{"id":481112,"date":"2022-08-04T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cottage-industry-saint-andrews-the-historic-holiday\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:24:13","slug":"cottage-industry-saint-andrews-the-historic-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-saint-andrews-the-historic-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cottage Industry: Saint Andrews, \u201cthe historic holiday\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f30a4a33\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f30a4a33\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-saint-andrews-the-historic-holiday\/#%E2%80%9CCottage_Industry_Saint_Andrews_%E2%80%9Cthe_historic_holiday%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cottage Industry: Saint Andrews, \u201cthe historic holiday\u201d&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-saint-andrews-the-historic-holiday\/#Saint_Andrews_New_Brunswick\" >Saint Andrews, New Brunswick<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCottage_Industry_Saint_Andrews_%E2%80%9Cthe_historic_holiday%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cottage Industry: Saint Andrews, \u201cthe historic holiday\u201d&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers\u2014the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada\u2019s hottest vacation towns.\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <em>In the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianmags.ca\/products\/macleans-july-2022\">July issue<\/a>\u00a0of Maclean\u2019s, and each week here online, recent buyers divulge what they had to do to acquire the cottages of their dreams: pool family money, send relatives for viewings, hop on the first flight to Atlantic Canada post-bubble, or buy sight unseen, sometimes from thousands of kilometres away.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Saint_Andrews_New_Brunswick\"><\/span><strong>Saint Andrews, New Brunswick<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Average recreational property price (2021):\u00a0<\/strong>$546,275<\/p>\n<p><b>The Market: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This quaint, 1,800-person town on New Brunswick\u2019s southwestern tip has been a reliable summer escape since the turn of the 20th century. But the area\u2019s resort industry now has stiff holiday competition in its cottage scene: waterfront prices have jumped by 132 per cent since 2019, and non-waterfront properties by an equally staggering 122 per cent. The blockhouses and town square remain stunningly historic, but the reasons for the Saint Andrews boom\u2014remote work and sky-high cottage prices elsewhere\u2014are as modern as they get.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Buyers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom White, a 64-year-old lawyer, and his partner, Deirdre O\u2019Leary, a 60-year- old project manager\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1238646\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1238646 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image0-1-e1659618259861.jpeg\" alt=\"Tom White and Deidre O'Leary booked the first flight to Saint John, New Brunswick since January 2021 to see their dream property.\" width=\"956\" height=\"521\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom White and Deidre O\u2019Leary booked the first flight to Saint John, New Brunswick since January 2021 to see their dream property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Deirdre: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on in the pandemic, I read about a young Toronto couple who had bought a beautiful home in New Brunswick for $250,000. It sounded affordable, so we started looking for a cottage for ourselves.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<em>Cottage Industry: A sight unseen score in Nova Scotia\u2019s South Shore<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Tom: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had been out to the East Coast to visit my son, who\u2019s since passed away. I particularly liked Saint Andrews for its laid-back pace, but Deirdre hadn\u2019t seen any of it. I told her if we were to buy a place, we weren\u2019t going to buy it online: we\u2019d have to see it in person. The problem was we had to wait for the Atlantic bubble to open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Deirdre: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had our eye on the listing for a historic B&amp;B named Cory Cottage: the architecture was beautiful, its back veranda had views of the water and it was close to the Pansy Patch, another historical house that was once the home of Kate Reed, Canada\u2019s first interior designer. The cottage\u2019s asking price climbed quickly; it went from $750,000 to $845,000, then up to $949,000. I felt like I was having a heart attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1238648\" style=\"width: 6730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1238648 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/18A0182.jpg\" alt=\"The historic home's expansive dining area.\" width=\"6720\" height=\"3784\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic home\u2019s expansive dining area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Tom: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We booked a flight to Saint Andrews to see the cottage as soon as the Atlantic provinces opened to outsiders, in late June of 2021. We were on the first commercial flight that had come into Saint John Airport since January. As we touched down, fire engines were shooting water in an arc, and local MPs were on the tarmac to welcome us. I knew it was important to see the cottage as fast as we could. Couples from Ontario were flying in all week. We placed a lower offer than some others\u2014$725,000\u2014but we got there first. The owner liked that our bid was firm. We signed our purchase agreement in early July. I imagine the property may have increased in value since then. I think we won the race to the East Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1238649\" style=\"width: 6715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1238649 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/18A0172.jpg\" alt=\"The sleek kitchen is illuminated by natural light and features traditional checkerboard floors.\" width=\"6705\" height=\"4346\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sleek kitchen is illuminated by natural light and features traditional checkerboard floors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Deirdre: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know that we were particularly surprised by the pace of the market in New Brunswick, having watched it from a distance. But we know we got in at the right time: the couple I read about who bought their place for $250,000 recently listed it for $639,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1238652\" style=\"width: 6730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1238652 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/018A0272.jpg\" alt=\"The home's upper deck area.\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The home\u2019s upper deck area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Tom: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter how much this place goes up in value, we\u2019re not looking to sell. 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