Public invited to vote for the GOHBA Housing Design People’s Choice Award

It’s time to cast your vote for the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association’s People’s Choice Award.

This year’s voting for the coveted award — sponsored by the Ottawa Citizen — began Aug. 22 and will see finalists compete in five categories. Each entry has a scheduled voting period that is open to the public: Renovations + Design: Aug. 22 -Aug. 26; Bathrooms: Aug. 29- Sept. 2; Kitchens: Sept. 5- Sept. 9; Custom Homes: Sept. 12-Sept. 16; Production Homes + Condos: Sept. 19- Sept. 23.

Online voting (at gohbavote.ca) begins every Wednesday at 9 a.m., and each round ends at midnight the following Sunday.

The final round of voting will take place Sept. 26- Sept. 30.

On Sept. 24, GOHBA will announce the two entries with the most votes in each category. Those 14 finalists will move on to the final round of voting. You can cast your final round vote at the Ottawa Fall Home Show, held at the EY Centre Sept. 27 - Sept. 30. (All the entries will be on display, but votes can only be cast for the finalist entries.)

The People’s Choice winner will be announced at the Housing Design Awards Gala at the Shaw Centre on Oct. 20, when honours will be handed out in more than 50 categories, representing more than 170 projects from Ottawa’s best home builders, renovators, designers and architects.