PAGE 22, WEDNESDAY. J UNE 25, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS How to buy an energy efficient home CONT'D FROM PG. 21 cent saving on your annual fuel bill. Insulation is also ani im- portant bonus ini suxnmer. It protects the air circulating within the bouse and just as it keeps the cold out in the winter, it shuts out the'heat of the sun in surnmer, While the initial expense of home insulation may spem somewhat costly, the 601 DUNIDAS ST. W. WHITBY Gord O'RiIoy George J. Cormack, President of A.E. LePage (Ontario) Ltd. is pieased to announce the foilowing management appointment: Gord O'Riley has been ap- pointed Manager of our Whltby office. Mr. O'Riley's appointment brings to the company several years of real estate knowledge and refleots the ongoing expansion programme ln the Residen- tiai Division. A.E. LePage (Ontario) Ltd. is part of the A.E. LePage group of companies. A.E. LePage, Canadas ieadlng totaiiy diversified reai estate organization, em- pioys neariy 4,000 people ln approximateiy 200 offices and divisions across Canada. immediate increase in your comfort level and the resulting decrease on your fuel payments, make it an entirely viable investment. Beyond money available through banks and other lendting institutions, the Federal goverrnment's Canadian Home Insulation Program (CHIIP) offers reimbursements of up to $350 for materials and labour required to insulate your home. Your home qualifies if it was built before 1961, is your permanent residence and is insulated with material ac- cepted by the Central Mor- tgage and Housing Cor- poration (CMHC). To insulate your home even further, make sure that windows and doors are caulked and weatherstrip- ped and that storm doors and windows fit snugly. While things like weather- stripping and caulking many seemn small, they are blatant signs to a prospective homebuyer that he is on the site of an energy catastrophy. Single-pane windows are a tell-tale sign as well, and replacing them with double- panes will flot only cheer a prospective buyer, it will save you 15 to 35 cents per window per day through the winter. The heart of your home 's heating system is, of course, your furnace, and much like a finely tuned engine, the better it is maintained, the better its performance will be. Beyond robbing y0u of the full enjoyment of your home and whacking up your fuel bills to unacceptable levels, an antiquated and inefficient furnace will make your house very difficuit to selI, and prejudices its price potential. Although some repair work may be necessary to shape your home into an energy-efficient place, there are many simple things that you can do to save both money and energy. The bathroom-an area prospective buyers cloSely scrutinize-can be one of the worst energy offenders. A bot water tap leaklng at one drlp per second means as much as 175 gallons of hot water down the drain in a month. The intelligent transfor- mation of your home into an integrated, energy-efficient module, will not only save you big energy dollars, but will also dramatically enhance the re-sale value of your single-most important investment. A. E. LePage Limited, Canada's leading, totally diversified real estate organization, employs nearly 4,500 people in ai)- proximately 200 offices and division across Canada. New yacht yard helps bring new ife to harbor By EUGENE HENRY Tom Suthierland, Pickering-based owner of Neptune Marine Services at Frenchman's Bay and Burlington, Ontario has pur- chased that long-time vacant, plant at 1606 Charles Street on the harbour for a yacht sales and service facility and if all goes well in the summer weeks ahead. It should be ready for business soon after Labor Day this year. Neptune Marine has been operating successfully at Frenchman's* Bay and Burlington since 1970 and Sutherland looks forward to developing a sound and stable business here in Whitby. Using the new marina and congestion free harbour as integral elements of his operations here. Sutherland holds a sales agency for a full line of "Bayfield" boats that are built in Clinton , Ontario near Stratford and as such he will bring a sharp and ac- tive competition to the yacht sales scene at the harabour. With Neptune entering the picture in this way Charles Street bas become "Yacht Alley" for Whitby Harbour and at this point there are only two or three businesses left on the street, that are not harbour oriented enter prises. The Neptune plant will contain service bays for repairs, storage bins for yacht hardware, a customers lounge and high- style racks of serviceable sail wear such as parkas and storm suits. Tom Sutherland says that the January Toronto Boat Show triggers yacht sales in Central Canada each year and with it the sailing com- munity throughout Metro Toronot as the Whitby Area starts to plan for the sailing season ahead. Sutherland reports that he books a high percentage of Neptune's sales volume, each year at the Toronto show. It 15 0f interest to note that Neptune will take 40-50 hulîs out of Whitby harbour around Thanksgiving time this year. Some will go into severe open yard storage but many will represent winter work for his staff of 8-10 at their peak period between January and -March of the coming year. This first report on Nep- tune marine would be in- complete without mention 0f the constructive role played by the Town of Whitby's assistant administrator Forbes "Doc" McEwen in landing this class "A" business for Whitby and the harbour. He first contacted Sutherland last faîl and kept close to the difficuit and con- tinuing sales negotiation throughout the piece. If sutherland has problems between now and Labor Day he undoubtedly wd>do what many have wisely donc before him-"see McEwen". Grad KAREN LOUISE BROWN daughter of E. H. M. (Gus) and Eva Brown of Brooklin, graduated recently from McMaster University, Hamilton. The degree con- ferred was an honors bachelor of commerce, with first clams standing. A for- mer graduate of Anderson CVI, Whitby, she bas accep- ted a position with Coopers and Lybrand, Chartered Ac- count a nts in Toronto. /dua eren APARTMENT RENTAIS * 1'4 Locations * Reasonable Rents * Manoged Locally * Avoulable immediately Cail: 579-1626 576-6956 Evenings: 579-1629