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If a pipe bursts in your basement or your roof leaks, where do you turn? Find out your neighbours' favourite fixers, where your neighbours like to go out to eat, who they go to for piano lessons, and more. This list is a compendium of listserv posts from four local lists.
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Welcome to the Professional Services page...
...where neighbours' recommendations for lawyers, accountants and real estate agents are listed here, for doctors go to health and fitness services .
Accountantsrecommendation posted February 17, 2013 From: Abigail Pugh Since taxtime is coming up, I'm replying to the whole list. Rocky Colangelo is a superb young tax accountant. He makes house calls, and his rate seems very fair. If you call him, please tell him I sent you. 416 346 4896. From: Jag Bhathal Hello Neighbours, I have had Raul prepare my taxes for the last 8 yrs or so. He is friendly, professional and is reasonably priced. Please let him know I have referred you. His office is located at Ossington&St. Clair area and his cotact info is: raul@ayalaenterprises.ca tel. # 416-653-5825 recommendation posted June 25, 2009 From: Michelle Webb His contact info is: LORY BERGER THE FIRM Phone: 416-362-5869 Check him out. recommendation posted June 25, 2009 From: Jennifer Stein Artbooks/Loose Change 720 Spadina Ave., Suite 513 (Spadina, just south of Bloor) http://www.loosechange.ca/artbooks.html artbooks@loosechange.ca (416) 466-4435 recommendation posted June 25, 2009 From: linor recommendation posted June 25, 2009 From: Diana Ballon recommendation posted June 19, 2009 I use Ralph Grunier and he is wonderful. Kooky, and very very good. Website is: http://www.ygca.com Cynthia recommendation posted June 19, 2009 From: Paola recommendation posted April 16, 2009 From: Marcia recommendation posted April 16, 2009 From: Cynthia Web: http://www.ygca.com/ recommendation posted May 14, 2007 I know a great accountant who does a lot of work with entrepreneurs/small businesses, he's ideal for the kind of tax savings and long-term relationship you're looking for. His office is located in the Danforth area but his assistant/bookkeeper travels to the customer site to save both parties the hassle of transporting paperwork. Give him a shout, he'll be pleased to answer all of your questions so that you can decide if he's a good fit for you. Martin Saxton martin@arrowfinancial.ca 416-462-9583 www.arrowfinancial.ca Genevieve
Lawyersrecommendation posted September 18, 2012 Real estate lawyer From: Kate Andrew we've had good luck on real estate and wills and estate things with tom white from fleming white (bloor and yonge). tom used to live in the area - but may have moved. the office number is 416 961 2868. From: Tom McCauley Sandy McIntyre of the McMaster McIntyre and Smyth who is quite active in the local community. From: Diana Ballon We were very happy with Ken Picov, 416 488-2100 on Eglinton West. From: Dave Howard We have used Lance Lehman for our real estate lawyerin' for many years - his office is just at havelock and bloor (1067 Bloor St West), phone 416 534 3555. He was BIA chair for this area for years, is very attentive, knowledgeable, and experienced. Nice guy too From: Silvie Hi we are currently working with Lance Lehman he's just on Bloor at Havelock is great to deal with and has tons of experience with real estate. 1067 Bloor St W, 416-534-3555 x206 recommendation posted February 05, 2010 From: Tyler Clark Burke I love "Paul Conway" <pconway@conwaylaw.ca>. He's my estate and real estate lawyer. He lives in Toronto but also has an office out of town (Unionville maybe?). He may not be ideal because of his location (not near Brockton/Dufferin Grove), but he is GREAT to work with, really smart and funny, and really sees the world in a balanced way. I feel like he practices law for the right reasons. From: Neil Lee We just had ours done by Stanley Landau, who was really friendly and seemed to know what he doing. Not the most glowing recommendation, but I'm especially clueless when it comes to these things. That said, everything looked complete and he was a pleasure to work with. Stanley Landau Direct Line: (416) 961-4117 From: Adrienne Trent Avrum Glasner on the Danforth, just east of Broadview...he was our real estate lawyer in the 90's, and he handled my Dad's estate 3 years ago. He is a great lawyer and person and not expensive! CAUTION From: Marc Lafleur I don't want this to descend into a complaint session, but I wanted to respond with a cautionary note to Tyler Clarke Burke's post. We also used Paul Conway and we had an absolutely awful experience with both him and his staff. Unfortunately they failed to dot a lot of i's and cross a lot of t's (which is basically what you hire a lawyer to do, isn't it?). Not only were they incompetent on many levels they were not helpful in cleaning up the mess. I can't testify to Paul's reasons for practicing law, but getting it right isn't one of them, at least in our case. I would hire him at your own risk. recommendation posted May 08, 2009 From: Pat Rayman recommendation posted May 04, 2009 From: Jane Brooks recommendation posted May 04, 2009 From: Marcia recommendation posted March 25, 2007 We have used Lance Lehman, who is local and a dad at the park (he is often at friday night supper) as our lawyer. His contact info is: Lance Lehman Mortgagesrecommendation posted March 19, 2008 Park friend and neighbour Bruce Whitaker has started a business called BuyingBlock.com, which offers mortgages and other consumer products. The idea is that subscribers get lower rates owing to the leverage of bulk purchasing. Check out the website. |
Real estate agentsposted October 25, 2009  Ryan Roberts Ryan Roberts Ryan told us: I really like the belief that strong cities are based on diversity in both economic and social aspects. Organic growth while protecting the heritage of each community is a good thing. Dufferin Grove appears to be a good mix. I also appreciate her activism at the municipal level - I cannot imagine how awkward our core would be if the Allen Road had made its way all the way down. Email: ryan@ryanroberts.ca recommendation posted March 12, 2008 A fantastic agent (and - full disclosure - friend) who got us our new house in the neighbourhood. His name is Chris Kelly and he's with Sutton Real Estate. Chris is honest and straightforward, extremely personable, has a passion for real estate (with a near photographic memory for things that have been sold and listed) and a decorator's eye. He also lives in the area and knows it very well. I hope this was as impassioned a pitch as any..... Here is his contact information: chriskelly@rogers.com recommendation posted March 12, 2008 I recommend Frank Bertucca of Graydon Hill: http://www.graydonhill.com/frankbertucca/ He's honest and his service is so good that he makes me want to buy a house! From: Genevieve recommendation posted March 12, 2008 Arthur Irwin - Coldwell Group. He's the best and is a patron at the Grove (lives across the street and has a lovely little family). He is a former contractor so can look at a house and tell you how well built it is or isn't (steeped in integrity). He goes by referral only and has built a solid business from this. I am surprised how many folks I meet who have worked with Arthur and at the same time I have never heard from or about an unhappy client. Check out his website: www.arthurirwin.ca From: Don |