Open New Doors Real Estate
Dave Maund taking a call at the window of a bright living room
Buying · Waterloo · Wellington · Perth · Oxford

Find the home.
Love the offer.

The right home is only half the job. The other half is getting it on terms that protect you. That's been our side of the table since 2014.

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How buying with us works

Comfortable and confident, at every step

01

Kick-off meeting

We start with questions and careful listening — your needs, your wants, your timeline — then walk through the strategies that win homes in this market, start to key.

02

Mortgage pre-approval

A pre-approval tells you what you qualify for and strengthens every offer you make. No lender yet? We'll connect you with a proven mortgage specialist.

03

Your portal goes live

Every available home in our area, from every company and every REALTOR® — matched to your criteria and delivered to you first. Details below.

04

Home tours

The fun part. You'll tour with someone who's walked thousands of homes — and you'll hear the honest read on every one, cons included.

05

Offer & negotiation

Price, closing date, chattels — and the Schedules, where there's no standard wording and skill matters most. We'll also have your deposit logistics ready: it's typically due within 24 hours of acceptance, so the funds need to be in the right kind of account before we offer.

06

Conditions → keys

Financing, inspection, status certificate — we manage every condition and the pre-closing walkthrough, so closing day is exactly what it should be: just keys.

Your Home Search Portal

Be first through the door.

The best search tool in our market isn't a public website — it's the REALTOR®-only portal we set up for you.

Concierge setup

Dave builds your search personally — no algorithms guessing what you meant.

Every listing, every brokerage

Your portal combines all available homes in our area, from any company and any REALTOR®.

Full property history & sold prices

See what homes actually sold for — the context that makes your offer smart.

Private, and ad-free

Your contact info stays with us. No ads, no marketing lists, and your questions come straight to Dave — not whoever paid for the lead.

Where are you looking?
Price range
Bedrooms (minimum)
Property types
When are you hoping to buy?
Start with the neighbourhood

Know the neighbourhood before you love the house.

Every city, town and village we serve has its own guide, and so does every neighbourhood in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Stratford and Woodstock. Each one shows what it's like to live there, the parks and trails, how people get around, the homes and when they were built, the schools by grade including French immersion, and every home for sale there today from every brokerage.

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The honest read

We'll talk you out of the wrong home.

Every home you tour gets the same treatment: the pros, the cons, and the things you can't see yet — the area's trajectory, the property's history, the problems worth walking away from. That's what a decade of walking homes buys you.

“I liked that Dave was honest about each home we went through, not only pointing out the pros but also the cons. I felt that he genuinely cared about finding me a place to call home.”

Holly · Buyer
First-time & every-time buyer programs

Money you may be leaving on the table

Tax-Free Home Savings Account (FHSA)

Save up to $8,000 per year — $40,000 lifetime — toward your first home. Contributions are tax-deductible and withdrawals for a home purchase are tax-free. You can even transfer RRSP funds in tax-free (form RC270). To qualify, you or your partner can't have owned a home in Canada previously.

Home Buyers' Plan (HBP)

Withdraw up to $60,000 as an individual — $120,000 as a couple — from your RRSPs to buy your home, repaid over 15 years. Applies if neither of you has owned within the last 4 years, plus separation and disability provisions.

Land Transfer Tax rebate

First-time buyers may receive an instant rebate of all or part of Ontario's land transfer tax, up to $4,000, on a home you'll occupy as your principal residence.

Home Buyer Tax Credit

Eligible first-time buyers can claim up to $10,000 — roughly a $1,500 reduction in income tax — at filing (line 31270). Also applies when buying to accommodate a disability.

HST relief on new builds

The rules just changed in buyers' favour: first-time buyers can now recover the full 5% federal GST on a new home up to $1 million (up to $50,000, phasing out by $1.5 million). And for agreements signed between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027, Ontario is rebating the provincial portion too — for all buyers of qualifying new homes up to $1 million, with combined relief reaching as much as $130,000. We'll confirm exactly what your purchase qualifies for.

Down payments & CMHC

Minimum 5% down under $500K; 5% of the first $500K plus 10% of the balance up to $1.5M; 20% beyond that. Under 20% down, CMHC mortgage insurance applies — the fee is added to your mortgage, with PST on it due at closing.

Program rules and amounts can change over time — this is general information, not tax or legal advice. Confirm the details with your lender or accountant, and we'll walk through exactly what applies to you at your kick-off meeting.

The hard cases

We can also help with

Bidding wars

They're not dead, you'll likely meet one. We bring the offer strategy that wins without overpaying.

Private sales

We can help with any home, and due diligence matters even more when a property was never listed.

New builds

Different costs, different process, different contracts than resale. Know the differences before you sign.

Fixer-uppers

A genuine path to a bigger or better-located home, if you know what to look for, and what to run from.

Start the search properly.

One call gets you a plan — or jump straight to your portal and let the right homes start finding you.

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