Home Show In Full Swing

Saturday, May 01, 2010 02:48 PM

Landscaping display greets entrants to the Home Show.

Prince George, B.C.- Northern B.C.’s longest running home show is well underway at the Exhibition grounds in Kin I, II and III.

The show, which helps you find all the information you need for renovating, or new home construction, without having to drive all over town to compare services or prices!

The Canada Home Builders Association’s Home Show is celebrating it’s 33^rd year this year.

The show is open until 8:00 Saturday night, and open Sunday from 10 a.m. till 4. p.m.

Outside, there is plenty of information and demonstration on decks, and bar-b-ques, including the new “Big Green Egg”,

( at right, CNC graduate Chef, Chris Cole, dishes up some pork loin samples hot off the Big Green Egg bar-b-que)

Landscaping, eavestroughing, hot tubs and more, including special info sessions with Brian Baeumler, the Host of Disaster DIY on HGTV.

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Posted on Saturday, May 01, 2010 02:48 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: MrPG on May 1 2010 4:53 PM

Ah yes, the Home Show. Where you pay admission to have a bunch of people try to sell you stuff.

Posted by: sum42guy2k on May 1 2010 5:04 PM

mrPG, its not just them trying to sell you stuff, they are trying to sell thier labor as well! :)

I wish I could attend, but I am out of country...oh well

Posted by: He spoke on May 1 2010 5:21 PM

home show, its a trinket fair.

Posted by: charles on May 1 2010 5:57 PM

Save your money folks. The "borrow and spend" era is over.

Posted by: drivechain on May 1 2010 10:50 PM

I have participated in this Home Show in the past, paid a lot of money for my booth and see no reason why the General Public should have to pay admission charges.(We quit this show for that very reason)

Posted by: boomer on May 2 2010 8:32 AM

Were any of you at the last home show a couple of months ago? It looked like a flea market but hey it was free. If your doing home reno's why would you not pay the $8.00 or whatvever it is to see most of the suppliers in one location. Saves a lot on fuel driving all over town for a week.
Just my 2 cents.

Posted by: bellaboop on May 2 2010 9:33 AM

Its kind of funny walking through there, I felt like I was in some kind of infomercial nightmare!

Posted by: MrPG on May 2 2010 3:16 PM

Don't forget to put your name in for all of those free vacation draws! They're totally legit! (rolling eyes)...

Posted by: Dragonmaster on May 2 2010 6:35 PM

Boomer, theres no need to drive anywhere, with the internet and the telephone available to most everyone these days you can do everything from home without burning up all your fuel. Besides that, if more people stayed at home it would make our streets safer for the more responsible drivers in our town that need to be outy there.

Posted by: pansy on May 3 2010 8:10 AM

I didn't go this year. I went once and I just can't see why I should pay money to have someone try to sell me junk. That is what alot of it is. If I'm doing reno's I can search out my own supplies and prices.

Posted by: porter on May 3 2010 10:41 AM

I used to be in the show but have to agree, why go pay $16 (my wife comes too) to go shopping. The show should be free, I don't think I am going again until they look at their admission rates. Maybe if they donated some of it or something. They have to be making enough money with just the booths, they used to be over $800 for a single for the weekend.

Posted by: Thunder on May 3 2010 12:39 PM

Paying admission to see advertising is ridiculous.

Posted by: MrPG on May 3 2010 1:42 PM

I agree. Anyone been out to a movie lately?

Posted by: boomer on May 3 2010 7:10 PM

Good Idea Dragonmaster.
I don't think I'll go out to eat anymore either. The restaurant employees don't need our money to live. So just curious how you figure people driving to the Homeshow are less responsibleb than everyone else.