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® ® ® i t Auction * Miller Real Estate Ltd Creative uses of reclaimed brick, rough sawn cedar, antique barn beams and fiOle #507! Customâ€"built 1‘/storey ome on 4.4 acres with riparian rights, creek and private picnic area. Toronto skyline is visible on a clear day or night. Electrical storms and snowfalls are particularly enchanting to experience from the second floor living room beside a glowing fire. Completely open concept with four walkâ€"outs to cedar decks, one which features a brick BBQ and fire pit. Private bunky equipped with washroom and wood stove for inâ€" laws or guests. Unique circular staircase surrounds a surprise item, only one of many focal points. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28th at 1:30 p.m 4350 LAKESIDE DRIVE, BEAMSVILLE 327 Maple Grove, Oakville 306 Queen St. S., Hamilton 70 St. Clair Ave., Hamilton Commissioners Rd. E., London 4350 Lakeside Dr., Beamsville 93 Roxborough Dr., Rosedale Inspect Sunday 21st February 2:15â€"3:00 p.m. YOUR DREAM MAY COME TRUE UPCOMING AUCTIONS Barry Matthows® Auction AUCTIONEE R ENV T Pm TEIETT Sed NO THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21st at 1:30 p.m 327 Maple Grove Drive, East Oakville Inspect this Sunday 2â€"2:45 p.m. RENOVATOR â€"INVESTOR 1STâ€"TIME BUYER Inspect SuntEh;Z 33:30 Egm. BRICK TRIPLEX IN PRESNGE "ABERDEEN AREA" x ABKRN 4ns yAE Tngo _ $45â€"9180 David Crook® 467 Speers Rd. Many ways you can save (From RE 19) 20% of your enerâ€" gy use â€" combine devices to control water flow, like energyâ€"saving showerheads and faucet â€" aerators with attention to the way you use your energy, and you can stop pourâ€" ing energy down the drain. 21. Dishwasher s can be a double whammy energy user, since they use hot water plus energy to run. You‘ll conserve hot water and save on the energy to run your dishwashâ€" er if you wait until it‘s full before you run it. Try using short cycles when you have easyâ€"toâ€" clean loads, use your "econoâ€" cycle" if you have one, and try turnâ€" ing the dishwasher off before the dryâ€" ing cycle to let the dishes air dry. 22. You could take a lot of baths in the hot water you need to wash clothes â€" oneâ€"quarâ€" ter of your total hot water usage goes to clothes washing. If you use warm wash and the cold rinse cycle in â€" your washer, you‘ll cut the _ electricity usage in half. In one year, 68,806 Canadian households have used the First Home Loan Insurance program to purchase their first house â€" with a down payment as low as 5% â€" announced Elmer MacK ay, minister responsible for Canada â€" Mortgage and Housing Corporation As of January 31st, 1993, $6.33 billion of loans have been insured by CMHC under this program since its launch last February. This represents 33% of CMHC‘s total homeâ€" owner insured loans in this period. "The response has been qv_erwheypi‘ng,”. said -Map(‘_’ngyf (CMHC 23. Air plus water = savings: a faucet aerator is the cheapest way to cut down on hot water use. For a few dollars, this easyâ€"toâ€"install gadâ€" get screws directly onto your faucet that adds air to the Buyers using 5% water flow, so you get plenty of water pressure while cutâ€" ting consumption by 25% to 50% per tap 24. Lather up for savings ... do you use more hot water in a shower or a bath? It depends how long you shower for, of course â€" but generâ€" ally if your shower lasts eight minutes or less, you probaâ€" bly use less water than you would with a bath; if you shower for ten minutes or longer you will use more than if you take a bath. With an enerâ€" gyâ€"saving showerâ€" head, you‘ll autoâ€" matically use less water. 25. An energyâ€" saving showerhead can show you up to $70 per year in hot water use. Look for a showerâ€" head with a flow rate of less than 11 litres per minute â€" which translates in to 28,000 litres of water saved over a year in the average household. 26. A tap dripâ€" ping at one drop per second can fill 16 bathtubs in a month â€" but a washer that costs only a few cents can plug the leaks in a jiffy. 27. It‘s a wrap ... insulating pipe wrap helps reduce the energy loss caused when hot water starts to cool before it even gets to its destination. Wrap the first one or two metres of pipe coming out of in the average CMHC surveys confirm that the consumers targeted under First Home Loan Insurance program have, in fact, been reached. They are mostly young couples who want to buy a home, but who _ gould carry a mortgage: +/ > "CMHC had initially forecast 20,000 over the life of the twoâ€"year program, but the combination of relatively low house prices and stable mortâ€" gage rates, plus a wider selecâ€" tion of affordable resale housâ€" ing in most major areas, has more than tripled total demand in the first year alone. It‘s heartening to see so many Canadians realizing their dream of homeownership." the hot water heater with pipe wrap. 28. Save water used by your toilet with a inexpensive product like a toiâ€" let tank dam that can save up to 40% of the water used by each flush. The standard toilet uses 22 to 31 litres of water per flush â€" so savings are sigâ€" nificant. IN THE KITCHEN 29. Is it better to boil water on the stove, in the microwave, or in an electric kettle? The electric kettle is the winner â€" the simple rule of halves says that the kettle uses half as much energy as the stovetop, which uses half as much energy as a microwave. 30. Hot, hot, hot ... Glass and ceramic cookware gets horter than their metal cousins so choose these and a lower temâ€" perature to save pots of energy. CAULKâ€" ING/WEATHERâ€" STRIPPING 31. Dodge the draft: the average older house has enough leaks and cracks to add up to a hole the size of a window â€" a winâ€" dow that you can never close. Inexpensive caulkâ€" ing and weatherâ€" stripping can reduce air leakage, saving you money and making your home more comâ€" fortable.