Hi Andrew Fergus is a small town located in southwestern Ontario. The manufacturer is discussed in this old article: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/beattybros.html You could try calling the local library in Fergus to see if they have a copy of the manual Sit Down in Comfort Iron in Style or try a local appliance repair place in Fergus. The company would have been a big deal in the small town so you may find someone locally who can help you.

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Wow! thanks for all this advice! sorry for the delayed reply, I was out of town and offline for the weekend. I made the trip to SC to help my mom with finalizing the finishes on their new home--and last night we met with two potential new agents, One of whom seems to be a perfect fit! They have one more interview set for tomorrow, and then will move forward with one. Unfortunately the prior agent seems to have a serious vendetta against my parents for pulling their listing from him. One of the agents last night let us know that he put a comment in the MLS (agent facing side) that said they were terrible clients to work with and going to be an impossible house to sell--when in reality he never marketed the home, listed it WAY too high initially despite my parents notions on where it should be priced(which is what it is now priced) and he never communicated with my parents unless they made contact. some serious professionalism is lacking there....I hope he has better luck elsewhere. Both agents last night felt like the current price was good and wanted a few small issues addressed in the house, but wanted to re-do listing description and photos to highlight the house better, so that they would be successful when marketing (more aggressively than the first agent--who apparently didnt do much) They did both suggest to offer closing costs or a reno rebate at closing for 10k or so as a buyers incentive. My parents are fine with that or simply another price drop. On the bright side- they still have a little more wiggle room in their budget to drop the price more if needed. Its currently at 375k and they would be fine with 350 bottom line. As far as the pool is concerned, new neighborhoods here have neighborhood pools, older neighborhoods don't in this area (and being a smaller town, there isn't a community pool to join), So it is not uncommon to have a private pool, even if it is only used 1/2 the year. One agent pointed out that this house would be the only house on the market with a pool in the school district. Speaking of schools though, I was mistaken on my prior post. They are in fact zoned for the newer/better schools. so that's great. While i'm glad to have the maintenance of a pool in my own yard, I can see both sides of this as a buyer. @izzymin- their wooded area is hard to tell fully from the photos above. their lot is .75acre, with only a portion (maybe .3 acre) of that fenced in the back yard. and another .2 front yard and the remaining .25 is wooded for privacy from the lot behind, which also has quite a bit of wooded area for privacy. The fenced in portion out back is cleared with exception of one beautiful double oak tree all the way in the back corner. The grass and landscaping back there grows well but does get leaves blowing over from neighbors tress and trees behind the fence line. The front yard is what has sunlight and water issues. The house sits up on a hill, so when it rains, water runs down the front yard and takes new grass with it. They have French drains, landscaping nets to try to hold the grass, but it all fails eventually in heavy rain. They do have the canopies raised every few years and it is just about that time again, but costs quite a bit to do as the trees are so tall, so i think they were hoping the house sold before they had to fork out the money for it again. The "protected" area thing is not uncommon here in the established neighborhoods. The new construction neighborhoods all got leveled and cleared totally though.. So on to a new agent, more aggressive marketing, probably another price drop, and finding the right buyer! thanks all!