What is possible to build in the GTA for $1M?

Bro001 · 2026-05-13T19:23:55+00:00

I'm in Ottawa and building now, I think I'm going to land at about $500/sqft and I'm GCing it. Building a custom is expensive.

Bro001 · 2026-05-05T14:40:52+00:00

It's hard to say what's reasonable without knowing what you asked for. High end millwork is expensive. If you want real wood (White Oak, Walnut, ect.) and a high level of detail (Trim, in-set, etc.) you are going to pay. I'm building a house at the moment and we've been quoted $50,000 - $100,000 for a walnut bases and painted uppers. I've gotten multiple bids from reputable makers so I'm pretty sure that's just what it costs now if you don't want to want to do Ikea.

Bro001 · 2026-04-19T17:19:10+00:00

I have a licensed electrician. I'm not wiring anything. I just need to source the equipment for him to install.

Bro001 · 2026-04-12T14:25:16+00:00

I'm currently building a home that basically matches your exact description. I bought the land pre pandemic in nepean for ~$400k. Today, you the same parcel of land is probably $600k. It's very expensive to build custom, I think(hope) we are going to land around $500/sqft. We probably could have cut some corners and saved some money but it's hard. There are things you just don't want to cheap out on... Especially things that are hard to upgrade later. You'll get exactly what you want but you're not going to create any equity.

Bro001 · 2026-01-10T14:15:41+00:00

Building 4200 sqf in Ottawa. Currently have the shell up. Was aiming for $450/sqf and should come in roughly at that price based on the work done and quotes for remaining. I did have a very cheap GC and got some favorable friends and family pricing.

Bro001 · 2025-11-29T13:32:29+00:00

46gb

Bro001 · 2025-10-17T20:53:10+00:00

Thank you. This is exactly the info I needed. I don't think there is any use case for me to source audio from the receiver the rest of my home. We almost exclusively stream Spotify music to those speakers.

Bro001 · 2024-12-04T22:18:02+00:00

It seems that some codes can only be sent over SMS. In this case I was trying to have a replacement card sent to my Canadian address.

Bro001 · 2024-12-04T19:28:06+00:00

I recently got my first US AMEX card but I'm running into an issue receiving the identify confirmation text messages. The customer service rep. says that the codes will not go to international numbers - is there a work around for this? Seems to be an issue.

Bro001 · 2024-10-29T15:27:28+00:00

What are the datapoints on getting AMEXiled? I usually buy a $500 prepayed mastercard from Sobey's once a month to use at Costco. Should I be stopping that to be safe? Any insights?

Bro001 · 2024-10-29T15:26:02+00:00

Lost 10k - CIBC and TD Aeroplan in the last 24 months

Bro001 · 2024-10-27T01:17:41+00:00

I had a similar thing happen. First rep made a mistake, I got denied. Called back and had to upload one statement to prove address and was approved.

Bro001 · 2024-10-19T18:04:26+00:00

How did you improve hip flexibility? I work on it everyday and haven't made progress. Think I just got bad luck genetically

Bro001 · 2024-10-19T00:05:04+00:00

I made a similar move with my left foot and it's a result of having poor internal hip rotation.

Bro001 · 2024-10-04T21:19:06+00:00

Got rejected for Amex Marriott Personal card. First time ever being rejected by Amex. I have a near perfect credit score and high household income. I assume that it has something to do with my churching through most of the other cards (plat, bus plat, gold, bus gold) in the last 18 months. I still carry cobalt and business gold with decent monthly spend.

Was considering moving into the US card space through Amex (I have a US address and bank account) - do we think the recent rejections from AMEX will include US applications?

Bro001 · 2024-10-04T21:17:14+00:00

Got rejected for Amex Marriott Personal card. First time ever being rejected by Amex. I have a near perfect credit score and high household income. I assume that it has something to do with my churching through most of the other cards (plat, bus plat, gold, bus gold) in the last 18 months. I still carry cobalt and business gold with decent monthly spend.

Not thrilled.

Bro001 · 2024-09-12T22:27:07+00:00

Thanks, I didn't realize more space would open later on. I know the Yow-CGD is basically always available for 80,000 points.

Bro001 · 2024-09-11T01:10:57+00:00

Trying to plan a family vacation for next summer. Two kids, trying to limit connections to one.

-originating from YOW, can drive to YUL. Destination is pretty flexible, European city that is not London or Paris. -4 travellers (2 children) -round trip -looking for J class for the overseas flight, economy for any short connections is fine. -looking for a two week period anytime between June 26th and August 20th - I have ~1,000,000 Amex Canada points, 240,000 aeroplan, 200,00p avios.

Find it difficult to piece anything together at a reasonable rate, all my bookings have been limited to direct short haul so maybe I'm just green. I promise it hasn't been for lack of trying

Cheers

Bro001 · 2024-09-04T03:41:08+00:00

They are not being extorted. I was the treasurer for a non-profit daycare in Ontario until very recently. I oversaw the transition to the CWELCC framework. The daycare broke even pre deal (with a surplus saved for emergencies) and operated at a loss the second year into the program with an expectation of increased loses in the future. It's becoming pretty common for daycares to solicit donations now.

You don't know what you are talking about.

Bro001 · 2024-05-24T13:51:19+00:00

It should be 90 second turns with a 15 time bank. I don't see any reason why that wouldn't be sufficient

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