20 Replies to “The 8 Million Dollar Shed”

  1. It’s $unny ways: Librano$ give from public purse to all pro-Lib, all levels and in return they get votes.

    And by all levels I mean not only lawyers, judges, architects. There are giveaways to all Librano-leaning media/newspapers, gov/admin employees, academia, RCMP brass etc.

    That’s why PP and CPC has such a hard task ahead of them, it will be almost impossible to root out Blackie&co leeching.

    1. small correction;
      It’s $unny ways: Librano$ give from public purse to all pro-Lib, all levels and “”part of that public money returns to the LPC as political donations”” and votes.

    1. I was in design and construction for 30 years. You are NEVER allowed to build on the property line unless it is an existing building from 50-70 years ago when the zoning bylaws were less stringent. Most properties must have a side yard setback of 4′-0″ (1.2 meters) for fire control. Garages are allowed to be 2′-0″ from the property line to accommodate the roof overhang. But after viewing the photograph, the building looks as if it was designed by an engineer (which they are allowed to do in Ontario), so again I do not understand the huge fees.

      1. Ohhhhhhhh Mommmaaaaa …

        You can assume with certainty that the Architect in question is a “(majority) minority owned” firm. Why? Because those are the only firms governments will ever hire. Sadly, you’re only a woman (assumed) and not a brown-skinned Muslim woman design professional … or better yet, a FN woman who calls on the great turtle spirit for design inspiration (because telling a story is so important) … so sorry … you’re not enough of a minority to qualify for government work.

        BTW … if any Engineer charged more than $10k for a 4-car garage … I’d laugh him out of my office.

        BBTW … These government fees are so $$high$$ … because the government is dedicated to transferring the wealth from all you white, colonial, taxpayers into the pockets of the indigenous and “newcomer” minorities.

        1. Kenji, I think in Canada today the wood would cost over ten thousand dollars. My son has a 6 foot high wood fence around his yard, quite a big yard yet still a town lot. $30,000 to replace the fence.

          1. I did my rear yard fence 75’ = $6,500.00. Lowest bid. Almost $100.00/lf
            But that was when a single 2x4x8’ was costing $9.95 at my local Home Depot

  3. That’s a lot of wasted concrete there. The CO2 emissions are through the roof.

    Who still designs in brutalist architecture? Or is government Gulag Grotesque the next reinvention?

      1. Thanks for the link. Portland cement has high CO2 emissions – to me that’s a good thing. But to have lefties design and build like this is totally hypocritical.

    3. “Or is government Gulag Grotesque the next reinvention?”

      Gulag Modern is a popular Liberal style. If you are creating a gulag, you should have appropriate architecture.

  4. Its a bunker. Thick concrete and crash bollards on a garage? They got scared after the guy with the gun roamed around the property while his knobness was there.

    1. They call it a warehouse, so the designer followed all the regulations for a warehouse. Not a garage. Loading bays.

      Or there’s a bunker underneath.

  5. You’re right Chris and Kenji the building is fortified.
    Notice the concrete depth at the doors and the height & depth of the concrete eave. I’m surprised there aren’t retractable bollards in front of the doors.
    For 8 million I would be wondering what’s built underground….

  6. The primary contractor was Pomerleau. That’s the same firm that was tapped to build the Montreal Trudeau Airport. You do the math.

  7. fences.
    neighbor (still owns the plae but moved when 2nd kid came) very impressed with my ‘fence post dental work’.
    a cedar post had rotted out.
    l whammed marker posts either side, lined up those 2 with the post being replaced.
    then a marker board across with marks pinpointing exact location of the existing rotted post.
    then removed the horizontal ‘locater’ and dug the concrete footing out. (it had created a ‘cupping’ effect that held water and accelerated the rot).
    l then filled in the huge hole l had mad doing that, and promptly used the 80 yr old post hole auger (l inherited from my daddy) to redig the post hole *exactly* according to the marker board which l had put back in place.
    then in goes the new post along with the smashed-to-gravel prior footing to anchor it. then final step, swung ‘hinge style’ the prior disconnected PT sections of fence back in place, lined up within an inch all around.

    the whole purpose of the exercise was to ensure the new post went virtually exactly where the rotted one came out. l succeeded.

    the professional builder tenant was def impressed with the engineering by an amateur.

    good fences make for good neighbors. sure did that time.

    fence work tip #2:
    post spikes. those long narrow triangle steel ‘arrow’ shaped with a 4X4X6 opening with bolts top end to squeeze the post.
    heres the esthetic tip: dig a very shallow hole and countersink the ugly cludgey steel bolted part that rusts, into the ground juuuust below the surface. takes minutes, gives big visual improvement for many years.

    feel free to pass along.

    ps l know how to put in deck posts to within 1/4 ” correct spot 100% of the time. including where the steps go. anybody curious how say so. guaranteed, once l spell it out you will see the genius of it.

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