Mike Holmes and Country Homes

Sometimes a big project gets so overwhelming that you want to curl into a ball and just pray that some deity takes care of it for you. You want to procrastinate, you want to take shortcuts and you’d rather not deal with all the fine print thank you very much.

Oh wait, that’s me.

So maybe you don’t do this when a big project stares you in the face but I certainly do and I’m starting to get sick of it really.

My penchant for shirking responsibility is over!

Now what the heck is the crazy lady talking about? Maybe if you throw her a small token she’ll tell us then leave us alone.

The wonderful husband and I got some amazing/scary/exciting/frightening/enormous news the other week and now it’s put us all in a tizzle with the myriad of possibilities it opens up for us.

Basically, his grandfather’s home in Saskatchewan has recently become an option for us. A mortgage-free, some assembly required option.

We went to visit it the other day and assess the condition of the home (not too bad but not so good either) and also so I could get a better idea of the property.

And I think I may have fallen a bit in love with 5 acres just north of Lloydminister. I’m not sure if it’s love or a fleeting fancy but I think there might be something there for us.

Lots of space, a unique earth home, a quanset (who doesn’t need a quanset!) and space for gardens, kids to play and animals to…. be animals.

But it’s going to be a huge project and we first need to decide if we want to fix it up and sell it or fix it up to live in or just bulldoze the whole thing and sell it as is.

The house has mold and needs to be gutted, the roof needs work and the 1983 styles are just screaming for an update.

But I’m not going to lie, it kinda feels like home.

So we have to start the process of finding out whether this place is feasible to be called home. Whether the mold can be dealt with or not, whether the roof should be patched or replaced entirely, whether Mike Holmes will consider taking our calls.

Faced with the entire project  it’s huge, scary and daunting. Looking at it in bite sized morsels makes it a bit easier to tackle.

So that’s my plan this week, breaking the huge project into smaller, manageable goals and hopefully we’ll have some concrete answers to the long list of what ifs.

Who knows? Maybe this blog will turn into a city girl moves to the country and the hilarity that ensues. Keep reading and we’ll find out!

PS: Mike Holmes, if you read please call me! Have I got a project for you! Unique Earth Home…. huh? huh?