{"id":516481,"date":"2022-11-17T17:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:58:59","slug":"the-move-burned-out-in-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Move: Burned out in B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a279803d6190\" 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-6a279803d6190\" 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\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Move_Burned_out_in_BC%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Move: Burned out in B.C.&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/#The_buyer\" >The buyer:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/#The_budget\" >The budget:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/#The_backstory\" >The backstory:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-move-burned-out-in-b-c\/#The_hunt\" >The hunt:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Move_Burned_out_in_BC%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Move: Burned out in B.C.&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Matthew-Gates-Drone-primarily-house.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_buyer\"><\/span>The buyer:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dana Kayal, a 54-year-old cookware entrepreneur<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_budget\"><\/span>The budget:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>$650,000<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_backstory\"><\/span>The backstory:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2014, Dana moved with her three children\u2014Jared, Ronel and Alexa\u2014from Kelowna, B.C., to a rural property just a 15-minute drive outside of town. She hoped that the teens would benefit from more time spent outdoors. For Dana, an avid gardener, it was an opportunity to plant a bevy of fruits, veggies and robust nut trees. But her new one-acre lot, wasn&#8217;t private enough.<\/p>\n<p>By 2021, Dana was once again itching to move. Her spice-and-cookware business went online just after the onset of the pandemic, and Jared and Ronel had moved out a few years prior. Alexa had just graduated from high school. Most importantly, the smoke from B.C.\u2019s forest fires was affecting Dana\u2019s health. \u201cMy doctor told me that, at that time, breathing the Okanagan air was equivalent to smoking two or three packs of cigarettes a day,\u201d she says. In July of 2021, a fire started just down the road from Dana\u2019s property. The only reason it was quickly snuffed out was because her neighbour h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to be driving by the site in a water truck en route to refill another neighbour&#8217;s well, which had dried out due to the area\u2019s hotter-than-hot temperatures. \u201cI thought to myself: this is ridiculous. I need to get out of here,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1241798\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1241798 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Drone-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1178\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Drone-.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Drone--768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Drone--916x562.jpg 916w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Drone--1000x614.jpg 1000w\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An overhead shot of Dana&#8217;s Nova Scotia home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dana briefly considered moving to Newfoundland, where her mother lived. She wanted to be able to provide any care that her aging mom might need. But Dana, ever the green thumb, balked at the province\u2019s unfavourable gardening conditions. (\u201cIt can be tough to grow anything other than potatoes, cabbages and beets in Newfoundland because of the cooler temperatures,\u201d she says.) Dana\u2019s sister, Liette, suggested Nova Scotia, where fruit trees were newly flourishing thanks to the warmer, wetter weather. Dana was a bit shocked by the extent to which climate shifts were influencing her relocation. \u201cClimate is the biggest factor you can\u2019t control,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_hunt\"><\/span>The hunt:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the summer of 2021, Dana started combing the available listings in Nova Scotia and set a budget of $550,000. She wanted a waterfront property, with at least two bedrooms and three or four acres of land for farming purposes. \u201cI see myself as a bit of a homesteader,\u201d she says. \u201cI hope to be able to provide for myself, especially with rising food costs.\u201d Dana was also looking for a property that was within a 15-minute drive of basic community amenities, like a gas station, and no more than an hour\u2019s drive to a larger city centre. She was delighted to see how much further her budget would stretch in Nova Scotia compared to markets out west. \u201cI was like, \u2018Holy shit. Decision made,\u2019\u201d Dana says.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1241797 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dana_Kayal-e1668635056985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1436\" height=\"1195\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dana_Kayal-e1668635056985.jpg 1436w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dana_Kayal-e1668635056985-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dana_Kayal-e1668635056985-675x562.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dana_Kayal-e1668635056985-1000x832.jpg 1000w\" \/><br \/>\nShe listed her semi-rural B.C. lot in early August. It sold within a day for $990,000. With a closing date set for September, Dana figured she\u2019d have plenty of time to find a new place, not realizing that Nova Scotia\u2019s South Shore region\u2014where she\u2019d been scoping out properties\u2014had recently become one of the fastest-growing real estate markets in the country. \u201cI\u2019d see a house go up online, contact the realtor and they\u2019d be like, \u2018There are four offers already,\u2019\u201d Dana says. She decided to increase her budget to $650,000.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, Dana stumbled on a listing for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home priced at $575,000. It sat on a whopping 18 acres of coveted South Shore land, including 600 feet of lake frontage on a scenic cove. \u201cAfter I saw the first 12 photos, all of which were drone shots of the exterior, I thought: I\u2019m sold. I don\u2019t even care what it looks like inside,\u201d Dana says. The sellers were in their 80s, so the interior decor was a bit dated, but the overall structure appeared to be in good condition. The home\u2019s main entrance opened to a large living-and-dining room with stunning views of the lake, and the kitchen had a large island, where Dana imagined she\u2019d film some of her online cooking classes. The basement was unfinished, but Dana never shied away from getting her hands dirty. Lastly, the property was a 45-minute drive from Halifax and a day-long <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to her mother\u2014but that was still preferable to an expensive, last-minute flight from British Columbia. Dana submitted an offer of $650,000 the next day, which the sellers accepted contingent on an October closing date.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1241799 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining-766x575.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining-749x562.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kitchen.Dining-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" \/><br \/>\nAt the time, the rental price for a coast-to-coast U-Haul trip hovered around $10,000. Instead, Dana bought a small, used trailer, sold most of her possessions\u2014handing down some to the kids\u2014and packed only the essentials. She drove across Canada for eight days, stopping each night\u2014and once in Ontario to pick up two friends who volunteered to help her settle in. The first thing the group did when they arrived at Dana\u2019s new home was take a lakeside stroll. \u201cWe stood on the dock and cheered with some champagne,\u201d Dana says. \u201cAll the leaves had started to turn red and orange. All the glory of nature was around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Mother Nature\u2019s many moods seemed to have followed Dana eastward, and the months after move-in were a mixed bag. Dana\u2019s well water was too high in iron, so she spent $3,000 on a new filtration system. The property also began flooding with every big downpour, and the next spring, a sinkhole opened up on the driveway. Dana spent another $20,000 to outfit her acreage with drainage ditches, which, so far, has helped.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from these mini natural disasters, Dana is enjoying her new natural life in Nova Scotia. She\u2019s planted a vegetable garden as well as seeds for a future \u201cfruit forest\u201d: berry bushes and peach, pear, cherry and hazelnut trees. She hikes and kayaks and ends her days watching the moonrise. In <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, she breathes much easier. \u201cThe air is ridiculously clean,\u201d Dana says. \u201cWhenever I set foot outside, I can feel my blood pressure lower, like, <em>This is exactly right.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1241800\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241800 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1527\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7094.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7094-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7094-707x562.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7094-1000x795.jpg 1000w\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photography courtesy Kayal)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post The Move: Burned out in B.C. appeared first on Macleans.ca.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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