Terms of Use
Danny Macedo, REALTOR®
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this site. This site is provided by Danny Macedo, REALTOR®, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage ("we", "us" or "our"). By using this site, you agree to be bound by the terms set out below. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this site.
Acceptance of Agreement
By accessing or using this site (the "Site"), located at www.macedorealestategroup.com, you agree to the terms of this Agreement, which constitutes the entire agreement between you and us regarding your use of the Site and its content. We may amend this Agreement from time to time. The current version will always be posted on the Site, and your continued use of the Site after any change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
Real Estate Regulatory Notice
This Site is operated in connection with real estate services provided in Ontario by Danny Macedo, REALTOR®, a registrant with the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO), operating under Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage. All real estate services referenced on this Site are provided in accordance with the Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2002 (TRESA) and the regulations and code of ethics administered by RECO. Nothing on this Site should be taken as a substitute for representation agreements or disclosures required under TRESA.
Copyright
The content, organisation, graphics, design and other elements of this Site are protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws of Canada. You may not copy, reproduce, modify or publish any part of this Site without our express prior written permission.
Modification of Content
We reserve the right, at our discretion and without notice, to edit or remove any content on the Site, including this Agreement.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Danny Macedo, REALTOR®, and Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage, together with their officers, employees and agents, from any liability, loss, damage, claim or expense, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your breach of this Agreement or your use of the Site.
Disclaimer
The content and services provided through this Site are provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent permitted by applicable Ontario and Canadian law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The Site may contain errors or omissions. We are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including loss of business or loss of profit, arising from your use of or inability to use the Site, except where such liability cannot be excluded under Ontario consumer protection law.
Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under the laws of Ontario, including the Consumer Protection Act, 2002.
All information on this Site is provided for general information only and does not constitute professional, legal, financial or real estate advice specific to your circumstances. You are responsible for independently verifying the accuracy of any information before relying on it, including property listings, market data and valuation estimates.
Limits of Liability
We are not liable for any damage caused by viruses or other harmful components that may affect your device as a result of accessing this Site. We will not be liable for incidental, special or consequential damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Site.
Third Party Websites
This Site may link to third party websites. We do not control, endorse or take responsibility for the content, accuracy or practices of any linked site. Visiting a linked site is at your own risk, and that site's own terms and privacy policy will apply to you.
Submissions
Any feedback, ideas or content you submit to us through the Site (a "Submission") may be used by us without obligation of confidentiality or compensation to you, except where you have separately agreed with us in writing that a Submission remains your property, or where such use would breach the Copyright Act (Canada) with respect to material you did not create.
Consent to Be Contacted
By submitting your contact details through this Site, you consent to being contacted by Danny Macedo, REALTOR®, by telephone, text message or email regarding your enquiry, in accordance with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Where consent is required under CASL for commercial electronic messages, we will obtain it before sending such messages. You may withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any email, by replying "STOP" to any text message, or by contacting us directly at [email protected]. Standard message and data rates may apply. Submitting your details is never a condition of buying or selling any property, or of purchasing any goods or services.
Privacy
This Site collects personal information through its contact and enquiry forms, including at minimum names, telephone numbers and email addresses. That information is collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Because the Site actively collects personal information, a standalone Privacy Policy is required, and should be linked from this page and from every form on the Site, disclosing what is collected, why, who it may be shared with, how long it is retained, and how a visitor can access, correct or request deletion of their information. That Privacy Policy has not yet been drafted and should be treated as an outstanding item before any form on the Site goes live or continues collecting data.
Accessibility
We aim to meet the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) in the design and operation of this Site. If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please contact us at [email protected].
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising from this Agreement or your use of the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario.
Contact and General
This Site is operated by Danny Macedo, REALTOR®, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage, 110 Weston Road, Toronto, Ontario, M6N 0A6. You may contact us at [email protected]. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force.
Last updated: September 10th, 2026
Royal LePage® Supreme Realty, Brokerage
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6N 0A6
Call 416-535-8000
Text 647-931-5151
Copyright 2026. Macedo Real Estate Group, Danny Macedo, Sales Representative, Anthony Rocco Macedo, Sales Representative, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage all rights reserved assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information shown. The information provided herein must only be used by consumers that have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate and may not be used for any commercial purpose or any other purpose.
