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Building a House

November 18, 2017 — Leave a comment

Journalizing the Build

Oct 28 to Nov 17, 2017

It’s been awhile since I posted pictures of the build as we have been quite busy with other activities. Jim is playing hockey now here twice a week and golfing and I have joined two artist groups and have been participating is some workshops. We are also taking in some of the events and activities on the island along with choosing and purchasing materials for the house. I have compiled some pictures of the progression of the build into a slide show.

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I have also put together some random pictures from around the site. It’s all coming together fairly quick even though we have had a bit of rain.

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A Walk Around the New Neighbourhood

March 22, 2017 — Leave a comment

Posted by Wanda

Our new neighbourhood in Chemainus is filling in fast and I believe we may be one of the last to build.  The tentative start date is coming up fast (July 2017). We are flying out in April for two weeks to tie off the loose ends with the builder and the designer. It’s all pretty exciting!

Our good friends and soon to be neighbours Carl and Janine have been keeping us up to date with pictures of the changing landscape of the neighbourhood. (Thanks guys!) I have put a few of their photos together which best illustrates this transition. It’s interesting to see the progression and yes – there was snow!  More snow than the island has seen for quite a few years.  Oh well, I understand they needed the moisture so that’s okay, and it was very pretty too!

Looking north from the back of our lot
House two doors down east of our lot.
House two doors down from our lot.
Neighbour’s home to the west of our lot. For sale if anyone is interested? MLS 420809
Our neighbour’s home east of our property
Winter scene at Carl & Janine’s
Nice house around the corner of our street. View from Carl & Janine’s deck.
Winter view from the back of our lot.
Street view (with the bump, which is our lot)
Walls going up two house east of our lot.
Neighbours to the west to our lot (the bump)
View of Stuart Channel from our lot.
Another home in the neighbour, similar to the one we are building.
Snowy day in Kinsmen Park Chemainus
Snowy day in Kinsmen park Chemainus
Two houses to the east of our lot.

 

Google street view Orca View Terrace, Chemainus BC

The basement/garage for the house next door.

Viewing the Grade

October 28, 2016 — Leave a comment

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!