24 Dec 2014
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Photos
Merry Christmas!!
Christmas Eve – another Christmas is upon us and we are grateful for the days off that we have to enjoy a break at the end of a busy year. 2014 was a year of change for us as we made a move from our place in Chestermere into Calgary. Although our place in Chestermere was very suited to life when the kids where small, with a large yard on a quiet cul-de-sac, as the years went by the burden of driving back and forth to Calgary mounted. By the autumn of 2013 it was clear that a change was in order, so we began the search for a new home in Calgary and in January made an offer on our new place. We chose to buy in Calgary before listing the Chestermere house to allow us to stage and list the old place in the summer time.
We moved into the city in March, then spent about 5 weeks getting the Chestermere house cleared out, cleaned up, repainted and re-carpeted before staging the house and listing at the end of April. We had quite a bit of interest and had offers to consider within a couple of weeks, eventually selling in mid-June. There was a bit of a scramble towards the possession date in July, but on the 18th we handed over the keys and ended that chapter of our lives after 15½ years.