DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[6.5 Fan]

There is a creek that flows across the foot of the property and there's a seasonal pond so the water table is not tens of ft below the surface.

Jeez, creeks and flowing water, everybody has that. Now i could let you have a nice flat 1/4 section with alkali for very reasonable price, no trees though.

 

[PaulL]

Don't really know the rules there, but around here, if there are conditions on the accepted offer, you should be able to make an offer without conditions.....

That's how we got our city house. Existing offer was conditional on financing and the sale of another house. Easy for us to come in on that one.

 

[DavidR8]

Bit of an update on the house/shop situation.
Looks like we will be able to find what we’re looking for.
But had a good conversation with the kids and neither want to move farther away from school at this point.
So we have two years of high school left then we will make the jump to hyperspace, er acreage life.
Till then we sit tight.
Thanks for following along, time to get into the shop.

 

[jorogi]

Prolly not a bad idea. Saanich can be a pain and very expensive to deal with if you hadn't figured that out already.

 

[DavidR8]

Prolly not a bad idea. Saanich can be a pain and very expensive to deal with if you hadn't figured that out already.

Second in wacky bureaucracy only to Oak Bay apparently

 

[YotaBota]

And new shop is being shelved?

 

[DavidR8]

And new shop is being shelved?

Yup. It doesn’t make any sense.
There are bylaw changes coming in July that will allow a triplex or bigger to be built on a lot our size (1/4 acre). We have the biggest lot in our whole neighborhood.
Our house needs a lot of work and if we think about the possibility of selling with the idea of a developer buying it for development purposes it just doesn’t make sense to dump a bunch of money into it.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Yup. It doesn’t make any sense.
There are bylaw changes coming in July that will allow a triplex or bigger to be built on a lot our size (1/4 acre). We have the biggest lot in our whole neighborhood.
Our house needs a lot of work and if we think about the possibility of selling with the idea of a developer buying it for development purposes it just doesn’t make sense to dump a bunch of money into it.

I know the feeling. Just wouldn't want to live in one of the new houses.

 

[DavidR8]

We’ve been looking online and there are some really amazing places out there so I have every confidence that when the time comes we will be able to find what we want.

 

[Dabbler]

My experience is that optimism can be punished. I found some great properties on Keremeos, affordable, and 'just right' - 2 years later they were 4X the price. I was saving for 2 years to be able to afford the 'low price'!!

Same pattern in Grand forks, Quesnel, and Price George. Not prime places, but same story, just about...

I've almost given up finding a place in 'the best place on earth'.

 

[DavidR8]

My experience is that optimism can be punished. I found some great properties on Keremeos, affordable, and 'just right' - 2 years later they were 4X the price. I was saving for 2 years to be able to afford the 'low price'!!

Same pattern in Grand forks, Quesnel, and Price George. Not prime places, but same story, just about...

I've almost given up finding a place in 'the best place on earth'.

We’re keenly aware of the fact that the market might pass us by. But we hope it doesn’t.

 

[Dabbler]

We’re keenly aware of the fact that the market might pass us by. But we hope it doesn’t.

Where you are located is likely more up market than where you are looking, so you might be safe. I'm trying to move between radically different markets, and that's harder in this case.

It would be prudent to keep up to date over the next 2 years. Perhaps an early bargoon will come your way!

 

[DavidR8]

Where you are located is likely more up market than where you are looking, so you might be safe. I'm trying to move between radically different markets, and that's harder in this case.

It would be prudent to keep up to date over the next 2 years. Perhaps an early bargoon will come your way!

We’re showing the kids houses that we like in an attempt to sway them.
Things like outdoor fire pit, room for archery range, forest in the backyard etc

 

[YotaBota]

Pool, pool table, theatre room, computer centre, their own rooms with ensuite (4 piece of course), what else can we help with? lol

 

[Jswain]

Pool, pool table, theatre room, computer centre, their own rooms with ensuite (4 piece of course), what else can we help with? lol

A pony

 

[DavidR8]

A pony

I can’t sufficiently express my opposition to this idea.
Context: former horse owner and the upkeep and expense is insane.

Then there’s the fact that the kids have zero interest in horses.
Now if you said horsepower then this place is the ticket.

https://www.realtor.ca/l/bLrG2/ja?propertyIds=26548278

 

[DPittman]

I can’t sufficiently express my opposition to this idea.
Context: former horse owner and the upkeep and expense is insane.

Then there’s the fact that the kids have zero interest in horses.
Now if you said horsepower then this place is the ticket.

https://www.realtor.ca/l/bLrG2/ja?propertyIds=26548278

Wow is the only word I can say to that real estate. Wow.

 

[DavidR8]

Wow is the only word I can say to that real estate. Wow.

I know... it's spectacular.

 

[Jswain]

I can’t sufficiently express my opposition to this idea.
Context: former horse owner and the upkeep and expense is insane.

Then there’s the fact that the kids have zero interest in horses.
Now if you said horsepower then this place is the ticket.

https://www.realtor.ca/l/bLrG2/ja?propertyIds=26548278

Pretty sweet shop!

 

[DavidR8]

Pretty sweet shop!

And the lift stays with the house