Weekly Blend: September 28, 2018

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:

Attention chocolate lovers: you’ll be dreaming of sinking your teeth into this cottage made entirely out of chocolate. Oh, how sweet it is!

The Manhattan townhouse where American political figure Eleanor Roosevelt lived and hosted President John F. Kennedy the evening of his election is listed for $20 million U.S.

Lately, we’ve shared a lot of treehouse stories, but this one features something we never knew we wanted: a hammock deck. The perks? No patio furniture needed.

Recycling has never been so comfortable. Check out this company’s furniture brand, “Sactionals”—sustainable sofas made up of more than 100 recycled plastic bottles.

Ford Motor Company is pulling a little trick to treat some Detroit residents. The U.S. automaker is turning a long-vacant train station into a haunted house for a day.

No robots were injured when their home recently burned down in Ottawa. Thankfully, a GoFundMe campaign has raised enough money to build a new shelter for the homeless, beach-cleaning robots.

Well, now where will we retire to? Australia’s most expensive home was just bought by a tech billionaire for $100 million.

It’s only fitting Canada’s most famous rapper is living like a 6 God. More visuals of Drake’s Toronto mansion have been released from the builder. Of course, Champagne Papi’s home will have multiple bars, two saunas, piano room, screening room and a gym.

Hopefully Drake’s new mansion doesn’t one day land on this list. Check out these abandoned mansions that ain’t pretty no more.

Not all master bedrooms are spacious. Check out these 20 tips to help make a small bedroom feel big.

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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