Hopes and dreams dashed... a consolidation and Before & After Pt. 3

Old Upstairs Hall	Upstairs Hall
Old Upstairs Hall (To 1)	Upstairs Hall (To 1)
Old Upstairs Hall (To 3)	Upstairs Hall (To 3)
Old Bedroom 1	Bedroom 1
Old Bedroom 2	Bedroom 2
Old Bedroom 2	Bedroom 2
Old Bedroom 2	Bedroom 2
Old Bedroom 3	Bedroom 3
Old Bedroom 3	Bedroom 3
Old Upstairs Bathroom Bath	Upstairs Bathroom Bath
Old Upstairs Bathroom Vanity	Upstairs Bathroom Vanity
Old Upstairs Bathroom Shower	Upstairs Bathroom Shower

Well this concludes our before and after series of our Newellton house renos! Its been quite an adventure and I have learned a lot about what goes into a house and not to be so afraid of hurting anything! It can be rebuilt. Better, faster, stronger!

its been up for 3 weeks now and so far two cancelled showings with one booked for either this or next Friday. I didn't think it'd sell right away but the lack of showings has me a bit discouraged 😔 but don't worry I'm not loosing hope yet! I just have to remind myself that we're not in the Vancouver market... things don't move as fast here.

Meanwhile we got papers for the Motorhome and had her on the road yesterday to get an inspection. The diagnoses: needs a new windshield to pass. For what she's been through and sitting here next to salty water for a year she is in amazing shape!

Meanwhile my little Kia popped out on me and needed new brakes and then the AC died. So they refilled it and I didn't made it 10 minutes on the highway before the condenser blew. Opened the hood and found grease everywhere (Which managed to get onto the windshield and wipers as well)! OMG so made an appointment to have it all cleaned up and fix the AC again. So yesterday I followed mum to the inspection place and on the way home we could smell burning and it got worse and worse. Pulled over. Opened the hood. Met with a billow of smoke. The friggen grease got everywhere including the drive belt. Thankfully it didn't light anything on fire and we gave it some time to cool down before limping back to Kia (It was a short distance thankfully).

They have been great and gave me a loaner car while it gets sorted out.

In conjunction with this we were doing a cost estimate on taking the motorhome on a full time vacation for a few months again... It would cost us over $5000 a month between the gas and finding places to stay. There is almost nowhere that's free unless you like parking lots. So mum popped into the sales manager and asked what kind of a trade in we could get. After a bit of negotiation we decided to trade in the Motorhome and car for a brand new Kia Soul. It was hard to decide to give up the motorhome but the cost of travelling around in her we can make smaller trips and stay in a nice hotel for way less. So in for a consolidation we're doing to drive around to Saint John, NB next week and stay downtown for 3 days.

Tomorrow we go back to Kia and say goodbye to the Furgs and pick up our new car. I'm getting a bit choked up sitting here writing about it...

There she goes happy as punch to be back on the road. 

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I will tell you of our adventures tomorrow...

A Ditch and Before & After Pt. 2

Yesterday was ditch digging day *yay!* It was for the sump pump drain and the theory goes that when it rains the sump pump will drain into that dry well, which is a hole filled with gravel, and then bleed off into the surrounding ground which is far enough from the house that it won't seep back again. And if it really rains because the hold is a few feet below the pump exit against the house it'll flood the yard which then drains away from the house into the ditch. The pictures don't show it but there's almost a 2 foot bank that the ditch goes down before the dry well.

I tried to cut the grass into blocks so we could put them back and Mum did a really good job matching them back so there is hardly a line which won't take long to grow over. I still have to get out there and move all that dirt that was left over after laying the gravel bed and 4" pipe but I can hardly move this morning... You'd think after a year of manual labour my body would be used to it by now!

Now onto the good stuff! Here's a few before and after picks of the downstairs:

Mud Room	Mud Room
Kitchen Old 360
Kitchen	Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen Old	Kitchen New
Lower Bathroom	Lower Bath now laundry
Dining Room	Dining Room
Foyer	Foyer
Stairs	Stairs
Living Room	Living Room
Sitting Room	Sitting Room

The dining room was the only room we didn't really do much to. I liked the country style look so we decided to keep it.

Oh! And we exchanged the battery in the motorhome and she fired right up no problems! So today maybe we'll move it aroundcloser to the door so we can look at moving into it. And tomorrow I have to take my Kia in for new brake pads, an undercoat, and ugh the AC is on its last legs so I need them to take a look at it as well. While we're in Yarmouth we are going to stop in at the DMV and see about getting plates for the motorhome.

Sam thinking he's a lot smaller than he actually is.