This last week is a difficult one to describe.
From a real estate standpoint, it has been literally
hell. But maybe heaven might come yet.
At Eagle Point, we had the well, water and home inspections
done on October 9 and 10. By the end of
the week, there were some concerns (fixable: regarding the well top, electrical
circuits, plumbing (no water flow in the ensuite shower, and a dishwasher
recalled because of a serious fire hazard, and lack of heating to one room
(radiant floor heating)).
On Monday, October 16, our agent called us to say the
vendors had had second thoughts (they thought we should have paid more, despite
them having accepted the offer!) and they were not going to pursue the required
tasks…basically the offer would lapse on the Wednesday, October 18. We signed the paperwork to let this go.
Terribly disappointed, we came back to Vernon to look at six
more homes, all within subdivisions of the city. We finally chose an upper end one, and asked
the agent to book a final showing on Saturday (so we could figure where to put
furniture) and then make an offer on Saturday (October 21).
Friday, October 20, the agent from Osoyoos comes back and
said the vendor of Eagle Point had had second thoughts, and were doing all the
required work October 23 and 24 and were willing to accept all the terms of our
offer.
How do you spell dilemma?
We tried twice to present an offer in Vernon, and backed off
so as to waste no-one’s time, when we realized that we are not willing to
return to suburbia.
So—we have notified Eagle Point that we will be prepared to
restart the offer, based on what the plumber and electrician say this
week. Apparently the vendors are REALLY
eager to set things back on path.
From our standpoint, the possibility of getting our stuff
from storage in two weeks is almost irresistible. Hopefully this will all work out this
week. At this point, nothing would
surprise us.
In the meantime, just to give you some pictures, we went out
to explore some of Vernon’s special sights.
Some years ago, an artist decided to paint some wall murals on the sides
of buildings, depicting parts of the history of Vernon. These are amazing pieces of art.
To begin with, a mural depicting Ogopogo, the monster of
Lake Okanagan, is on the back and side of the science museum.
A mural depicts Eastern Europeans interred in Canada
during the first world war, especially the Ukrainians interred in
Vernon.
The children of the Fisher family are shown fishing in
the Shuswap River, while their father on the right, the founder of the Fisher’s
Hardware Store, is represented. The
Fisher family still runs the hardware store there.
In 1934, two Vernon boys, built a small open cockpit monoplane
in ten months from plans bought out of a magazine. The plane flew effortlessly at 75 mph for
three years until Transport Canada denied the boys a license.
In all, there are 28 murals throughout the city, all
masterfully done, and an interesting insight into some of Vernon’s history.
While we were out taking pictures of murals, I had a chance
to see the maple trees shedding numerous leaves in a city park. These ones were yellow, but there also a lot
of red maples here.
Finally, when there is nothing else to do, we troll the
road, looking for beer cans. First of all, the views can be wonderful.
Today was a
huge haul. No one can say we are sitting
around watching TV.
Why, we are looking at $3 at least here.......(to pay for more storage and rent........)
This next week should be interesting. Stay tuned, because all bets are off at this point.
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