Moving in day

Rebecca, Asher and I moved into our Hydrostone house in Halifax on Tuesday October 27, 2009. We decided to buy this house after touring it during an open house in August. We saw a few houses but this house was the first one that we went to see and the only one we really liked and could afford. After selling our finally finished Ithaca house, we were feeling slightly homeless living in a small apartment. We had no yard for Asher and we were in a student neighborhood with no kids around for him to play with. So we found a sublet for the place, put in an offer on the house and now we have moved in.

The place was built in 1919 as housing for people displaced during the famous Halifax explosion. It was designed by planner Thomas Adams and architects Ross and Macdonald. The neighborhood and houses were designed as a garden city concept with boulevards and lanes and there is a great neighborhood feel. When we first walked around this area we were quite attracted to the architecture and noticed that there are a lot of young families with small kids.

We now have a backyard, a deck off the kitchen, 2 bathrooms and like the Ithaca house a bunch of rooms that we don't really know what to do with. The previous owners have kept the place quite original with the exception of converting the attic to a large master bedroom, bathroom and additional bedroom. We plan on doing some renovations to the kitchen and probably the bathrooms. Since we are here for at least 3 years, this will give me something to do.