walked by this place this morning and it's a nice little place - sold sign is still out so the front yard is still nice and clean. The lot only measures 30x60 but it works just fine b/c the front yard is pretty short - maybe 18 feet - just enough to park a car in the driveway.

Nowadays, the city bans building homes on lots this small which is a shame cause lots this size can work just fine for detached houses - give it a bit of density bonus so they can build 3 floors and it's a 1500-1600sf house.

I drove by thay plaxe the other day, when you’re right on king ed like that the pictures make it much more quiet and serene than the reality lol

Nothing stopping her from installing a slightly oversized unit and then she'd be able to claim the grants

^ yah, thought about that strategy if my situation came up like that. Get a slightly bigger unit that qualifies and in the end, you might get the upgrade for free or be in the + for a couple of thousand.

At 1,800sf I would have thought she would have a needed a 12,000BTU unit anyways - my new build is 2,400sf and runs a 18,000btu unit. Guess maybe she's sharing 2 walls so less need for power.

Definitely and in a perfect world I would never buy a place on King Ed because of potential noise during to traffic, restricted parking during rush hour, and depending on which part of king Ed having your garbage pick up on king Ed due to not having a back lane. But nothing is perfect of course.

we just saw a TH that has gas heating, radiant downstairs, baseboard upstairs. is this fairly cheap to run compared to electric baseboard heating?

^^ never seen a house with both.....

The 2 systems installed at different times? Isn't gas cheaper than electricity in general?

isn't it the opposite? I pay like $30 hydro bills a month, but I honestly don't know cause my heat is radiant/hot water.

You can have hot water baseboards. it's cheaper to install than radiant.Maybe they ran out of money? I think electric baseboards are the cheapest install.

its a TH so it was def installed at the same time.
the baseboard heating covers upstairs look like one of the only things that wasnt upgraded over time, so im sure its original.

Sometimes they use baseboards in a certain area of the home because they can’t physically get the ducting into the design of the home for the gas furnace

In other words cheapest design possible for max profits.....

Most modern townhouses lol

If you use (natural) gas to heat your home, it is supposed to be cheaper than if you had used electricity to heat your home to the same extent.

I think because of heatpumps that's going to be flipped on it's head. Costs me stupid amount to heat with gas. It still costs stupid amount to heat with a heatpump, but it's lesser stupid.

Yes, good point. I was obviously not thinking along the lines of current technology (ie. heat pumps). Electric heat pumps bills would be cheaper than natural gas furnace bills.

But older types of electric heaters would have higher costs than natural gas furnaces.

We installed heatpumps for the AC properties. Saving money in the winter is a bonus. It also gives us granular room control which is a lot better than the one thermostat in the hallway controlling all the rooms.

Were you heating with forced air gas furnace before installing heat pumps?
I don't know if certain prior setups, but I was told if I switched from hydronic radiant floor gas heating to electric heat pumps, my heating bill would go up by a lot during the winter months.

thanks! i guess that was the sort of answer i was hoping for.
only downside i can think of with that is that natural gas furnaces are pretty expensive, although they do last a long time.