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Purchase Plus Improvements: Turn a Fixer-Upper Into Your Dream Home

Purchase Plus Improvements: Turn a Fixer-Upper Into Your Dream Home

Greg Kalanjian
Published on: 17/03/2026

I was talking to a young couple in Ottawa last month. They’d been looking for months, but every move-in ready home in their budget felt like a compromise. Then they found the one—a solid older home in a great neighbourhood. It just needed a new kitchen and a bathroom refresh.