Weekend reading, "North America through the eyes of a European"

Episode 12: Time off: Indoors

Throughout my life I've had 3 main passions: loved ones (both human and animal), my work, and books.  Since my early days, I've always been able to identify a time in my life by relating it to the book which I'd been reading at the time. Words have always been able to cast a special magic on me, transporting me to other continents, and ages, giving me insight on lives that resembled, or not, my own.

I was never to be found without an open book by my bedside, balanced on the edge of the bath, only resulting in the obvious once (or maybe twice) or tucked into my handbag bag, because you never know when you may have 10 minutes to kill!

So it was no surprise that I'd assembled a pretty packed library in our French home, and I knew them all: like old friends...

Weekend reading, "North America through the eyes of a European"

Episode 11: Settling in

The days, weeks, and months were flying by, and as the company grew, life in Canada slowly seeped it's way into our bones. But, our first Canadian winter was kind to us, and we were left listening to tales of the arctic weather hitting our old stamping grounds, with both the North of England, North Yorkshire, and Scotland seeing temperatures usually reserved for this continent. Madness!

Decisions, decisions, and more decisions...

You've made the decision!

This is the year you'll finally: update, renovate, put the house on the market, downs-size, build the home of your dreams...Congratulations! As they say, “the first step is the hardest to take”.

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So all that's left to do now is to:

decide whether you A. “plan it alone”, or B. “Bring in the pro's”

Then you need to find, meet, and choose your contractor/s and trades people

And last but not least, decide how you're going to finance your project

But don't be disheartened, because we've got some good news for you... 

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