Find a Partner
Find the right people before you find the house.
Here is the path we are designing for people who want a home of their own and cannot buy alone. It is a draft. We are still writing the rules, and licensed professionals will review each step.
We are building this in the open. We are working on the process, rules, regulations and guidelines for co-buying and shared ownership in Ontario. What you read here is the plan as it stands, not a finished service. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, mortgage or real estate advice.
The 12 steps
Phase 1: Find your people
Matching is the social heart of goodDEED.
1 Match
Profiles of your needs, lifestyle and the community you want.
2 Compatibility
Work through money, space, rules and expectations together.
3 Form a group
Commit to explore together, not to buy.
Phase 2: Find your home
Money first, then a house that can work.
4 Buying power
Pre-approval and your ownership pathway, with a mortgage professional.
5 Find a property
Screened for conversion potential, with a realtor in the process.
6 Feasibility
Zoning, units and cost: can it work for us? With an architect or planner.
Phase 3: Agree, then buy
Governance and design shape each other.
7 Governance
Money, space, upkeep, decisions and exit, agreed together and written down for your lawyer.
8 Concept design
Private homes and shared spaces, drawn up with an architect or designer.
9 Buy together
Agreements signed with your lawyer, then closing. This is the first binding step.
Phase 4: Build and live
One house becomes several homes.
10 Renovate
Budget, approvals, milestones and changes, tracked with your contractor and engineer.
11 Move in
Private homes, with a shared garden and shared rooms.
12 Live together
Co-op-style upkeep and decision-making, together, after move-in.
goodDEED Coordinates.
Licensed professionals give the advice. We do not give legal, tax, mortgage or real estate advice.
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goodDEED coordinates. Licensed professionals give the advice. We do not give legal, tax, mortgage or real estate advice.