Elite Broker Blogs
━━━━━━━━
Moving Day in Toronto: The Five Things That Go Wrong
Buying and selling is the part everybody worries about. Moving is the part that actually ruins the week.
I have watched a great many moving days from close range, into Toronto and out of it, and the same five things go wrong. All five are preventable, and none of them are about real estate. They are about logistics that nobody tells you are your responsibility until the morning they become your problem.
One: the keys do not arrive when you think they will
This is the big one, and it catches almost every first-time buyer.
You do not get your keys at nine o'clock in the morning on closing day. Keys are released once the transaction has actually closed, which happens after the lawyers have exchanged funds and the transfer has been registered. In practice that often lands in the afternoon, and occasionally late in the afternoon.
So if you have booked a removal firm for eight in the morning and told them to be at the new address by eleven, you have booked a truck full of your possessions to sit on a road for several hours at an hourly rate.
What to do: ask your lawyer, in the week before closing, what time they realistically expect to close and release keys. Then book the unloading around that answer rather than around your hopes. If you are moving out and in on the same day, ask the same question about both transactions.
Two: the condominium elevator is not booked
If either end of your move is a condominium or an apartment building, the service elevator almost certainly has to be reserved through the property management office, usually in a block of a few hours, and often with a deposit.
Those slots go quickly at the end of the month, which is when most closings happen. A move-in slot on the last Friday of a month can be gone weeks ahead.
What to do: contact property management at both ends as soon as you have a firm closing date. Ask what the slots are, what the deposit is, whether certificates of insurance are required from your removal firm, and whether there are restrictions on which entrance you may use. Get it in writing.
Three: there is nowhere to put the truck
Toronto streets were not designed with removal vans in mind. Many arterial roads that behave like ordinary parking lanes at midday convert into no-stopping zones during the afternoon rush, and a truck that is still loading when the restriction begins can be ticketed or towed.
The City of Toronto issues a street occupation permit for temporarily occupying the roadway or a parking lane, and this is the mechanism that legitimately reserves space for a move. Many established removal firms will arrange the permit and the temporary no-parking signage on your behalf, which is usually the easier route.
What to do: ask your removal firm directly whether they arrange permits, or whether you are expected to. Do not assume. If it falls to you, apply through the City well before the day rather than the week of, and check the current requirements and fees on the City of Toronto website, since these change.
Four: the utilities are in nobody's name
Hydro, water, gas, internet. Each one is a separate account with a separate provider and a separate lead time, and internet is routinely the worst of them. An installation appointment booked on closing day is an installation appointment in three weeks.
What to do: start the transfers about two weeks out. Make a single list with the provider, the account number, the date you want service to start at the new address, and the date you want it to stop at the old one. The overlap should be at least a day at both ends. Paying for one extra day of hydro is cheaper than arriving to a dark house.
Five: the address change is half done
People remember the bank and forget everything else. Then a renewal notice, a tax document or a replacement card goes to a house they no longer own.
What to do: work through a written list rather than from memory. Government identification and health card, the Canada Revenue Agency, your bank and every card, insurance for both the home and the car, your employer's payroll, your doctor, your dentist, your children's school, any subscription that arrives physically, and a mail redirection through Canada Post as a safety net for everything you forget. Set the redirection for longer than you think you need.
The one week countdown
- Two weeks out: utilities transferred, elevators booked at both ends, removal firm confirmed in writing with a note on permits
- One week out: ask your lawyer for a realistic closing and key release time, then confirm the removal timing around it
- Three days out: pack a single box you carry yourself with documents, chargers, medication, tools, toilet roll and coffee, and label it so it does not go in the truck
- The day before: confirm with the removal firm, confirm the elevator slot, check the weather, charge everything
- Closing day: keys when the lawyer says so, not before
If you are moving into or out of the GTA
Whether you are arriving from another city or leaving Toronto for somewhere quieter, the property decision and the logistics decision are two different problems and both are worth planning properly. Text me at 647-931-5151 and I will talk you through the sequence.
Danny Macedo, Macedo Real Estate Group, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage. Selling in Toronto and York Region since 1996.
Permit and municipal requirements change. Confirm current rules, fees and application timelines with the City of Toronto, and confirm building rules with property management, before relying on anything above.
