What do you do on a cool Saturday afternoon in the Fall? Take a drive out to Ancaster to check out the annual Ancaster Home Show. A few days back we received a coupon for free admission for a family of four to attend this year’s Fall home show, so we thought we’d check it out. We’ve got several updates to make to our home, including a new kitchen and a replacement roof, so this would be a good opportunity to research contractors and take a look at what’s leading the way as far as technology and designs for kitchens.
On your GPS – latitude, longitude: 43.189241, -80.040865
With the abundance of (free) parking there was when we arrived at about 4 pm (closes that day at 5 pm) I had a feeling that this would be a very small event and once inside that feeling was confirmed. I’m not sure how old this event is, but I think it’s fairly young. Which would probably explain why it’s a bit smaller than some of the other home shows we’ve been to.
To be quite honest, if we didn’t have a free coupon to get into this event I would be a bit upset if I had paid. If I were to make a guess I’d say there were about 40-50 displays and nothing really stood out except for the steam mop that Caron purchased. However I did connect with a school mate who was working with a display about kitchens, so that was a good connection to make. Now we have someone who’s willing to come in and give us a free consult on a new kitchen design for us. BTW, that consult is free to everyone who uses their services and not just for friends.
From memory here are some of the booths that were in display…
- Bathroom Fitter
- Pool, spa and gaming room.
- Steel roofing
- Knives (you won’t believe the prices
- A crafting booth
- Ladders
- Mortgage brokers
- Sun rooms
- The booth that sold the Smart Living Steam Mop
- Tile and Flooring
- Handyman / Contractors
There were a few more booths but they didn’t attract our attention and/or we didn’t make eye contact so we didn’t have to put up with the normal sales pitch. From the pics below you’ll get an idea how small the event was, the crowd flow and some of the vendors on display.
Final Thoughts.
A well set-up and run event that lacked more interactive booths, but for the price (free) it was not all that bad since I did connect with my friend who designs kitchens and Caron was amazed by the steam mop. This event can only grow since they seem to be working on marketing the event rather heavily and it seems to be run by people who knows what they’re doing. When this event get’s bigger (yes, it will) parking may be an issue, unless there’s more parking at the rear of the build that we didn’t see (we didn’t look).
The highlight of the evening for me was the wildlife display they had of a beaver “Woody” and this was my first contact with a beaver in all my years in Canada…
Admission is $3 with free parking as mentioned above and the actual address for those of you not using a GPS device is New Ancaster Fairgrounds, 630 Trinity Rd at Hwy 2. I did a search on Google Maps for the address, using Ancaster as the city but it presented the address with Hamilton as the city instead, in the event you’re using Mapquest or Google maps.
BTW, this year’s event was/is October 16,17,18 so if you reading this today, you have till the end of the day to check it out.
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