MOVING
Not my blog, but my life. I finally sold my house. It took 10 months. Due to it being a condo in the country and the market is farmers who firmly believe they can work the farm just one more year. Gotta love their perseverance! The Canadian government has changed the mortgage rules, so there are fewer houses on the market but only a bit less people looking. So, there is a bidding war on almost every place and that is whether it is in the city or the country. I have been looking, but feel I need to have at least 3 houses in mind in order to even get close at getting one. I have two in mind. One is far enough out of the city that I won't have to face a bidding war. Problems are it is only two bedrooms and no garage. I would also need to replace the furnace, the hot water tank and put in an air conditioner as well as put in a garage. I have looked at this one twice before, but due to the horrendous amount of snow we had, I never saw the pad for a garage. So that will make it easier to put in a garage. The cosmetic upgrades have all been done i.e. flooring, cupboards etc. The second one would be a good investment property. Where is is situated is in a bedroom community so the minute I upgrade anything, my investment would go up. This one does not need too much - new shingles, two of the three bathrooms need all new fixtures and the kitchen and bathroom floors need doing, but other than that it is good to go. This is one where there will be a bidding war. But, having said that, we all would have to replace the same things so this one may tip in my favour. I will take a quick look around on Saturday at some of the open houses and see if anything else clicks. I do have the option of going into another condo, but right now I am only 59 so am not really in that condo age yet as I still work and don't travel. So if I haven't been posting or don't post for a bit, that is why. Oh, and I need to be out of my place by June 28th. I really would prefer to find a place and not have to spend any time living in my son's unfinished basement. Besides they just bought 5 acres which needs to have about 200 trees taken out, the power run in, the well dug, the basement dug and poured and the RTM (ready to move) house built on site and be in by August 20th so the dgd can get ready to start school out there. Their backup plan is to stay with me if it is cold, if it is still warm, we will set up the trailer at my daughter's place. We are fortunate to have contingency plans. Lots of people don't have options. Yes, I could rent a place for a while----- if I could find one. We have a 0.0001% rental rate up here. Needless to say there would be no option that way. So, have a good rest of the week. Enjoy the weather if you are having good weather and enjoy the rain if that is what you are getting for after the rain all the plants will look so beautiful and the air will smell marvelous dear!
Cheers
Jean
Not my blog, but my life. I finally sold my house. It took 10 months. Due to it being a condo in the country and the market is farmers who firmly believe they can work the farm just one more year. Gotta love their perseverance! The Canadian government has changed the mortgage rules, so there are fewer houses on the market but only a bit less people looking. So, there is a bidding war on almost every place and that is whether it is in the city or the country. I have been looking, but feel I need to have at least 3 houses in mind in order to even get close at getting one. I have two in mind. One is far enough out of the city that I won't have to face a bidding war. Problems are it is only two bedrooms and no garage. I would also need to replace the furnace, the hot water tank and put in an air conditioner as well as put in a garage. I have looked at this one twice before, but due to the horrendous amount of snow we had, I never saw the pad for a garage. So that will make it easier to put in a garage. The cosmetic upgrades have all been done i.e. flooring, cupboards etc. The second one would be a good investment property. Where is is situated is in a bedroom community so the minute I upgrade anything, my investment would go up. This one does not need too much - new shingles, two of the three bathrooms need all new fixtures and the kitchen and bathroom floors need doing, but other than that it is good to go. This is one where there will be a bidding war. But, having said that, we all would have to replace the same things so this one may tip in my favour. I will take a quick look around on Saturday at some of the open houses and see if anything else clicks. I do have the option of going into another condo, but right now I am only 59 so am not really in that condo age yet as I still work and don't travel. So if I haven't been posting or don't post for a bit, that is why. Oh, and I need to be out of my place by June 28th. I really would prefer to find a place and not have to spend any time living in my son's unfinished basement. Besides they just bought 5 acres which needs to have about 200 trees taken out, the power run in, the well dug, the basement dug and poured and the RTM (ready to move) house built on site and be in by August 20th so the dgd can get ready to start school out there. Their backup plan is to stay with me if it is cold, if it is still warm, we will set up the trailer at my daughter's place. We are fortunate to have contingency plans. Lots of people don't have options. Yes, I could rent a place for a while----- if I could find one. We have a 0.0001% rental rate up here. Needless to say there would be no option that way. So, have a good rest of the week. Enjoy the weather if you are having good weather and enjoy the rain if that is what you are getting for after the rain all the plants will look so beautiful and the air will smell marvelous dear!
Cheers
Jean
