Checklists · 15 lists · 373 items
Every checklist on the site, in one place
Tick items off as you go and your progress is saved in this browser. Print any list and it comes out as a proper sheet — numbered rows, a status column and a summary — showing what you have already done.
Two kinds of list live here. Journey checklists follow a process in order and are part of a longer guide — the steps are the checklist. Standalone checklists are for a single occasion: a viewing, a sales-centre visit, an inspection, a lawyer's review.
Nothing you tick is sent anywhere. Progress is stored in this browser only, so it will not follow you to another device — print the sheet if you need it with you.
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Journey checklists
Each one is the printable form of a full guide. Tick a step on the guide itself and it prints as Done here.
The buying process
Every stage of an Ottawa purchase in order, from working out what you can carry to owning the first year well.
8 steps · Buyers
First Time Home Buyer
The same purchase written for someone doing it for the first time — no equity behind you, conflicting program definitions, and the refunds nobody reminds you to claim.
10 steps · First-time buyers
The selling process
Preparing, pricing, listing and closing — with the costs that land on the seller stated up front.
8 steps · Sellers
The new build process
Buying from a builder, in the buyer's order: budget, communities, builders, the agreement, deposits, construction, PDI and the warranty year.
13 steps · New-build buyers
Rent & lease checklists
Three independent lists — tenant, landlord and commercial — because the three sides of a lease are not one journey.
42 items in 3 lists · Tenants & landlords
Take it with you
Standalone checklists & question cards
Written for one occasion. Each has its own page, its own print sheet, and nothing else to read first.
The PDI checklist
Your one formal look at the finished home before possession. Every check Tarion expects on the form, in the order you walk the house.
62 checks in 7 groups · New-build buyers · checked July 30, 2026
Home viewing checklist
What to look at while you are still standing there — and the system ages to ask for, because each one carries a replacement cost.
27 checks in 5 groups · Buyers · checked July 23, 2026
Sales centre question card
The questions that keep a sales-centre visit informative. Verbal assurances are not terms — only what reaches the agreement counts.
18 questions in 4 groups · New-build buyers · checked July 23, 2026
Status certificate question card
For the conversation after your lawyer has read it, so you understand what you are buying into rather than just hearing "it's fine".
14 questions in 3 groups · Condo buyers · checked July 23, 2026
Buyer's agent question card
RECO recommends interviewing at least three. What you pay if the seller covers none of your agent's fee, how long the agreement ties you in, and whether they will tell you to walk away.
28 questions in 5 groups · Buyers · checked August 1, 2026
Listing agent question card
Ask every agent the same things before you sign: the comparables behind their price, the fee in full, and the term, holdover and cancellation clauses that outlast the listing.
27 questions in 5 groups · Sellers · checked July 31, 2026
Rental viewing question card
The fastest large decision on this site — no lawyer, no inspection, no cooling-off. What utilities really cost, what "included" includes, and whether the unit is even permitted.
28 questions in 6 groups · Tenants · checked July 31, 2026
Closing day checklist
Both sides of the same day, because they interlock. Funds, insurance, utilities, keys and meter readings — most of what goes wrong needed doing a week earlier.
30 checks in 5 groups · Buyers & sellers · checked July 31, 2026
Final walkthrough checklist
The resale counterpart to the PDI: is everything that was meant to stay still here, and is the property in the condition you agreed to buy?
30 checks in 6 groups · Resale buyers · checked July 31, 2026
Home inspection question card
Questions for the inspector you hire, not a list to inspect yourself — scope and exclusions, the age of each system, and which findings need a specialist to price.
28 questions in 5 groups · Buyers · checked July 31, 2026
How printing works
Every checklist here prints from the same sheet: a header carrying the date, one table per section, a numbered row with a checkbox for every item, and a summary of how much is done. Use the print button on the checklist itself — that is the control that produces the sheet.