Mike Holmes: It shouldn’t come as a shock that you need a licensed electrician to work on any wiring

Licensed electrical contractors also keep up to date with changing codes

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Scottish barn reno uses original stone wall and rafts of rafters to create bright, modern 40-foot kitchen

Heated limestone flooring, original stone wall and warm tones make it very homey

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For sale — Victoria’s ‘Sweet Pea’ mansion: 15,409 sq. ft., 1,000 feet of ocean frontage. Just $15M

Until November, the building served as a consulate to St. Kitts and Nevis. 'It's a jewel of Upland Estates'

Got a pool? Pay up. Condo maintenance fees are calculated on a property’s running costs

A mix of factors, including saving for future repairs, contribute to monthly amount

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For sale: ‘Lovely’ 3,200-sq.-ft. lakefront home — with an indoor pool — that you’ll probably want to tear down. $999K

By most standards, 508 Pearl Street in Windsor is a pretty nice home. It's not flashy, but it's big, has a series of nice spaces inside and an indoor pool

Drake is building an extravagant mansion in Toronto, complete with a jersey museum and an awards room

The rapper has plans for a 21,000-square foot mansion in Bridle Path, one of the ritziest neighbourhoods in the city

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For sale: 7,000 sq.-ft. S.F. mansion with jaw-dropping views of the city — just $11.95M

If you've been looking to get a taste of the tech billionaire lifestyle, you may be in luck: Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel is selling his San Francisco mansion

For sale: 13,000 sq.-ft. West Vancouver mansion with a yacht garage worthy of 007 — $23.8-million

From the welcoming 8,000-gallon koi pond at the front door to the indoor yacht garage, it doesn't get more B.C. luxury than this

Candy Factory tour: When a hard loft loses its ‘woodsy-orange’ vibe in favour of bright whites and primaries

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For sale: 13,360 sq.-ft. seaside mansion in P.E.I., complete with four-storey whale-watching tower — just $4.75M

If you're in the market for a seaside mansion to watch the whales, you're in luck: the price of 576 Route 336, Cable Head East has been slashed by $3M

Mike Holmes: Building codes are the building blocks of construction safety

Code updates bring research results into the home, so fewer problems occur

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Ultra-luxe 4,000-sq.-ft. condo suite goes from new bare-boned state to brilliant showpiece

Owners' serious Art Deco collection coalesces in a dramatic home

Fresh off The Good Wife, Alan Cumming lists East Village co-op in favour of his own patch of lawn

The actor and his husband prefer a spare but traditional vibe in their homes

For sale: 7,500 sq.-ft. Windsor mansion that’s been designed ‘like a piece of art’ — just $5,995,000

It's listed at $5,995,000 — about 35 times the average home price in the city. But 'it sits on one of the nicest pieces of land in Windsor'

A $95,000 custom playhouse that’s twice the size of today’s condo units

What, you mean my treehouse doesn't measure up!?

For sale: ‘Meticulously’ designed 12,000-sq.-ft. mansion north of Toronto — just $9,995,000

By city standards, 10 Fiddlers Circle is gargantuan — 12,000 sq. ft. on two floors and enough parking for 25 cars

For sale: 8,766 sq.-ft. B.C. chateau complete with private lake and salt-water pool — just $5.8M

If you're looking for an estate without going too far away from major urban centres, take a look at 24410 26 Avenue in Langley, B.C.

Rambling, romantic Lutyens-designed manor house in English downs yours for $11M

If his Arts and Crafts pedigree weren't enough, it has 12,400 square feet and 3.2 acres of gardens