Application submitted beginning of January so now looking into ware to live me my wife and two boys 15&13, Have been considering Vancouver Island but am interested on mainland as well any suggestions much appreciated have listed some things below that we would like in the vicinity etc.

1, nice scenery

2, Good Schools and collages

3, near lake or Sea

5, not big City’s or built up areas

6, Close to forms of entertainment and shopping


Me and the wife are flying over in April to do some research so please fill free to add your opinion

Victoria seems to fit the bill , its a beautiful city in a beautiful setting


Ray

Yea Victoria is nice but house prices are a little on the high side Visited Last Year Although nice for a visit don’t know if I would like to live there full time but have not ruled it out

Hello mike,

You are going to love it here i can tell you, its got all the things you are looking for, great tranportation to get round to, vancouver airport is a 20 mins drive.

Lived there for a few months when i first came to canada from London UK. check the link below for more

http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/common/common/index.html

cheers

Thanks for that will check it out
Are you a Doctor Who fan by any chance?

Am a fan of a lot of things , man u, and liverpool not included though,


Good luck with the house hunt, let us know how you get on.

Me to I live in the a village ware a hole series of Doctor Who was filmed The Little devils also have a full size Doctor who pinball table unfortunately that along with my other toys will not be coming with me

What do you do for a living over there....

The Okanagan is nice has all the above. Depends what you do .........

I agree the okanogan is definetly the right place for you. Particularly Kelona. There is an amazing lake there as well in the summer the weather is funominal. It is quite close to Vancouver and a major plus is that you wont ever have to fuss with ferries. That is probably the major down fall of living on Vancouver Island as the ferries are expensive and not always reliable. Victoria is deffinetly a very beautiful place though. I would look into Kelona deffinetly. Good luck with that.
Bean

Why limit yourself to BC only? Its a big country out there, and BC is one of the more expensive parts of it to buy property.

Just curious

Iain

Yes the house prices in Victoria are quite expensive, expect to pay about $240000 and up for a nice 3 bedroom house. Although if you like commuting then start looking for houses past the Malahat and the price drops considerably yet the size of the house stays the same.

The major problem with Vancouver Island is finding work in your chosen field that is permenent, there are lots of seasonal jobs and contract jobs available.

That is a rumor started by Ontarions (spelling) to keep you all there.......

I'd third the Kelowna suggestion. If you don't want to be right in the city then there are some fantastic (cheap by UK standards) houses 15/20 mins from the city which are really rural but its easy to get to town. Its got a great community spirit in the place.

If you want any extra info on the area feel free to email me [email protected]

Cheers
Dave

Thanks for all the replies will definitely put Kelowna on my list to visit in April what’s the weather like in the Winter do you get muck snow, Any comments on Vernon