I first met John and Warren when they retained me regarding the purchase of land in the Township of Pakenham. Subsequently they sold that property and the house they constructed on it and bought a unit in what is called Jamieson Mills in Almonte. Jamieson Mills was at the time a complicated legal fiction of ownership called a life lease which because of its unfamiliar nature tended to dissuade others from buying. A life lease is similar to cooperative ownership popular in New York City where expensive units are for sale only to people who do not require a mortgage (based on the legal technicality that you cannot mortgage what you do not own - namely, a corporation owns the whole property and the "owners" merely have the exclusive use of a portion thereof). Eventually the developer of the property converted it to the traditional condominium style to make it more marketable.
John and Warren were I believe the first owners of a unit in Jamieson Mills. They have become the leading caretakers of the place, serving on the Board of Directors and endlessly contributing their time and energy to the management and improvement of the entire property. If anyone in the building has a problem, John and Warren are among the first to be consulted.
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