How it all started

A year and a half ago, El Granto and I purchased our first home. A 100 year old storefront in downtown Toronto. It was recently converted, had a beautiful reno, was ideally located, had a yard for a future dog and a garage for El Granto’s motorcycle. Perfect. We signed the papers, and moved in a month later. Then the skylight leaked, the sink leaked, the brand new dishwasher didn’t work, the basement leaked, the storefront window leaked and the icing on the cake; the dryer vent leaked into our bedroom ceiling making for a hell of a mess days before Christmas. We were in trouble. Luckily we received some awesome help from Mike Holmes and his Holmes Inspection crew.
Here is our story!

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Welcome!

Welcome!

let me introduce myself, I am Kristen. I have an awesome husband named El Granto, a crazy puppy named Odin, and we all live in a 100 year old Storefront Conversion in downtown Toronto.

Wedding shot of Kristen and El Granto
We’re so cute 🙂

This will (hopefully) be a place for our adventures in home ownership, raising a puppy, living and working in an urban environment.
Our Storefront Life!

Cheers!
-Kristen