If you’re reading this in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to view the video below: http://www.viddler.com/player/ab9386a/ I was out for a run the other day in a 15-or-20 year old subdivision in Sooke. Running up Henlyn Road in the John Muir neighbourhood of Sooke which has amazing, sweepingContinue reading “Ocean, Lake, and Other View Properties in Sooke and Victoria – Something to Keep In Mind [Video]”
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Strata Mondays #4 – Leaky Condos Part I
In my continuing series about strata property, Strata Mondays, I answer a different question about condos, townhouses and other strata property in Victoria, Sooke, and British Columbia. Make sure you subscribe via RSS or E-mail to get each new post. Q. I’ve heard the term “Leaky Condo” from my friends and family, and that IContinue reading “Strata Mondays #4 – Leaky Condos Part I”
Strata Mondays #3 – Maintenance Responsibilities
In my continuing series about strata property, Strata Mondays, I answer a different question about condos, townhouses and other strata property in Victoria, Sooke, and British Columbia. Make sure you subscribe via RSS or E-mail to get each new post. Q. Who is responsible for the exterior maintenance of a strata complex (including washing windows)?Continue reading “Strata Mondays #3 – Maintenance Responsibilities”
Strata Mondays #2 – Which floor is worth more?
In my continuing series about strata property, Strata Mondays, I answer a different question about condos, townhouses and other strata property in Victoria, Sooke, and British Columbia. Make sure you subscribe via RSS or E-mail to get each new post! Q. I was looking at a new condominium project and I noticed that the sameContinue reading “Strata Mondays #2 – Which floor is worth more?”
Tim Hortons in Sooke?
Some would call it our national obsession – after hockey and beer, of course. So much so, that the colloquial term double-double (referring to a coffee with two creams and two sugars) was actually added to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a few years ago. Tim Hortons boasts nearly 3000 restaurants nationwide, including three in neighbouringContinue reading “Tim Hortons in Sooke?”
UPDATED FEB 3 2009 – Lindsay Buziak Murder – 1 Year Later and Still No Arrest
CLICK FOR UPDATE A year ago tomorrow I wrote this post, which still stands as the most-viewed page on my blog. It was one year ago today that 24-year-old real estate agent Lindsay Buziak was murdered in a Gordon Head home she was showing in Saanich. The murder sent shockwaves through our relatively tight-knit realContinue reading “UPDATED FEB 3 2009 – Lindsay Buziak Murder – 1 Year Later and Still No Arrest”
BC and Vancouver Island Recessions, Potholes, Flooding, Gas Prices, And Other Things Amiss
What the hell? I leave the Island for 10 days and it falls apart on me? I got back on late Sunday night from a week in Mexico to attend my cousin’s wedding and generally unplug from the world for awhile. On that note, an all-inclusive resort with 40 friends and family and really expensiveContinue reading “BC and Vancouver Island Recessions, Potholes, Flooding, Gas Prices, And Other Things Amiss”
Realtor.ca Now Sucks Even Less!
I had posted about a month or so ago about how the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) had listened to consumers and REALTORS® nationwide and made some much needed improvements to its much-maligned REALTOR.ca experience. Last Thursday, additional improvements were rolled out to REALTOR.ca which should improve the user experience even more. A new GalleryContinue reading “Realtor.ca Now Sucks Even Less!”
Think Realtor.ca Sucks? It Will Get Better Soon
Since the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) replaced the much-loved MLS.ca with the (so far) much-maligned REALTOR.ca last month, they’ve had nothing but complaints from everyone who uses it (consumers) and everyone who benefits from it (REALTORS® in Canada). I can understand the domain name switch. Since its inception, MLS.ca has never been all thatContinue reading “Think Realtor.ca Sucks? It Will Get Better Soon”
Are Sooke’s Seaview Trailer Park Residents Still In Peril?
Since I first posted about the plight of the residents of the Seaview Mobile Home Park in Sooke, I’ve had quite the response from residents of the park and observers of the situation. I even had a comment the other day that was so defamatory that I was afraid to post it and I deletedContinue reading “Are Sooke’s Seaview Trailer Park Residents Still In Peril?”