flower19

Hi
We moved to metro van 18months ago. we love it here but I really don't want to buy a million plus do up house and never have a holiday !!
we love hiking, lakes, skiing on our doorstep, totally amazing to ski every mor ing and be home by lunch !! so do not want to give that up .
Has anybody else moves to NS from BC please?
Are there opportunities for kids and jobs etc? I want my kids to have a future but I cannot see them ever buying a home here in BC :@(
Any insights would be greatly appreciated. And areas to recommend to live, husband would probably be working I halifax but not fussed about l8ving there, I don't like rural, I need shops restaurants, sushi, and neighbours and a swimming pool and yoga studio to go to :@)

Howefamily

Whats your budget like? If you dont want rural then you need South end Halifax or somewhere like Bedford. Both those areas will meet the items on your list easily.

flower19

when i say not rural, i mean like no other houses around!
what about lantz?

flower19

omg, i actually have no idea where to even start looking at !
eek

Howefamily

Lantz is a community that is 45 minutes outside of Halifax. It's very nice but you need a car to get to everything in nearby Elmsdale. There is yoga but not sushi available.
It's a typical friendly community.

flower19

looking at Bedford this afternoon it looks lovely but no swimming pool.
there doesn't seem to be many pools? I love swimming as well :@)

flower19

and omg look at this !! I would have to think what that would be in vancouver!!
but again no pool I can see nearby :@(

https://www.remax.ca/ns/hammonds-plains-real-estate/na-61-lakefront-drive-nsreb_201727839-lst/

flower19

this just sold for 799k near me and a 3 bed small townhouse for 890k :@(

https://www.amanbrah.ca/property/bc/v3b1s5/port-coquitlam/-/1075-prairie-avenue/5abd121da198341f2661d235/

cxx

The skiing in NS is very different to the skiing in BC. I would suggest visiting NS before you make any decisions. The house prices are lower for a reason.

flower19

I just learnt to ski this winter so it is all new to me. what is different about the skiing ?
I spend my entire time panicking and trying to slow myself going down :@)
I do it to get out in the winter and be up a mountain, definitely not good at it !!

dbd33

I am not an expert skier but I suggest that the difference between BC and NS in terms of skiing is that one has mountains and the other does not. Steep slopes, such as one finds in BC, are advantageous for skiing.

cxx

That's accurate. BC has mountains, NS has a few small hills.

BristolUK

Ski Resorts Nova Scotia | SkiCentral.com

dbd33

Again, I'm not much of a skier but I think it fair to say that people move from BC to NS for the skiing like they move from Switzerland to Scotland for the skiing.

NS however offers ocean and cheap houses if you can find a job and are willing to stay with that employer until you're dead.

flower19

those hills look perfect to me :@)