Our New Condo- 28 Brookdale Crescent Dartmouth NS

This is I promise the last of the pics and video of the new Condo Renovations. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for your interest and patience in this project.

Work being done on the Condo

These are some of the Pictures of the work being carried out on the condo. We are getting the place painted this week and Kitchen and Bathroom tiled so once it is all done I will post the finished pictures.



Picture of our Carpenter Brian working on the counter top and reinforcing the frame and adding some dividers and shelves to the kitchen sink unit.


Picture of the construction site as everything is torn up at the same time. The air was blue with the saw dust and the fire alarm went off several times you can still smell the saw dust a little bit that will go when it is warmer out side and the windows can be opened. We had the walls and floors washed down by Trevor. He did a really good job of cleaning the place for us.

Picture of the pantry being built off the kitchen and a door and frame being put in where there was only concrete block before.


Picture of yours truly in the mirror showing difference of the Bathroom vanity and oak mirrored shelve with pewter bathroom light and taps as opposed to the 4 ft neon. I do apologize for not spending any time reading other blogs lately and I really miss that but with all the confusion going on. I will get back to your corner of the blog a sphere shortly. Thank you.

Pictures of What the Condo looked like before we gutted it

Picture of the Bathroom with 1970's style Plastic Cupboards and Mirrors and the old worn Vanity. Image in the mirror of the old Saloon style door leading into the Kitchen from the Hallway.



Picture of the Kitchen with the rusted sink and taps , rotten counter top and splash guard circ. 1970.



Next two photos show the Living room and dining room with all the stains on the carpets and carpet on top of 1970's glued down shag carpet with the black foam backing. You can see the 1970's swag light in the dining room and in the kitchen they had 4 foot florescent lights and also in the Bathroom which were torn out and replaced. We had a Garburator in the kitchen and tore that out as well and used the switch to make several more plugs for use in the kitchen. Now it is only a galley style Kitchen but as we are not Master Chefs it is all we need.



View through the Kitchen to the closet that we turned into a Pantry showing the EAton Viking Appliances. Eatons have been out of Business for 15 years and the Appliances were new in the 1970's. Basically nothing had been done in the place since the building was built. they also had metal hanging floor to ceiling closets on a slider that we also removed and modernized as well as the doors. I will post another bunch of pictures tomorrow of the work being down. We are having the walls painted tomorrow and the kitchen walls tiled on thursday. then we will be almost done at that point. We are living with the Kitchen cabinets for now as they are in good shape but changing the wood doors and drawers in the next few months. We had the Carpenter fix them up and make them serviceable as they were well built back then.

View from the Roof Top Garden At the Condo and from the Balcony

This pIcture was taken on Sunday March 10th showing another snow storm and the view from our Balcony.


Same day just looking in a different direction from the Balcony.We have a water view of the Lake and it is nice seeing all the people walking along the shore line on the new Trail that has ben put in by the City.



Picture of the view up Lake Banook and you can see the Halifax Citadel in the back ground. This is looking down the Lake towards the City of Halifax. these pictures were taken today March 11th 2009. Showing the Lake still frozen solid.


Picture of Across the Lake from the condo towards the West.


Picture of Lake Mic Mac on the other side of the Highway, Looking north.


Picture of the lake without the Telephoto and you can see several of the Canoe Clubs at the end of the lake one on the left and on the right and you can see how big the lake is and the reason for this spot being one of the best rowing and canoeing venues in the world.

Up to our Ass in Alligators

Well the Contractor we were going to go with to start with backed out on us at the last minute. We went scrambling for someone else, in the end ended up with 4 different someone-ones. We had someone do the baseboards, the plumbers in to do the sinks and bathroom and a Spark in to do the wiring and a wonderful young man named Scott to do the Closets and counter top and the vanities, Shelves and most of the other work. We moved in with Scott still doing drywall in the morning on the 6th of March. The Flooring guys did a great job and now we are in the throws of painting the place. The Baseboards and closets are done as well as the Bathroom and Kitchen. We are getting a Painter in next week to do the rest of the place. The Flooring guys were in today as we are getting the kitchen walls tiled and the bathroom area too. Scott will come back to do the Kitchen Cupboard Doors.

The bills are coming in thick and fast so far we are on budget. I will put some pictures on the web tomorrow as I have to take the Car in for some repairs and so will be in for most of the day. The entire kitchen countertops were rotten and the sink was so old it didn't work anymore. The metal closets were thrashed and modern wooden doors put on a track system to make things work well.

The floors were covered in 2 very old carpets from wall to wall on top of each other and the bottom was foam backed and glued down on the floor what a mess.

Well I got to get the dinner done and tidy up as we are having visitors after supper. I haven't told G. yet and so hope she is up for it as I know she is very tired and fed up with the Year End work coming in.

Till tomorrow.

Things are falling into place for the Condo

Well it will not be long before we take possession of our new condo on Monday. Went and met with the Contractor yesterday and everything is a go with him. We will be changing the kitchen and bathroom, doors , closets and putting in baseboards and crown moulding through the place. Had to remeasure the appliances and found to our dismay that the fridge we had ordered was 6 inches bigger than the space we have in the kitchen. So instead of black appliances we are putting in white now and ordered them from Sears and we saved over 300.00.

Well G. was with me yesterday and it was a good thing as we had to go to several places pricing and ordering things. So I guess I will not be in too much trouble as of yet. Got the approvals for the Flooring . Got approval from the landlord that we can move out of here by the 6th March. Spoke to the mermaid last night. She is off to Cuba for the hike of a life time. Everything is going swimmingly with her in london at present.

I am losing my voice for some reason. I guess I have been on the phone gassing to our friends and sale business to much. It is a mixed blessing for G. I guess.. The other Trailer up at the camp is now sold and now the hard work begins to move out our stuff. I am off tomorrow while the weather is good to sort stuff out and get a few of folk art pictures to put on consignment and some of our Indian Art work at the Black Sheep Gallery.

Waiting to hear from the lawyer on how much we have to bring him to close the Condo. The Bank account will be depleted by the time this week is over, Oh well it is only money. Tried to get into the Storage locker at the new home yesterday but the key didn't work. We feel sorry for the Real Estate agent who found out where the locker was and then couldn't show it. At least we have one which is something we didn't know when we bought the unit in the first place. Added bonus.

The Apartment is filling up with lights, locks and other bits for the new place, starting too trip over the extra stuff. Not long
now. It will get even more hectic next week. Gorden will be over to help with the electrics trying to get that stuff done Monday before the work and the fun begins. John is coming in on the 2 march to get the old appliances in the morning before the new ones show up in the afternoon. Then once this work is done on the condo, the Trailer up at the camp will be worked on during our annual fishing trip with Frank and the boys in early May. In between Beer and Shooters.LOL
Do not know how much will be accomplished but it is so good to have time with the guys and burn what few brain cells are still going.

The weather continues to be very cold and another storm coming in on thursday so it makes driving long distances dangerous and road conditions are so bad. Well it is time for me to get supper on the go as the Boss will be home soon from work.

Till next time.

Sale on the Condo Continues

Well everything is progressing well on the condo front. Went to have another look at the place with a chap from Taylors Flooring to give us a quote to rip up the carpet and put down Laminate or Engineered Hardwood and Tile in the entrance way.

Also had a couple of handyman friends come over at the same time to give me some advice as what we can do and how it can be done.

The request for approval for the Flooring has gone in and all things being equal hope to have approval so we can start the floors on the 24th of Feb. The Contractor is coming over on Monday at 1pm and show him what we want done. It is a little dangerous on my part as G has been at work these few times and I do not want to get something wrong. So I am hoping G is with me on Monday to ensure we are on the right track.( I do want to stay married)

I am meeting with the Movers today and as per our agreement, they will pack and move everything this time. The Moving company knows us by first name basis as we have used them so often and they only shifted us less than a month ago. We would like to be out of here on the 6th of March. So here's trusting that all things will come together and we can be in and unpack that weekend.

The poor cat will be terrified again and very confused so we are going to have her stay a few days with Gorden and Judy while we are in a complete state of Chaos. ( Seems like we are always in some sort of Organized Chaos). Now if only I could figure out how to use Html in my Postings any suggestions out there). Have a car load of things to take out to the Camp. Good thing we have some other place to dump stuff for now. Here is a picture of our new RV. It is a 37 foot Layton with a slide out and 2 bedrooms. Plenty of room for visitors, hint,hint.




Well tomorrow is Valentines Day, I already got some flowers for G. as she wasn't feeling that great this week. Planning on going out to a fancy restaurant tomorrow night and on Sunday going to see the New Pink Panther movie with Steve Martin. ( not the same without Peter Sellers) but still funny. It will be 26 years tomorrow that we first met and last year at this time we renewed our Vows with 96 other couples live on the Radio. I will put a link to that post for you. So have a great weekend , Stay Safe, those of you on Holidays in far off corners of the Globe, enjoy.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Just Bought a New Condo

Picture of the lobby. Pictures on the left in the slide show are of Lake Bannook in Dartmouth.




We just bought a new 1br Condo today in Dartmouth on the shores of Lake Bannook.

We have been looking for a while it is in a very good location near MIc Mac mall. That means, Dear Mermaid you can walk to all the shoe stores and shop till you drop. G and I, we can continue our walks around the Lake go fishing and canoeing right from the back yard of the building and G could walk to work on good days.

We close in 2 weeks and plan on getting the place spruced up before we move in in March sometime. So we are on the move again.