homes & real estate

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. This week: “We meet up with Greg Graham, CEO of Cardel Homes Ottawa to talk about all things residential development in Ottawa. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ This week’s post about the Somerset Towers Apartments on Carling (beside Carlingwood). I was attracted to it for photographing because it the twin towers' round design, but stuck with it when I learned that it was constructed by a mining company looking to make a play into residential construction. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-Queen-Mary-December-2013.jpg) Front entrance of the Queen Mary Apartments, 413 Elgin St. ...

I’ve been researching old stone houses in the Nepean/Kanata/Stittsville area and was interested to see that this 1828 stone home known as “Charles Smith House” is for sale. It is a beauty, and could be yours for about $800,000. (Here’s the real estate listing. ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/011.jpg) Val Cartier Apartments, in the evening of September 22, 2013. Photo by Christopher Ryan Pictured above is the Val Cartier Apartments at 61 Cartier in the Golden Triangle. ...

A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. Ask anyone in Centretown if they can name one apartment building, and chances are that a majority of them will come up with The Elphin. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brwnshirtelphin.jpg) Earlier today, Ottawa arist and OttawaStart contributor Andrew King launched a limited-edition t-shirt featuring the Elphin , the iconic elf-alien figure that adorns the Elphin apartment building on Metcalfe Street downtown. King writes: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shapeimage_1.png) " ...

Apparantly the theme this week on the OttawaStart blog is reality tv show auditions. Here’s a casting call for All For Nothing, a real estate reality show looking for families or couples who are planning to sell their home but need to fix it up a bit before they sell. ...

We recently found a great local website called Ask Around. It’s a very useful resource that features a directory of businesses and services in Ottawa that have been recommended by other readers. The site is run by Wendy Stone, who also writes the Ask Around blog , and shares recommendations via Twitter . ...

Over at knitnut.net today, there’s a somewhat bizarre and very entertaining tale of a blogger’s visit to an open house at 700 Sussex Drive . The condo building is home to many of Ottawa’s richest and famous-est, including Mayor Larry O’Brien. ...