Hi,

Anyone ever been to or even better live in Stanley, New Brunswick?

Been through it but didn't want to stop What do you want to know?

I have never heard of the place so I looked it up. It's a tiny little place about 30 km north of Fredericton. I have no idea how it would interest you.

We are just thinking about the logistics of hopefully moving to Fredericton. I thought if we sell our house and then rent here we'll spend £5000 on rent then we'll be flying to Canada looking for a house to buy so it will easily end up costing us £10,000+ in rent and viewing trips.

My idea was to buy a cheap house (found one for $60,000) in Stanley before we sell our house here. We could then move to that as soon as we sell up here and stay there for as long as it takes to find/buy a more permanent pad.

The agent said its a nice village. Granted from the pictures I've seen it looks very small and like there is nothing there but it would certainly help with the move if we could get a cheap place and we then won't rush into buying a more expensive pad that isnt right for us long term.

I would think that if it rural it may be much slower to re-sell when you want to put it back on the market. If you are thinking of renting it out eventually, what is in the area to lure people to rent it from you? If you are looking to rent it out long-term there may be more potential to do so if its not far from Fredericton or the property is near a university.

Disclaimer - I have no experience of this but do watch 'Location, Location, Location' and suchlike to TV

Hi Yes-can-do,

We would rent it out. I've already asked and demand wouldn't be great at normal rent rates but as long as we get something back. If the same money was in the bank we'd only get a couple of thousand dollars per year interest so we could offer a really attractive rent to get someone in there. Of course if we buy it...at the minute I'd just love all these decisions to be a problem. We're still awaiting AOR Based on some other apps though under PNP, we could be getting med requests within 3 months or so of AOR so it could all start going quickly

It's the timing of everything that is difficult. When do I put my house on the market? What if I sell really quickly, what if it takes longer to sell?
I've just been on MLS and found a few properties in Stanley around the price you mentioned. You sure do get a lotta house for your money - crikey less than £27,000.

Christmas is not really a good time to sell here but once January is under way the market starts to pick up. We sold very quickly in October as there were very few houses for sale in our village. We officially hand over the house on Jan 8th, the day we fly to NS (and the first day pets can fly after Christmas blackout). We did not need medicals for WPs.

Good luck