Weekly Blend: March 10, 2017

The Weekly Blend is your “weekly” source covering real estate news that you just may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to share please feel free to share it in our comments section or tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories. Maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!

Here are my weekly picks:

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but this house was printed in one.  It took 24 hours to “construct” this 3D printed house in Russia.

There’s a two bedroom condo for sale in Toronto for $69,000. No, I didn’t forget to add a couple extra zeros to that price.

If the thought of having to put an Ikea crib together has you shuddering, imagine trying to put together this Ikea flat-packed bike.

Don’t take a magnifying glass to your ice maker or light fixtures; you won’t like the gunk you see – something your guests probably notice without visual enhancements.

If you’re a fan of the design stylings of Bilbo Baggins, check out how these hobbit homes came together.

Who knew a fake window could really liven up a man cave? Here’s a list of 16 drab-to-fab home makeovers.

This man collected 24 miles worth of pennies and saved scraps for decades in order to raise $400,000 for a children’s home!

If you’re looking for Animal House-inspired parties, chances are you’ll find them around St. Francis Xavier University. The Nova Scotia university topped the list of Canada’s top party schools of 2017.

Ah, fiddlesticks! This flippin’ town is planning to ban swearing. What the H-E-double hockey sticks is up with that, gosh darnit?

Even dead whales need new homes. Here’s an in-depth feature as to how the famous Trout River blue whale ended up at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Matt Day brings his experience as a nationally-recognized multimedia journalist to the Canadian Real Estate Association as a Communications Advisor. Matt provides professional writing, digital media and communications support to CREA and assists in developing engaging social media content. He is regularly featured in the CREA Café where he provides interesting and entertaining content for REALTORS® to enjoy. Matt is a professional photographer but has dreams of becoming a rock star. He also enjoys mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and using the Oxford comma.


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