HOUSE HISTORY PRODUCTS
POSTER
Enjoy the highlights of your house's history in an attractive timeline format suitable for framing. The standard version incorporates your subdivision's and house's construction dates, details about the first occupants and a complete ownership history consisting of names, purchase dates and prices. Illustrated with visuals sourced through online research. Additional enhancements can include neighbourhood history highlights and illustrations that require offline research or reproduction fees.
Provided as a 24" x 18" or 20" X 16" PDF ready for printing at your local print shop or Staples store.
PRIMER
An elegant printed exploration of your home's origin, the Primer profiles the house's construction, original owners and architectural style as well as the early development of the neighbourhood. Published in 8 1/2" X 11" softcover format on premium paper stock containing eight pages of illustrated content. Also provided in digital format to share with friends.
Makes a great one-of-a-kind housewarming gift for the new homeowner that has everything and a compelling sales tool for realtors looking to enhance a property's prestige.
SCRAPBOOK
Designed to capture mementos of your home's past and its unwritten future, the Scrapbook is a keepsake that can be handed down to subsequent owners. The bulk of the album includes a synopsis of your home's early history, profiles of the original owner and occupants, and a summary of property ownership up to the present day, lavishly illustrated with related historical documents, newspaper clippings, and vintage photographs. The remainder of the book consists of blank pages for you to record the current chapter in your home's ongoing story.
Printed in an oversized 17" x 11" format with approximately 25 pages handsomely enclosed in an engraved leather cover. Bound with Chicago screws making it simple to add more pages as needed.
CHRONICLE
This premium offering provides the most extensive level of research and weaves the results into a comprehensive illustrated narrative about the residence, its residents, and the local neighbourhood dating back to colonial times. You can even write your own foreword.
The 10" X 10" hardcover book contains approximately 30 pages and the cover design is available in a variety of attractive templates. The end result is a striking coffee table book designed to delight homeowners and impress visitors.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HISTORIES
All of our products are also available for commercial property histories.
See our blog profile of 300 Jarvis Street in Toronto for an example of the story of one such property, a nearly century-old hotel for which no past business records existed. Relying solely on period resources we were able to piece together a backstory so comprehensive that more than half the uncovered information had to be omitted in order to keep the post to a manageable reading time.