Truro planned to host the 2011 Winter games (but awarded to Halifax) but as a spin off has had civic developments approved.

http://gov.ns.ca/news/

Search on "contracts" and you will find construction etc.

Looking to sell your house quickly - then try housenetwork.co.uk. I can't recommend them highly enough.

wow! what a great response, thank you all for the help I will try those tips, looks like ive found a great site. thankyou.

Second that!

Good luck with your open house. We did this when we were selling and got another family in the street to do the same which generated more interest. Because of the open house after we had dropped the price I ended up with 3 bidders! They bid it back up to where we started from! Hope it works for you

I'm glad I saw this today, I was going to post if anyone had ever used them as I spent all last night going throught the website and checking things out!
we were originally thinking of going FSBO on the private-sales sites but I think I like the look of this, for just a little bit more money getting effectively an estate agent to work for you and getting access to sites like rightmove, i just choke at the thought of having to pay an estate agent between 6 and 7.5k for writing up the details, taking some pics and throwing it all on a website (I especially hate agents who don't even accompany the viewings (if you get any!))

Good luck to everyone!

Hi

Just to say hi,it is a small world, we are in Bransgore, Christchurch!

We are looking to move to NS and are off on our first recce in May!

Ha Ha! I pass through Bransgore every day to walk my dog. Small world. Good luck !

We are using Housenetwork and currenty negotiating a sell where the buyer has also agreed to rent ouyr property back to us whilst we start looking for jobs in Canada. We too are based in Northants.

the Canada Games, kind of like an inter provincial commonwealth games

Just had to add that if you do sell your house private (i.e. via Ebay) then you shouldn't have to pay your agents a penny! They should only charge if they introduce the buyer, so if they say they will then check your contract. And if there's something in the contract about them charging you their fee even if you find your own buyer then I'd switch agents personally as that's highly unscrupulous.

Also, one other tip (I'm a property finder so deal with buyers every day), don't include your furniture as it will actually put people off. It's highly unlikely that they will share the exact same taste as you and then they'll just see it as a hassle and something they have to get rid off when they first move in. By all means include carpets, curtains, etc, but don't bother with anything else as it might have the opposite effect from the one you intended!

Good luck, hope you get it sold soon.

excellent news! can i ask whereabouts in northants you are?
how long was it before you got your offer?

we went "live" last Monday evening and have had 3 viewings so far but no takes as yet

EllisDon Corp. Halifax 902 422-4587
AECON [email protected] 902 429-9341

The above are two Ontario based companies that have offices in Halifax
and are involved in large projects.

J W Lindsey Ent. 902 468-5000 (Fairly large locally owned )
Dexter Construction 902 835-3381 (Road & infrastructure company)
Try these.

We are based in Wootton (NN4), we have provisionally accepted an offer 9.5% below advertised price, could hold out for more but with things as they are at the moment I want to sell and start moving things along.

I'm reluctant to begin applying for jobs etc until I know 100% that I'm in a position to do so. We are quite lucky in that we only have a small mortgage and a fair amount of equity to establish ourselves in Canada (if we ever get there!!)

Good luck all.

Stuart.