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This is a picture of a row of New York brownstone houses.

Welcome to Let's Find Your Dream Home.

So …. what’s your opinion?

A picture of a condominium apartment building. The exterior is white, with red accents and some greenery.

So… I’m in the process of looking for a new home.

While I’m lying in bed, in the dark of night, my mind starts to wander. And I have to admit that sometimes I think about bare naked ladies.

Hey!

Before you make any rude assumptions, I’m specifically referring to their smash hit song,

“If I Had a Million Dollars”

and what kind of home I would buy if I had that kind of cash in my hand. I strongly recommend these thoughts as a great way to pass the time between 2am and 4am.

A picture of a country mansion, three stories, with a large grass lawn in front. The sky is blue.

A picture of a large country two story home, with red brick, a white painted railing and a Canadian flag flying from the second floor.

There are literally countless reasons why someone would target a particular type of home when they’re searching. Being overly partial to being ruled by sentimentality, I tend to really favour homes that remind me of beautiful places or the types of places where I lived when I was going through a particularly happy period of my life.

A picture of a house on stilts, in the water. The water is blue, some clouds in the sky and a partial view of a palm tree in the forefront.

What kind of place would I go for? For me, it’s a dead heat between an apartment in the big city with a huge balcony, large windows and nice southerly, sunny view. And the competing favourite is a sprawling country or prairie-type home with lots of land and wide open views from horizon to horizon.