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Single working mother Odette Karlsson and her son Cody in Lacombe, Alberta, where they relocated from Kitchener, Ontario (Photography by Amber Bracken) The buyer Odette Karlsson, a 45-year-old group home supervisor, and her kids: Lily, who’s 17, and Cody, who’s seven The budget $300,000 The backstory In 2018, Karlsson was living the single-working-mom life. Lily…
The Ostrander family moved from Ontario to Douglas Parish on the outskirts of Fredericton, New Brunswick—and it’s been good for the whole family (Photography by Chris Donovan) The buyers Tracy Ostrander, a 45-year-old HR director; her husband, Scott, a 48-year-old car salesman; and their kids, Abigail, who’s 27, Kaiya, who’s 20, and Aidan, who’s 18…
Audra Williams and Haritha Gnanaratna wrote an unhinged letter, chased government funding and pulled up what they call “a lasagna” of carpet to realize their dream: Rosefinch Mercantile and Tea Room in in Port Medway, Nova Scotia Audra Williams, left, and Haritha Gnanaratna, right, in front of their home and store, the Rosefinch Mercantile &…
The buyers: Dalene Heck, who’s 47, and her husband, Pete, who’s 46. They co-own a digital marketing company. The budget: $400,000 The backstory: Dalene and Pete were digital nomads long before it was cool. Back in 2007, the couple were living in a 2,100-square-foot detached house in Okotoks, Alberta. Every day, they commuted an hour…
Laura Dawe thought she’d never be able to afford a home. Then a little yellow house in picturesque Pouch Cove caught her eye. (Photography by Johnny Lam) The buyer: Laura Dawe, 40 The budget: $115,000 The backstory: Laura Dawe moved into her bare-bones two-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood in 2011. At the time, she…
Photographs by Darren Calabrese The buyers Stefan Palios, a 31-year-old sales and marketing consultant for tech start-ups, and Marty Butler, a 31-year-old registered nurse and organ-donation coordinator The backstory After two years of dating, Marty moved into Stefan’s one-bedroom, 450-square-foot apartment in downtown Toronto in May of 2019. The place was small but a real…
(Photography by Crystalia Pucciarelli) The buyers: Hayley Burrell, a 39-year-old realtor and Mike Dalgleish, a 39-year-old lawn-care entrepreneur The budget: $300,000 The backstory: Like many millennials, Hayley Burrell wanted to be a homeowner by the time she turned 30. (She was 28 at the time of this revelation.) She took a portion of her earnings…
“For the first few months, we lived in a temporary tiny house on the beach—a plastic tarp supported by bamboo.” “We found a beautiful undiscovered beach in El Paredon, a fishing village where fishermen still use harpoon spears to catch their lunch from the river.” (Photograph by Sarah Roe.) I grew up in Guatemala. When…
For Ontarians Doug and Teri Johnson, a health scare was the catalyst for slower pace of life in Prince Edward Island Doug and Teri Johnson are now living a slower, calmer life in Cape Wolfe (photography by Stephen Harris) The buyers: Doug Johnson, a 58-year-old retired operations manager, and his wife, Teri, a 58-year-old retired…
An East Coast move relieved the Hingleys’ cumbersome daycare debt—and came with nice new neighbours “We were seeing houses listed for $200,000 that were 100 times nicer than ours—and on beaches!” (Photograph courtesy of Hingley) The buyers Billie Jean Hingley, a 39-year-old registered nurse; K.C. Hingley, a 43-year-old musician; and their kids: Asher, who’s five,…