Monthly Archives: February 2013

So, yesterday was the first full day that Alex was in the house by himself (well, Nykie is there).  He is a man on a mission.  The amount of work he has put into the place already is incredible.  He has stripped wallpaper, patched holes, tightened things, repaired things, removed a myriad of screws, hooks,Continue reading “Home Renos begin!!!”

Well,  here we are in our new home. We have just started to move boxes in since Friday of last week.  We have no furniture here except for our air mattress but, we thought we would give it a shot.  Almost like camping except we have a furnace, bathroom, a function kitchen and carpeting.   NykieContinue reading “Home away from Home.”

Today I have good news and well, not so good news. First the Good News! Today we are that much closer to realizing our dream.  We met with the bank on Saturday to sign the mortgage documents and today we met with the lawyers to sign the conveyancing.  All the paperwork has been completed.  AllContinue reading “Nearing the finish line”

Well, the home inspection went better than I thought it could have gone.  Arne Larsen – West Coast Home Inspections – you are a god!!!!  You were so good.  All of my nagging concerns about the place were put to rest. Sure, there are things we will need to do to the place in theContinue reading “Home on the range…. update”

After a bit of a stressful couple of days (again) last week, we are getting sooooo much closer to realizing our dream of being home owners… Our bank, once again, decided that having 4 different documents was not enough, even though they were the ones that told us all they needed was the 4 documentsContinue reading “Nearing the “Home” Stretch and memories of my dad.”