whats yours like??
Aug 27th 2007, 5:51 pm
#46
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Re: whats yours like??
Ours.... We bought an RV Park & Campground in McBride, in the Robson Valley in Northern BC. Moved in June this year. House is small but there's only two of us and its enough to maintain 12 acres without having to worry about the house as well. Its a remote life, water comes straight from the Fraser River, nearest decent shopping is 2 hours away and the wildlife is abundant. We love it!!! It sure beats the square patch of dirt we had in Sussex!!!!
what a stunning setting 
- you will have to let us know where etc. as that looks like a "must do" when we are exploring our new surroundings, once we get there that is. 
Rob.
Aug 27th 2007, 5:52 pm
#47
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Re: whats yours like??
BC Hopefuls - Wow, you were very lucky - well done you ! A kettle, hey? Too much!
Well, I guess you had plenty of time to get to know the site and the owners and the nitty gritty about the running of it and income, etc. Lovely - best of luck with it all
Well, I guess you had plenty of time to get to know the site and the owners and the nitty gritty about the running of it and income, etc. Lovely - best of luck with it all
Aug 27th 2007, 5:55 pm
#48
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Re: whats yours like??
Your living our dream! When our daughter finishes school we will find ourselves a nice campground to run......unless an absolute dreamy place presents itself beforehand.
Where did you find your campground listed? I have found a couple of places on the 'net that advertise them but is there a secret thing I don't know about?
Where did you find your campground listed? I have found a couple of places on the 'net that advertise them but is there a secret thing I don't know about?
There are a few sites to look at
http://www.pin.ca/
http://www.businesssellcanada.com/sale/buymain.htm
http://www.forsalebyownercanada.com/
and lots of googleing!
Only been here 9 weeks and already have had four offers for it. we're not selling just yet!
www.beaverviewpark.com
Aug 27th 2007, 5:56 pm
#49
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Re: whats yours like??
Well spotted!!!! Its actually an Acadianne, a Dyane derivative van and yes we have brought it with us. This is she outside the house.
Had a nightmare with shipping & customs. Customs manged to push out one of the back windows and ripped off a side panel. Whatever they were looking for it wasn't there!!! We also have a spare engine & gearbox on the way. gonna keep it running for ever!!!!
Had a nightmare with shipping & customs. Customs manged to push out one of the back windows and ripped off a side panel. Whatever they were looking for it wasn't there!!! We also have a spare engine & gearbox on the way. gonna keep it running for ever!!!!
Aug 27th 2007, 5:56 pm
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Re: whats yours like??
Your living our dream! When our daughter finishes school we will find ourselves a nice campground to run......unless an absolute dreamy place presents itself beforehand.
Where did you find your campground listed? I have found a couple of places on the 'net that advertise them but is there a secret thing I don't know about?
Where did you find your campground listed? I have found a couple of places on the 'net that advertise them but is there a secret thing I don't know about?
http://www.icx.ca/
Aug 27th 2007, 5:58 pm
#51
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Re: whats yours like??
Yeah.... stranded! I know the feeling I'm on site 24/7 until we close at the end of September. I can't wait to go to PG for some shopping. McBride is expensive so CostCo here I come. Hope to see you soon.
Aug 27th 2007, 6:00 pm
#52
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Re: whats yours like??
Good idea - Mica Mountain got quite an impressive dumping of snow yesterday. One minute the view was completely obscured by low cloud, then it cleared and the mountain was all white up top...beautiful!
Aug 27th 2007, 6:31 pm
#53
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Re: whats yours like??
what a lovely idea, i love looking at other people houses! been looking at toronto places all day, trying to work out if ill actually be able to afford anything.
everyone is soo lucky!
everyone is soo lucky!
Aug 27th 2007, 6:40 pm
#54
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Re: whats yours like??
regards
steve
Aug 27th 2007, 7:07 pm
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Re: whats yours like??
I couldn't really imagine our youngest doing this in the back garden of our 3 bed semi in Chester:
Aug 27th 2007, 7:08 pm
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Re: whats yours like??
Thanks for the links - more dreaming, I just hope we don't find the 'perfect' place too soon, that would really throw a spanner in the works
Aug 27th 2007, 7:09 pm
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Re: whats yours like??
Oh, thanks Steve. It is a picture-postcard location, but getting a property like this for the price we paid meant being 3.5hrs drive from the nearest city, and around 5 hrs from the nearest major airport (for visits back to the UK to see family) so it's probably not for most people. We love it though! I couldn't really imagine our youngest doing this in the back garden of our 3 bed semi in Chester:
I couldn't really imagine our youngest doing this in the back garden of our 3 bed semi in Chester:
Aug 27th 2007, 9:23 pm
#58
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Re: whats yours like??
Are we allowed to show U.K. properties if no sorry if yes then here they are..
The first photo is my street, my flat is on the back of the tenement.
The second photo is my flat from Arthur's seat, it's the tenement block to the left of the orangey looking new flats, you can see a bright green fence to the right of that is our garden.
The third photo is the back of the tenement block (from the car park of the orangey new looking flats) which you can see the windows to my flat, they are the three windows diagonally below right of the black satellite dish.
Thanks for looking.
The first photo is my street, my flat is on the back of the tenement.
The second photo is my flat from Arthur's seat, it's the tenement block to the left of the orangey looking new flats, you can see a bright green fence to the right of that is our garden.
The third photo is the back of the tenement block (from the car park of the orangey new looking flats) which you can see the windows to my flat, they are the three windows diagonally below right of the black satellite dish.
Thanks for looking.
Last edited by or4ngecrush; Aug 27th 2007 at 9:25 pm.
Aug 28th 2007, 8:05 am
#59
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Location: Bristol ~ Nanaimo, BC ... It's a bit like Salem's Lot!!
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Re: whats yours like??
Hi, ours is at the north end of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
2,900ft, 5 beds, 3 bathrooms, storage room, office, laundry, open plan living/dining/kitchen, 30ft family room in the finished basement. Cost just over $300,000 year & a half ago, valued at $400,000 last christmas........just about to get it valued again don't know what we were thinking buying a house this big (can't believe a family of 4 have managed to fill it with so much crap!!) thinking of buying a smaller house with more land
2,900ft, 5 beds, 3 bathrooms, storage room, office, laundry, open plan living/dining/kitchen, 30ft family room in the finished basement. Cost just over $300,000 year & a half ago, valued at $400,000 last christmas........just about to get it valued again
don't know what we were thinking buying a house this big (can't believe a family of 4 have managed to fill it with so much crap!!) thinking of buying a smaller house with more land
Aug 28th 2007, 8:11 am
#60
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Re: whats yours like??
This was our 3 bed semi in East Bristol
Took the 1st one the day we were leaving, 2nd one is our back garden & 3rd is the M32 at the end of the street ................ its a whole world away from what we have here but I still miss it
Took the 1st one the day we were leaving, 2nd one is our back garden & 3rd is the M32 at the end of the street ................ its a whole world away from what we have here but I still miss it