Adventures in Moving - Part I
After a morning of signing papers at the lawyer’s office (double duty because your partner is in France) and then working most of the day you pick up your keys to your new house. In the envelope with your keys is your first property tax bill.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you don’t even get to step onto your new property, much less open the door, before the government serves you with notice of your obligations.
Luckily I am a Glebe resident and therefore a meddling busybody. Therefore I do believe that I get something for that money. The provincial land transfer tax, though, that is a different story.
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