by Wanda

Haven’t posted for awhile but there has not been much going on “Adventure” wise. Still working on reno’s and the house here in Regina is looking amazing (thanks to Jim and Andre). Just put in a new front door (with a beautiful glass insert) and it’s hard to believe what a difference it makes, should have done it years ago!

Okay, so now for the update on the build in BC. The empty lot to the west of us is now being worked on. Once the basement was excavated we were allowed the opportunity to check out the “rock” situation under our lot. Our friend Carl and his Dad Eric checked it out for us and took some pictures (Thanks guys!)

View of the side of our lot, you can see the grade line and very little rock to have to deal with. The ridge the runs along the back of the lots on this side of Orca view is towards the back of our lot which hopefully means less blasting.

View toward the street from the excavated lot. Their garage will be under the house so much excavation was needed.

View towards the back of the neighbours lot, with Eric. You can see the rock ridge that runs along the back of the lots.

View towards the back corner of our lot from the excavated lot beside us. The trees you see are on the upper back portion of the lot. To the right of the picture you can see some of the rock ridge that runs along the back of all the lots on this side of Orca View.

The Neighbours Basement Garage goes in…

The basement/garage for the house next door.

Basement/garage for the house next door. The small clearing at the back of the lot is the back right corner of our lot. This picture was taken from the front street.

And an update on where we are at…

We are still trying to figure out what we want in a house (and what we can afford which are two different things entirely).

We have talked with a designer and will be working with him (and the builder) in the beginning of the new year (2017). We will be spending about a month or so on the Island in January and will be meeting with them face to face to hopefully nail down some plans.

Meanwhile our house here in Regina looks a bit haunted! Decorated up a bit for Halloween but definitely downscaled from previous years. Eating way too many chocolate bars so I will be glad when it’s over.

Happy Halloween everyone!