Talk through the decisions holding up your move.
Bring the areas you’re considering, your established budget and any questions you haven’t resolved. We’ll discuss your priorities and identify what needs researching or confirming next.
More room for your family.
A move you don’t have to figure out alone.
We help you narrow the options and work through the details, so you can move forward with a clear plan and someone in your corner.
Your Family Move Blueprint
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Book My Family Move Blueprint Call.
30 minutes with Ilan himself. Free, no obligations.
Your career takes most of your day. Your family needs what’s left. Researching every neighbourhood and school can quickly become another job.
Start with your Family Move Blueprint Call, a free 30 minute conversation with Ilan Portnoi. After completing your call, receive your personalized written plan and the included guides and planning resources.
300+Families helped
A decadeIn real estate
Quoted on schools and homebuying
The part that keeps getting pushed to next weekend
You’ve been meaning to make this move. Finding the time is another story.
The workday runs late. There’s dinner to get through, bedtime, and maybe a few emails you still need to answer.
By the time you open the listings, you’re tired.
You save a house. Look up the school. Start checking the commute. Then find another neighbourhood that might be worth considering.
An hour later, you have more tabs open and still don’t know whether the house is worth seeing.
“We should look into this one.”
Your partner sends you another listing. You want to look into it properly. It’s just hard to find the time.
Meanwhile, the toys have taken over the living room. Having your parents stay means rearranging the condo. School is approaching, and you’d like to feel settled before then.
A big decision deserves careful workYou want to know you’ve
You want to know you’ve
covered what matters.
You’re used to making important decisions at work. Choosing where your family will live brings questions you don’t deal with every day.
You have the means to move. You still want to spend wisely. The thought of discovering something important after you’ve bought makes it hard to take the next step.
So you keep researching. You tell yourself you’ll get serious when work settles down.
But there’s always another busy week.
- Would this neighbourhood actually suit our routine?
- Does the school offer the program we want, and would our child be eligible?
- What’s the commute like when we actually need to travel?
- Is there something about the house we haven’t noticed?
- How do we coordinate buying and selling without it taking over our lives?
- Will this home still work for our family as our children grow?
The life you’ve been building
You worked hard to get here.
If you moved to Canada, you may remember what you hoped life here would look like for your family.
A home you could settle into. Opportunities for your children. Enough room for your parents to visit and feel comfortable.
You’ve spent years building your career and getting established. Now you’re ready to think about what comes next.
You want to make this move thoughtfully. And you want someone who understands why getting it right matters so much.
Your Family Move Blueprint Call
A focused conversation. A clear starting point.
Tell Ilan what a good week looks like for your family. Where you need to be for work. What matters in your child’s education. What you’re tired of working around in your current home.
Receive your personalized next steps within 2 hours
We’ll put the conversation into a written Family Move Blueprint, with your included guides and relevant professional introductions. We’ll explain any additional information needed for your condo evaluation or financing assessment.
Your call and follow up package are free. No representation agreement required.
Included after your call
Years of experience, put to work for your family.
Our resources draw on a decade in real estate and experience helping over 300 families. They’re shaped by the questions that come up in real conversations, including the details people wish they’d checked earlier.
We’ve organised that experience into practical guidance you can refer to as you make decisions.
Your personalized starting point
Your Family Move Blueprint
A written summary of your conversation, with your next steps in order and introductions based on what your situation needs.
Your condo evaluation
An estimate of what your condo could sell for, helping you plan how the sale fits into your move and assess the equity available alongside your mortgage balance and selling costs.
Research resources for choosing where to live
GTA neighbourhood guide
Compare areas around daily life, including commuting, local amenities and the space your family needs.
School district guide
Explore school areas and the questions to verify about programs, boundaries and enrolment. Look beyond a ranking.
Neighbourhood safety guide
A practical approach to checking reliable local information and knowing what to look for when visiting an area.
Buying and selling checklists
Know what needs preparing and which questions to ask as your purchase and sale progress.
Connections and planning tools
Mortgage calculator and financing introduction
Compare payment scenarios and connect with a mortgage professional for an initial assessment without a credit check. Formal approval is a separate process.
Our professional network
Relevant introductions so you know whom to contact for the next steps in your plan.
All included free after completing your call. You don’t need to hire us to receive them.
Before you book
Is this the right call for you?
