Everything here is written from documents. This is the accounting of which ones, what rules I follow, and where the limits are.
Who runs this site
Brad Macdonald, Broker, The MAC Team, REMAX All-Stars Realty Inc. Brokerage.
This site is not operated by, and is not affiliated with, any Applejack condominium corporation, their boards or their property managers. It is an independent resource. If you need something official about a corporation, the corporation’s own documents - obtained through a status certificate - are the source, not this site.
Where the information comes from
- Registered condominium documents. Declarations and related instruments obtained from Ontario’s land registry and read in full. As of this writing I hold registered declarations for four of the six corporations and one corporation’s full current document package, and I am working on the rest. Where my file has a gap, the page says so.
- The shared facilities agreement. The document that binds all six corporations to one amenity set. Described on this site in my own words, never reproduced.
- Board data, aggregated. I have access to sold and listing data through my board membership. What appears here is aggregate patterns I derive myself - counts, ranges, tendencies - always with the sample size and date visible. Individual listing content never appears on this site.
- Municipal sources. The Town of The Blue Mountains’ by-laws, plans and public documents, checked as of the date stamped on each page.
- Personal experience. I have transacted at Applejack, including in the Woods, and I winter in this town. Where a claim rests on my own observation rather than a document, the wording says so.
The rules this site holds itself to
- Original writing only. The corporations’ documents are theirs. I describe how provisions work and what they mean; I never republish the documents.
- No individuals. No director names, no manager names, no seller names - ever. Management companies are referenced as companies.
- No listings, no listing content. By design.
- Figures carry their sample size and date. This is a ten-sales-a-year market; any number without context is noise, so numbers here come with both or not at all.
- Unverified means unpublished. If I have not confirmed a claim against a document or a primary source, it is flagged as unverified or left out.
- Date stamps everywhere it matters. Rules and market conditions change. Every page that can go stale shows when it was last verified, and I re-check the municipal rental pages against the Town’s current by-laws before updating them.
- Corrections are welcome. If you find an error, tell me. I would rather fix it than defend it.
What this site is not
Not legal advice, not accounting or tax advice, not a substitute for a status certificate, and not a representation on behalf of any condominium corporation, management company, brokerage client or ski club. I am a member at Georgian Peaks; anything I write about club life is personal experience, not club information.
Where you are making a real decision - buying, selling, leasing - the documents that bind you are the current ones for the specific corporation and unit, and the professionals who should read them with you are your lawyer and your accountant. This site’s job is to make sure you know which questions to ask them.