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Jul
12
Ah, summer is in the air, the flowers are out, the kids are greasy with sunblock, the grass is slowly turning yellow. No time like the present to start thinking about… the FALL!
Plans for the annual LondonMoms Fall Sale are already in full swing. It will be once again held at Lucas High School in northeast London on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010.
Tables are selling out quickly (only 15 remaining!). If you are interested in clearing out your kids’ closets and renting some space send an email to dawn@londonmoms.ca indicating your interest as well as how many tables and racks you would like. Once the contracts are ready to be sent out you will recieve an email with the contract as well as payment instructions, you will have one week from that email to make your payment or your table may be lost. Prices are as follows:
Tables are $25
Adding a rack space is $15 (you provide the rack)
Big ticket items** $3 if under $50 price or $5 if over $50 price
Deposit is $10 (you get this back after you clean your area after the sale is over)
At the fall sale, plan on selling maternity clothing and gear; infant/baby/kids/tween/teen fall and winter clothing, coats, shoes, boots, accessories; Halloween costumes, Holiday wear, toys, books, DVD’s, baby gear, strollers, carriers, highchairs, booster seats, bouncy chairs, excersaucers, pack’n'plays, games, potties, bed rails, diapers, bedding, bibs, blankets, feeding accessories… anything relating to your kids!
The sale has been a phenomenal success for both buyers and sellers, so make that big red circle on your calendar now. Whether you just got your first positive test or you’re helping out with grandchildren, this sale is for you! A great place to start (and finish) your back-to-school or early Holiday shopping.
**Note: all strollers, excersaucer-type toys, ride on toys, pack’n'plays, highchairs, furniture, bikes/trikes, etc. are considered Big Ticket Items and must be put in the room designated for this type of sale.
The Ontario HST and the London (Ontario) Home Buyer
by Kathy Mendham-Meathrel
The new HST tax is set to come into effect in Ontario on July 1st of this year (2010), here is a brief guide on how it will impact Home Buyers in London.
The HST is the result of the combining of the current Provincial Sale Tax (PST) with the Federal Goods & Services Tax (GST) to create a single consumption tax known as the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The HST will replace both the PST & GST thus on many items the HST will have no effect at all. The impact will be on the services you use, because the current PST is primarily a tax on GOODS, while the GST is, and the HST will be a tax on GOODS & SERVICES.
The HST will add an 8% tax increase on many services associated with a Real Estate transaction.
The Ontario Real Estate Association estimates that the HST will add an additional $1,513 to the cost of the sale of the average Ontario home. The services that are immediately obvious with this additional fee are as follows:
- Real estate commission
- Lawyer’s fees
- Home inspector fees
- Home Movers
You will notice that the purchase price of a resale property in not on this list. There is no sales tax now and there will be NO HST ON A RESALE HOME. This is good news since the value of the property you are purchasing accounts for the vast majority of the money you are spending.
The case of a new build home is different, in that the HST will apply to all new builds that the buyer takes possession of starting July 1, 2010. This means the HST will add an additional 8% in tax to the cost of a new build.
However, recognizing the cost of this impact to buyers the provincial government has created a new housing rebate for new homes purchased as a primary residence. This new rebate will be 75 per cent of the Ontario component of the HST, up to a maximum of $24,000.
The rebate will ensure that buyers of homes priced up to $400,000 will, on average, pay no more tax than under the current system. While new homes purchases of primary residences valued at $400,000 or more will be eligible for the maximum new housing rebate of $24,000.
As always if you have any questions on this article or a home purchase or sale in London Ontario feel free to contact me*.
Kathy Mendham-Meathrel
Sales Representative
Realty Executives Elite Ltd Brokerage.
Bus (519) 649-6900
Cell (519) 854-1974
KMendham-Meathrel@rogers.com
www.kathymm.ca
*Not intended to solicit property already for sale.
May
30
May has been a busy month for the London Mom’s!
There were 14 mom’s expecting babies this month and to date, 12 of those beauties have arrived.
Big congratulations out to: noah’s mommy, doula_anna, Kaisa, gingybebe, kmjones, BabyLove, coconut, Aljiana, Jodie, forevergreen, Mumofboys, and jenelen. agreeksmom and Kendra - we are eagerly waiting to hear about your new arrivals!
Enjoy your new little darlings!
~ t
Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis
When: May 30th, 2010
Time: Registration starts at 830/9am, walk starts at 10am
Where: Storybook Gardens (by the train station)
Fee: $15 per walker (children under 2 are free) if you can raise this money, the fee is waived
Entry fee gets you entrance to Storybook Gardens for the day, a bbq lunch, face painting, balloon animals, and lots more fun.
To register (or sponsor a walker) please go to www.cysticfibrosis.ca/greatstrides
Feel free to pm mommy2cuties for more information
Meet and Greet with our very own
Ask the Expert Chiropractor, Dr. Laura Gravelle
Wednesday May 26th 6:30-7:30pm.
Dr. Laura in the community!
Dr. Laura is at Downtown Yoga Holistic Centre ( 236 Dundas street, London) presenting an engaging workshop “Raising Healthy Families in 2010″. This event will cover many hot HEALTH topics including: stress, nutrition, activity level, chronic diseases, over medication, attention difficulties and many others relevant to the family. Come out for an enlightening evening to learn simple tools we can implement to improve the health of the family.
There is no charge for this workshop.
This event will also highlight the great gifts Downtown Yoga Holistic Centre has to offer. http://www.downtownlondonyoga.ca.
First 10 registered guests get their name entered to win
a basket valued at over $100.00.
Email drlauragravelle@gmail.com to pre-register.
Dr. Laura Gravelle
519-671-4850
www.chirolaura.com
Yours in Health!
May
13
Like many Canadian families, our house had the Vancouver 2010 Olympics on TV from morning until well past bedtime for the full duration of the games. Olympic fever hit us hard. The Canadian pride was contagious all across the country and having athletes from the area only amplified those feelings. We were enraptured.
One of the things I loved most about the games was the repeated singing of our National Anthem. It was sung so often that around here it became a nightly lullabye for my kids. Even now, months later, it can still soothe my little boy like no other tune.
Today, I heard about an interesting study that quizzed 275 highschool choir students from across Canada. Apparently, only 67% knew the words and 46% had the melody correctly. Long gone are the days of singing every morning with the morning announcements. How do you fair compared to these students? Do you know the words and do your children?
The words, I have down. The melody… well, I’m lucky if I get the Alphabet Song in tune. 
Come join the discussion: http://forum.londonmoms.ca/61926-oh-canada
~ t
Mar
20