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Hi there,
My wife, daughter (soon to be two more) and I are Fernie home owners currently living in Calgary. We come to the valley on weekends but we’ve considered for a long time the possibility of making Fernie our year round home. To explore whether we would be happy in Fernie as our long term home and a place to raise our family, we are planning to spend a full year here as soon as our twins are born. We are planning for an Oct 1st, 2009 move into Fernie.
Our property is on the outskirts of town (9 acres on highway Рwith river access) and in the longer term we’re excited at the opportunity of living out of town. However for our first year (with 2 newborns and a 3 year old) we believe we’ll be much better able to experience the community if we live somewhere more central. i.e. avoid loading three children in a car every time we want to do anything.
With the lack of longer term rentals (we’re willing to sign a 1 year lease) we are trying something a bit more creative to try and find a nice house in town. Perhaps we can find someone willing to spend the year in our house while we stay in theirs. We are willing to not only ‘swap’ but for the right house for our circumstance we’re also willing to pay a reasonable amount per month ($1000 Р$2000) in additional rent.
Our house is a reasonably new modular (about 6 or 7 years old) that was freshly painted in November and has new laminate and tile floors throughout. It’s 1450 sq feet and has 3 bedrooms & 2 baths. The layout is basic but very functional: open concept and large kitchen/dining/living, very large Master bedroom with ensuite, etc. There’s 1 acre landscaped immediately around the house and another 8 acres in back fields leading down to the Elk river.
We’re looking for a 3+ (preferably 4+) bedroom house with a functional layout for a family. Our preferred areas in the city are:
– Coal Creek rd (near aquatic centre)
– Downtown
– Ridgemont
– Mountainview/Airport
– Annex
If you’re a Fernie home owner and in a situation where you wouldn’t mind living a little ways out of town (we’re a bit more than half way to Hosmer) and might actually enjoy spending the year on a larger acreage with river access, please email us or call us.
Or if you have a nicer house in town for rent, we’re always open to doing a straight rental and we’ll rent out our house.
Thanks.
Dennis, Nicole, Ruby (and two more coming)
ferniecreek@gmail.com
Calgary home: 403-873-2220
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