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We liaise with banks, credit unions, trust companies, or private lenders to coordinate the legal documents required for your renegotiated mortgage loan.
Lakefield jazzes it up in Julys with a day-long music, arts, and crafts celebration, and long-running literary festival. The village in the heart of the Kawarthas cottage country winds along the Otonabee River to link up with the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site (stop by Lock 26 on Katchewanooka Lake for a glimpse). Lakefield’s playground is its marina. Boaters and paddlers can catch up to an 8.5 km walking trail that meanders through the village to the beach and park at Hague Point. Host to authors Margarent Lawrence and Susanna Moodie, and rock musician Ronnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, Lakefield has leafy streets and fun boutiques to while away an afternoon.
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It’s your obligation to keep a secondary suite adequately heated. Standards for what is considered acceptable vary by municipality, but 20° C is usual for September through June. Northern communities where temperatures are colder may set the minimum higher, for longer periods.
If in doubt, use the provincial standard of 20° C year-round. You are liable for ensuring utility bills, including heat, are paid so tenants aren’t deprived of heat, power, or water. The only exception is if utility bills are in a tenants’ name, agreed to in a written lease.
Keeping the heat on is wise regardless of whether a secondary suite is occupied. Turning off the heat too soon or altogether can cause mould, mildew, or structural damage to your investment asset.
Your cottage may not be designated now, but municipalities can use a notice of intention to designate under the Ontario Heritage Act to delay or stop heritage properties from being demolished or altered.
That puts your application to demolish temporarily on hold for up to 90 days, until the township decides how to proceed. You have a right of objection, and up to 30 days to appeal any decision to the Ontario Municipal Board at: ontario.municipal.board@ontario.ca, .
Depending on what the local municipal heritage committee decides, you could be asked to:
Plan ahead, since you may need other permits, and approval can take awhile.
Potentially. Lakefield’s community improvement plan allows residences on upper floors of retail and commercial shops. The plan promotes the idea that residents can “live, work, conduct business, shop or rest” downtown and in commercially designated areas.
Lakefield’s main central area is undergoing a facelift to preserve its traditional village feel. That includes restoring building facades, adding street furniture, and creating off-street parking to make it more pedestrian friendly.
Buildings and signage in community improvement areas should retain the town’s “quaint, friendly, intimate, welcoming, and traditional” atmosphere. Applying for a local urban design study grant could offset 70% of the cost, up to $2,500, of preparing the professional urban design studies and architectural/design drawings the town requires for proposed new projects.
Review the Selwyn Township Permit Information Package. You can apply online, or call ahead to 705-292-9507, ext. 214, before going to the township building and planning department in person. A detailed site plan and construction drawings are required with your application.
