Hello again folks!!!!
We have some really good news about searching for a house. Our realtor (estate agent) has found us a custom builder called Pidel Homes, and they are building houses not far away from where we live now in our apartment.
Our current location is fantastic as it is near to shops and the 401 highway (401=motorway) for access to Toronto or London (no....not in England.....London, Ontario!!)
Anyway, we have been looking at various home builders for a little while, but the problem with mass produced homes, they won't really change anything within the structure of the house. For example, if you wanted a wall removed or added in the plans of a home made by a mass producer of homes....tough!!! You get what you get!!
With custom builders such as Pidel Homes...we can have really have what we want, it is all down to cost and how much one can afford. Their build quality is fantastic and the builder has been constructing homes in the Kitchener area for over 20 years.
However, everything here in regards to options is an upgrade. For example, just for the plot we have chosen which backs onto a park, we will have to pay an extra $27,000 CAD (dollars)!!!
The house we have chosen costs $345,000 without upgrades.
In the Canadian housing market, anything that looks fancy in a model home is 99.9% certain to be an upgrade and will cost more. So if you want extra cable/ tv connections fitted=upgrade....if you want hardwood flooring fitted=upgrade....if you want extra lights fitted=upgrade. Upgrades here do not come cheap!!
By reading this, you may convert back to your local currency (GBP) but remember, Elaine & I don't convert back to GBP anymore.....so it is expensive to us.
But we did plan on buying a dream home....well, our our eyes anyway and the finished product will last us years, and hopefully this will be our last home that we will be living in.
So far we have mounted up $27,000 in upgrades.....we might have have to get a small mortgage as we still have to furnish the house, right?
We have attached a site plan of the plot we have chosen and a picture as well below.....it does not look like much now, but hopefully by the end of this year, begin of next....we will have a home!!
The red star we have marked on plot 31 is the plot we have chosen....the house will back onto parkland and is next to a wood....
Our new address will be 512 Country Clair Place. The address even sounds nice!!!
And below is a picture of what the plot currently looks like....it does not look like much, but it will!!!
We also have the layout of our house...hot off the press!!! See the plans below...first, the main floor:
Then, the upper floor:
Basement next:
And finally...the front of the house:
