Well, it is now official, we have finally managed to find a buyer for our house in Thompson and so are now in the middle of moving to our home in Nipigon, Ontario.
As mentioned in a previous post I am in the enviable situation of having enough “field leave” (days worked when I should have been off, such as weekends and holidays, that I was able to bank and carry over), as well as current (2009), future (2010) and banked vacation that my last day of work was August 12th.
In preparation I had spent much time last winter and spring getting our house read y for sale with us finally listing it the end of April. We first listed with Remax. When their contract ran out I tried for several weeks myself (here is a picture I used for the web site I set up). Then we listed with Century 21.
Unfortunately for us the housing market this past year saw a lot of houses coming on the market but the number of buyers dropping dramatically. While we put a lot of faith in the advice of local real estate agents they too were blind sided by the drop in the market and were unable to price our house effectively.
While a lot later than planned at least we finally found someone interested in buying our house (we only had one other offer and it was a really low ball one). But now we finally have that elusive “Sold” sign!
A week ago I left Nipigon and drove to Thompson bringing with me a trailer I had bought in August. 
Janice still has to work a few days at the beginning of January so we will drive back, again with the trailer, to get the final load before we hand our keys over (possession date for the new owners is January 15th).
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Welcome to Nipigon!
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