I tend to stick to white shaker cabinets with marble/gray granite counters.

I would hate to see them close the thread when it could benefit others over a gray area.

Then I'd go the route of @Dennis Poulsen   - in the course of finding out what the seller needs, offer up options.Now - where I think it gets into a real gray area is the purchase of the property if you go the "wholesale route." 

If you are looking at properties in the MTL area, better references - w/r to taxation and finance matters - would be:Cohen & Dubé: Legal, Tax & Accounting Strategies for the Canadian Investor;Gray, Douglas: "The Canadian Lanlord's Guiide"; andBoiron & Boiron, "Commercial Real Estate Investing In Canada".The latter is essentially a text book which, despite having commercial in its title, would be a good reference for any investor.

Low of 28, 1 - 2" of "snow," aka gray slush, anticipated.

The neighborhood really has a mix of colors... from kinda crazy bright colors (purple, bright green and even orange), to the more usual neutral tones (gray, tan, green/gray).

It's that gray area in the middle where there isn't always one acceptable right answer to address the needs of multiple parties.

Except... at some point since 1990, someone found a some gray paint in the basement and decided to paint everything in the rear, 3 story, common area.

Transaction of money changing hands without a signed contract in it'self is not binding, however with the email statements it might be enforceable, but your playing with a gray area of contract law IMO.  

We are working on a project that requires exterior painting and I am leaning towards gray and white.