The Real Home Show Intro

A New Homes & Renovations Special Edition www.newhomesandrenovations.com

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The Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association is the voice of the residential construction industry in Nova Scotia. The REAL Home Show Edition is the official publication for The REAL Home Show 2015. 78,000 copies are distributed throughout HRM and the province of Nova Scotia to paid subscribers of The Chronicle Herald, as an exclusive insert in Metro News and to Home Show visitors. NSHBA and Dattcom publications include:

• The Real Home Show Guide (March) • Spring New Homes & Renovations (April) • Energy Efficiency Home Showcase (May/June) • Fall New Homes & Renovations (October)

Please contact the NSHBA directly on how you can be involved in association activities.

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Happy to be back at our New Home for the Show! The Real Home Show at the Cunard Centre - Nova Scotia’s Premium Open House!

Without a doubt, when you walk into the Real Home Show 2015 you will see everything you need for your building, buying or renovating project.

Consumer Information

At the show, visitors will have access to guide them through the new home or renovation experience. The ideas you get and the information that you will walk away with will make you even more excited to start your new project.

Home Improvements? New Construction?

Whatever your pleasure, dreams or plans, you will find it at the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association’s (NSHBA) Real Home Show 2015. This show is designed and built for homeowners, homebuyers and people who are planning at some point to own their own home.

The Real Home Show 2015 provides an opportunity to find everything you could ever need for your upcoming plans – right from the actual plans itself to kitchens, bathrooms, windows, siding, lighting, storage, outdoor living spaces –

the professionals and information to you name it, odds are, you will find it at the show.

Walk in with a Vision. Walk out with a Plan.

Professional builders, renovators, interior designers, products, samples and displays of the latest and greatest ideas for an upcoming project will be on display for three full days. Inspirations and information are keys to making your plans a success and you will be able to talk to the professionals and gain the knowledge you need to move forward with your plans.

“The idea of the show is to provide options, opportunities and let consumers know what is out there that may be useful in their project,” says Paul Pettipas,

Walk in with a Vision. Walk out with a Plan.

The Real Home Show 2015 is produced by the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association and sponsored by Energy Partner: Efficiency Nova Scotia; Industry Partners: Bell Aliant and Nova Scotia Power Inc.; Regional Sponsor: The City of Halifax; Media Partners: The Chronicle Herald, C100 and CTV; Event Sponsors: EnergyStar, Capstone Building Products, MJM Energy, Seven Lakes Community, Nova Scotia Construction Safety Association, Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and RenoMark.

Visit the Home Show page on Facebook

just search /therealhomeshow and watch for coupons, prizes and contest opportunities.

CUNARD CENTRE HALIFAX

chief executive officer of the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association. “We want people to get excited about their plans, talk to the professionals, and ask lots of questions so that they will be able to walk away from the show with ideas for their next step.”

Contests

Everyone loves to win and at this year’s show, there will be lots of opportunities to do just that! Enter to win a $6,000 cash prize to be spent on any of this year’s home show exhibitors .

Shuttle Service

We have added a convenient shuttle service to help get you from your parking spot to the front doors of the Real Home Show.

Check www.nshomebuilders.ca for the free shuttle service at The Real Home Show starting at 10:30 am daily and making stops at Point Pleasant Park; the Cunard Centre; the front of the Westin Hotel; Terminal Road beside the Garrison Brewery; and back to the Cunard Centre. The shuttle bus will run on a half hour schedule for the duration of the show.

Come be Inspired!

Plan to be at the Real Home Show 2015 February 27, 28 & March 1 at the Cunard Centre, Halifax 961 Marginal Road, next to Pier 21