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BMO Eco Smart Mortgage Review and Giveaway

When I got my first real job, I decided it was time to invest in a place to call my own. Little did I know there is more than just having a mortgage and calling this place home. Looking back just over 7 years ago I didn't know as much about buying a house as I do now. 

If I could do it all over again I would definitely do things differently. I would have look for a more Eco Smart house. I would calculate ALL the OTHER costs of owning a house also. Do you know 51% of Canadian homeowners cite utility costs as the biggest surprise of home ownership, I am in that count! We have been trying to do what we can to make this house more Eco Smart to save money and help the environment. 

BMO (Bank Of Montreal) has introduced a new mortgage called Eco Smart Mortgage. This is a five year fixed mortgage at 3.89% that rewards customers for making their house better for the environment. If you've bought, plan to buy or already own a home with energy efficient features, you can qualify for a great rate on our full featured BMO Eco Smart Mortgage. All you have to do to find out if you qualify is to print off the checklist and do a walk around your house.  

For Single Family Homes including townhouses (condo or freehold), your home will need 6 out of 7 features to qualify:
  • High efficiency heating system
  • High efficiency air cooling system or no air cooling system
  • Good quality attic insulation
  • ENERGY STAR® qualified windows with no cracks or air gaps
  • ENERGY STAR qualified hot water system or solar or tankless hot water system
  • ENERGY STAR qualified doors with no cracks or air gaps
  • At least three ENERGY STAR qualified major appliances
I know this house we are in needs a lot of updates to qualify and we are not in the place to do them at the moment. We are looking for a new house and as we look I will know be keeping this checklist with me to find a Eco Smart home. Or at least one as close as we can!
We do have a Energy Star Hot water tank and I believe our broiler is High efficiency heating system but that is pretty much it. We are looking to do a few little things in the next year like change to newer lights and bulbs, get an Energy Star kitchen appliances. 

Giveaway time! Would you like to win a $50 RONA gift card to help in making your home Eco Smart? Enter below but please read the Mandatory enter guidelines.


Mandatory Entry: Simply share your efforts or future plans to make their home more energy efficient for a chance to win a $50 RONA gift card, please include a way to be contacted either email or twitter. This giveaway will end May 15th,2011 and is open to Canada only.

Entra Entries: 
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3. Follow Canadian Coupon Mom on Twitter. (1 entry for following and also 1 entry each tweet - can be tweeted once daily, please leave twitter link in comment) #Giveaway @couponmomcanada #Win a $50 Rona Gift Cert from BMO-ends May 15 http://tiny.cc/g2tkp
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~*Disclaimer: I am participating in the BMO Eco Smart Mortgage program by Mom Central Canada on behalf of BMO - Bank of Montreal.  I received a gift card as a thank you for my participation. The opinions are honest and my own.*~ 

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  1. I "plan" on putting new energy efficient windows and doors in my home!
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  8. We plan to change our kitchen windows to a ENERGY STAR® qualified windows.
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  15. Anonymous1:55 PM

    We plan on replacing our windows within the next year. karasceviour at hotmail dot com

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  21. we currently have the energy efficeint light bulbs in all our rooms and we wash our laundry in cold water
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  36. We plan on installing a new furnace this year which should make our home more energy efficient.

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  39. well so far we have done alot of little efforts, low flow taps and shower heads, energy effiecient lighting , a blanket on the water heater and alot of unplugging in the house of electronics, the biggest thing we need is new windows, but that will be a project for the futurem hopefully not too long away
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  48. To make our home more eco friendly, we bought all new major appliances including a washer, dryer, and dishwasher. They use much less water and detergent than our old machines.

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  50. We recently purchased energy efficient washer and dryer

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  63. I replaced all my kitchen appliances last year with energy star ones

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  74. We don't own our home but I know I would like to do a few things this winter to save money on the heating and electricity bills. We may not own but the costs can be just as high with the monthly bill when the doors and windows arent sealed properly etc. This would definitely help. OR maybe, put some more solar lights in our back yard area, another way to save energy and money! dream 4 ever (at) live (dot) ca

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  80. I have no clue how to include my tweet link but I followed you and retweeted it on TamikaD. Plus I am already a google follower, signed up for networked and subscribed. plus liked you on Facebook! :) I will blog about you soon! :)

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  81. OH! And we have a new house, so its pretty energy efficient, but we are adding window coverings to try and keep out the hot summer sun! :)

    And I blogged about you, so I hope it helps get a bit of traffic, not that my blog is that busy! LOL
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  82. We are completing our last changes suggested by the eco-energy audit; 1) replacing windows
    2) replacing the siding and having our house "wrapped"

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  124. We plan on recaulking our all of our windows to help keep the warm air in this winter and our heating bills down

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  152. Our current furnace is only mid-efficiency (~80% efficient) and it's on its last legs. We are going to replace it with a high-efficiency furnace at upwards of 98% efficiency.
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