Property maintenance – the fun and the not-so-much
With 4 properties to manage now, there’s always something to do – if I had a “real job we’d be in trouble. This morning I was up to Carcross to clean the snow off the cabin roof for the first time this winter. While local snow enthusiasts might be...
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Garage planning continues
The garage in our city house that I showed you a few weeks ago is mostly empty now, allowing lots of room to bring a car in (what a concept – putting a car in a garage!). It has a wooden floor, though (apparently because it was intended to...
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Northern housing – no recession here!
The housing situation in the Yukon seldom makes it into the national spotlight, but perhaps it should. While we’re now in the slow season due to the simple fact that few people want to either build or move in the winter, it’s still a hot market, with contractors, sellers...
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Weighty decisions, guy style: garage planning
In 5 weeks I’m moving to a house that has double the useable square footage, and the same-size double garage without the huge mezzanine storage I have now. Looking around my garage tonight, one of 3 conditions must be true: #1 – I have too much stuff #2 –...
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