The deed is done!

Up earlier than normal. Got showered and packed up the car. Ate some fruit and drove the two blocks over to the Remax office to meet up with David. We decided to follow him in our own car because we needed to get to Duke Point for the ferry at 11.45, one hour before the sailing.

The house we were to see is number 25 and the door was open for us... Upon entering the house, there is a den to the right perfect for my solo time with music. Then onto the master bedroom with ensuite on the left, then a full bathroom followed by a spacious great room with a vaulted ceiling, we always wanted a vaulted ceiling...

Then downstairs a full basement with three bedrooms, a bathroom and a large media room. Also a utility room perfect for my winemaking hobby. "I thought we were downsizing?" Said Shelagh. "Four bedrooms is easier for resale!" Said I. So we came to the conclusion that this was the place, our final home before the crispy kennel. A small front yard and a small back yard which we will landscape with zero grass! Flagstone patio with perennial shrubs and river rocks. We'll do that over the winter months. Possession is December 15th so we will be homeless for only two weeks... Now the challenge of moving and two weeks storage begins...

By Tuesday we have to submit our choices for exterior and interior paint colours, that will be Sunday's homework, after that we need to choose a stone kitchen counter top. Thank goodness Shelagh has a great eye for interior design...

We drove the slow road to Duke Point while David prepared the documents for our offer. That's all done electronically these days. By the time we got home the documents were in our e-mail. We signed them digitally and fired them back to him. We beat out another offer because we could come in with a no subject offer, it always pays off to sell first, then buy...

The coastal drive is so nice along highway 1A through all the little towns that soon will become our playground...

Now we're getting ready for our first moving sale Saturday from 09:00 'till 14:00. If you live near us, please stop by and buy some of our stuff!

This is what these neighbourhoods typically end up looking like...