Tips & tricks

Discover how to choose the right house plan for your lot, budget, and lifestyle while avoiding costly mistakes and maximizing long-term value.

At Drummond House Plans, our team supports you with renovation, addition, and home transformation projects. Whether you’re updating your layout, expanding your living space, or completely reimagining your home, we create customized plans tailored to your lifestyle, needs, and budget—while preserving the character you love.

To enlarge a house, everything must be well thought out & optimized. In the case of Maude's family, as the desire was to extend the house towards the rear and we had a maximum dimension to respect, we took advantage of the fact that their garage was moved forward to locate this new room behind this one.

The Drummond House Plan material list stands out from others because it is VERY complete. It is done in three stages. First, we classify all the materials by trade. Secondly, we separate the materials by construction stage. Thirdly, we classify the materials in alphabetical order.

You should not cut perennial plants such as bellflowers and heucheras. For hydrangeas, you should not cut them too close to the ground. You can cut about 1/3 of the plant to give it a nice shape. It will also help it grow healthier next spring. We can concentrate the cutting on the dead flowers only.

To make those DIY Christmas decorations you only need paper, carboard, rope and things you already have. They are simple, easy and fun to make.

If you want to increase the value of your home or your construction, you've come to the right place. If you are building to resell, stay here! Here are some tips for increasing the value of a home.

Pantone determines a color trend each year that will be representative of year to come. This color is determined according to several analyzes of current events,  world situation, current lifestyles, in short, the environment around us.

Colors make us feel certain emotions and Pantone determines the one we need for the year.

This year’s color is Viva Magenta.

This first-time buyer plan is called the CELIAPP. It's a happy mix between the TFSA and the RRSP