This is for you if
- You own a condo in the GTA and are seriously considering a house for your family.
- You have an established purchase budget and the financial capacity to make the move.
- School priorities matter, and you want to understand which areas fit your family.
- Your work and family commitments leave little time for detailed research.
- You value a professional partner who can help investigate the options and coordinate the process.
This is not for you if
- You’re looking exclusively for an investment property or rental search.
- Your main need is help establishing whether a house purchase is financially possible.
- You only want an instant download. The personalized plan and resources follow a completed conversation.
- You aren’t considering a move and don’t need help planning one.
You don’t need to have chosen the neighbourhood or an exact moving date. Those are decisions we can help you work through.
Meet your guideYou’ll speak directly
You’ll speak directly
with Ilan.
I’m Ilan Portnoi, real estate broker and cofounder of The Portnoi Team. I’ve helped over 300 families and have been quoted in The Globe and Mail about how school priorities influence homebuying.
I understand that a move like this affects your daily life long after you get the keys. Your commute. Where your child goes to school. Whether there’s finally room for your parents to stay comfortably.
My team and I help you work through those decisions with advice tailored to your situation and clear communication throughout.
300+Families helped
A decadeIn real estate
Client experiencesThey had questions like yours.
They had questions like yours.
Here’s how their move went.
Over 300 families helped. Your move gets its own plan.
If you choose us for your move
A partner in the decisions. A team behind the work.
You stay involved in the decisions. We help do the work behind them.
Focus your neighbourhood search.
We help narrow the options around your family’s routine and priorities, so you can spend your time on areas that make sense.
Investigate the school questions.
We help research relevant programs and identify the boundary and enrolment details to confirm with the school board.
Make viewings more purposeful.
We help screen properties against your priorities and flag questions that deserve attention before you commit.
Negotiate with market evidence.
Comparable sales and the circumstances of the listing guide our pricing advice and negotiation strategy.
Give your condo the right exposure.
Professional presentation and digital marketing help bring your property in front of potential buyers.
Keep the purchase and sale coordinated.
We help manage the sequence and communicate what needs your attention, with professional support at each stage.
Planning around the next school year
Give yourself room to make a thoughtful decision.
Exploring neighbourhoods and verifying school requirements takes time. So does preparing your condo and coordinating the purchase and sale.
Starting the conversation now gives you room to work through those decisions before your preferred moving date gets close.
We’re taking on 25 families to personally help buy and sell before September 2027.
Your questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
What exactly am I booking?
A free 30 minute call with Ilan Portnoi about moving from your GTA condo into a house that fits your family and school priorities.
After completing it, you receive your personalized written Blueprint and included resources. We’ll explain what information is needed for your condo evaluation and any financing assessment.
Is the call and package really free?
Yes. There’s no charge for the call, your written Blueprint or the included resources. You don’t need to purchase anything or sign anything to receive this offer.
Why do you offer this for free?
It gives you useful direction and a chance to see how we work.
If you later choose us to help you buy and sell, we’d welcome that. You’re not required to hire us to receive the package.
Will I have to sign a representation agreement?
Nope. You don’t have to sign a representation agreement or commit to working with us to receive the call and included resources.
Will I be pressured to buy or sell?
We’ll discuss your options and explain how we can help. Whether you move forward, and when, is YOUR decision.
We’re busy. How much time do we need?
Trust me, I understand! Set aside 30 minutes for the initial conversation. We’ll put the next steps in writing afterwards.
If you choose us for your move, we’ll explain how our team can help with research and coordination.
We’ve already done research. Is this still useful?
Bring what you’ve found and the questions it has raised.
We can help assess the options against your priorities and identify the details that still need checking.
What if we’re several months away?
You’re welcome to book if you’re seriously planning a move. Starting early gives you time to research suitable areas and prepare without rushing.
Can you help us explore keeping our condo?
Absolutely! We can help identify the financing and cash flow questions to work through with the appropriate professionals before deciding.
Does buying near a school mean our child can attend?
Not always. That needs to be verified for the address and your circumstances.
We help identify the relevant boundary, program and enrolment questions to confirm with the school board before buying.
Your next chapter
What would you like family life to look like next September?
Your next step
Start with your family.
Complete the qualification form, then choose a time for your free 30 minute conversation with Ilan.
Your contact details and answers are sent to our team when you submit this form.