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Vancouver Island BC Canada

“BC Landowners”

August 13, 2016 — 1 Comment

Posted by Wanda and Jim

Vancouver Island BC Canada

Vancouver Island BC Canada – Bad Habits Cafe

We are BC Landowners!

The paperwork is done and it’s now official, we are the owners of a beautiful piece of property in Chemainus BC!  We are one step closer to realizing our dream of moving to Vancouver island.

The Lot (click for more)

Thanks to Carl and Janine for all your help, guidance and patience 🙂 over the past few years. You are both amazing friends!

Thanks also to Eric and Cory for their ongoing support, (the couple we most want to be like when we grow up!)

Thanks also goes out to our son John (Fraser). It’s nice to have a Real Estate professional in the family, we are so proud of you!

Thanks also to Linda (Vavra) for your help and support, your the one who turned us on to the island in the first place, your an amazing ambassador! (but, now you can tone it down a notch as we don’t want everyone in on our secret paradise!) 🙂

And now the hard work of building, packing, selling and moving begins!

The House (click for more)

Going Coastal (click for more)

“One step closer”

July 29, 2016 — 3 Comments

Posted by Wanda and Jim

We finalized the Offer to Purchase on the lot in Chemainus today. It’s a done deal, now we just need to finish the paperwork which is a little more challenging as we are completing this transaction out-of-province. While we are looking at a year or more time line we are still one step closer to making Vancouver Island our home. Exciting and scary at the same time!

Now to get to work on getting our house ready for sale in Regina. Besides a general clean up we have a few more big jobs: windows, painting and flooring upstairs. We are also continuing the purge, it’s amazing how much stuff one accumulates over the years!

“The bump”

July 14, 2016 — Leave a comment

Posted by Wanda/Jim

We just came back from the island after spending 12 days in and around the Chemainus and Nanaimo area. We were shocked by how real estate sales on the island seem to be booming. The real estate agents are calling it a “bump” As we drove around the island all the “For Sale” signs we saw during our last visit had little sold signs attached to them! Before we left Regina I thought something was going on as I noticed some of the prices rising but had no idea how quickly both land and houses were selling. After much discussion we decided to buy a piece of land to get a foothold into the market. The window was closing fast on the availability of properties so we decided to act. We are now negotiating on a property in Chemainus on Orca View Terrace. The last ocean view in our price range!

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