Real Estate:The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday, Mar. 23, 1994 â€"6 Maintenance tips for conscientious home owners "Now is the winter of our disconâ€" tent made glorious summer by this son:. of . York.Y" Richard â€"JI, Shakespeare. Personally, what I long for is the sun of March to make gloâ€" rious spring, and the sooner the betâ€" ter. What a winter! Frozen pipes and drains, condenâ€" sation plaguing air tight houses while dry air split furniture joints and the skin of the inhabitants of older homes. You would think it would be an ideal time for painting and> wallâ€" papering, but the spirit is not willing to take the body up a ladder into the 80° temperature near the ceiling. Even at floor level in older homes where the air fairly crackles, you have the devil‘s own time painting with latex paints. They dry so quickâ€" ly, you get visible lapovers as you move along the wall and try to blend the new paint in with what you have just painted. If you are in an airtight house and you try wallpapering, the condensaâ€" tion of all the moisture released from the wet paper creates more problems. Looking on the bright side, you could wallpaper in an older house Times Change Values Don‘t For A Confidential Market Evaluation Trust Associate Broker Top Awardâ€"Winning Producer Since 1974 Let 20 Years of proven performance work for you! BUYING OR SELLING CALL maepp japghy *a 157 WALBY DR. 444 GOLDEN OAK Call 338â€"2000 or Res. 338â€"3424 67 Lakeshore Rd. W., Oakville $229. 000 Coronction Park, near lake 170 ROSS LANE and paint in a new house. What other jobs can we do in these troublesome times? I have a few that lack glamor because they are maintenance tasks, and there is little in the way of visible improveâ€" ment when you have finished. People will not ooh and ahh, marâ€" velling at the transformation you have brought about, so you will have to accept the role of the obscure toilâ€" er who is not praised when the situaâ€" tion remains normal even though you may have averted a small tragedy. First on the list of pedestrian maintenance chores: change the furâ€" nace filters, they probably need it! If you are fed up with this routine that is essential for air quality and energy savings, why not look into alternaâ€" tives. : An electronic air cleaner will filter the air much more efficiently at an operating cost equal to burning a 40â€" watt bulb all day and an original outâ€" lay of about $600 if you have it installed, half that if you do it yourâ€" self. It works on the principle of magâ€" netism where any tiny particles susâ€" pended in the air that escape the original screen are given an electrical charge which makes them attracted to a series of grounded plates inside the cleaner unit. These particles are held there until you release them with a rinsing in the (Continued on page 24.) $399,000 CUSTOM BUILT Glen Abbey Ravine $459,000 PRIME EAST OAKVILLE Upgraded Quality Home $166,900 Dream starter, extras, F.P. $229, 000 Bronte Harbour, spotiess _ 1382 HAZEL McCLEARY