Whether moving to a larger family home, your first home, or to a dream home, everyone has to deal with all sorts of details - from the everyday... to the "I hadn't thought of that" variety. Below are numerous links that can be helpful at these times. From change of address contacts, to financial advisers, to lawyers - we hope you can find it all here! (And if there is something missing - let us know and we'll add it!)

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These links are not endorsements, but a useful tool to help consumers find the services they need.

Real Estate Profession - Consumer Information

Real Estate Council of Ontario, Canadian Real Estate Association; Tarion Corporation: New Home Warranties

Financial & Mortgage

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Ted Walton - Mortgage Intelligence (Durham & West Northumberland); Marcy Berg - Summit Mortgage Services Inc. (Cobourg); Ron Tait - TD Bank Mortgage Specialist  (Port Hope, Cobourg); Shelly J. Smith - Scotiabank (Cobourg); Chris Moyer - Royal Bank Mortgage Specialist; Mortgage House (Cobourg);

Legal

Upper Canada Law Society Members Directory: (Use to find contact information for a lawyer you already know provides real estate services - or look below for some suggested contacts.)

Anne Marie Steger; Mann, McCracken, Bebee & Ross; William G. MacDonald - 905-372-7303; Richard Irvine;

Port Hope offices:

Bruce H. Coleman; Mann, McCracken, Bebee & Ross;

Insurance

Cobourg: Bailey McNichol Wilson & Associates; State Farm - Kimberly P. Joice;  

Home Inspectors (Most home inspectors travel distances to their jobs - place names represent where inspectors are based, not where they work)

National Associaton of Certified Home inspectors; Ontario Associaton of Home Insppectors;

Thibodeau Home Inspection Service - Marc Thibodeau - 800-972-7880; ACISS Home Inpections - 1-866-373-1113, Roy's Home Inspection Ltd.; K.A. Farrell Home Inspections - 613-475-4923; Mike O'Grady - Reg. Home Insp.; Buyers Choice - Dave Marshall; Brian Llewellyn; AmeriSpec Home Inspection Service - John Joyce; Eastern Home Inspections - Lynn Watson; Horton Home Inspections - John T.; Precision Home Inspection Services - Lisa Gauthier;

Hazardous Materials:

Pinchin Environmental (Mississauga based vermiculite tesing facility);

Moving Companies:

Find Moving Companies:Movers.com for local movers, Long Distance moves, across states, small shipments, Auto Shipping, Overseas, Moving Boxes, and Truck Rentals & Storage.

Free Moving Quotes: Moversweb.com is the one stop Relocation resource for getting the best deals from Local Movers, Interstate Movers, Auto Transport, International Movers, Small Moves, Self Service Moves, Truck Rentals and Storage near your area.

Site Surveyors

Ivan B. Wallace - Ontario Land Surveyor Ltd. - 905-372-5262 (Cobourg)

Property and Home Maintenance/Repair

Dave Blakely / Don Merson - Blason Property Management - 905-372-4800; Brit-Lok - Peter F. Brittain (Port Hope: Locksmith & Security)

Government

Canada Revenue Agency - Moving, change of address, moving deductions, etc.; Elections Canada - update your elctoral district information or contact your political party of choice; Service Ontario - update your address with all provincial ministries and services; Ministry of Transportation (Change your driver's licence... six day grace period only!);

Canada Post - Change/Forward mail to a new address at "smartmoves" 

Office of the Fire Marshal; Municiple Property Assesment Corporation, 

Utilities & Services

Ontario Energy Board

Veridian (hydro) - Move in/Move out; Union Gas - Account Requests; Union Energy - Moving Page; 

Bell Canada;  Cogeco Cable - Moving Services;

If your business or service is useful to people moving home, and you would like to be included on this links page, please send your information, along with a working web-site URL or email address to, hodgeslodges@sympatico.ca, with the title "Moving related service for web-site inclusion" and we will update and include you under the appropriate category