We are finally doing it.

Twenty five years ago we bought a property at Pelican Pointe on Last Mountain Lake in Saskatchewan. Our kids grew up, their Dad passed away, yet all this time I dreamed of living at the lake. Finally, with a new spouse, two children, four step-children, six grandchildren and another grand child on the way, the dream of my new home is becoming a reality.

The home was custom designed, in 2007, by Robinson Residential in Regina, Sk. The basement is being built by a local contractor and the main floor and loft are being built and brought in by Conquest Manufacturing in Altona, Manitoba.

The worn out and tired old cottage.

The worn out and tired old cottage.
The old Pink Palace. A view from the road side.

Pink Palace

Pink Palace
This is a view of the old place. We were standing on the frozen lake while taking this picture.

This is one view from the deck.

View from deck

View from deck
We have a very panoramic view from our deck. This is looking in another direction.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and Waiting........



This picture was taken from the veranda on November 6, 2010.  

We still do not have the gas line installed from Sask. Energy.  I applied in August....the house was set on Sept. 4th....Sask. Energy said they would be out the week of September 27th.....nobody showed up....Sask. Energy said they would be out the week of Oct. 28th.....nobody showed up......Sask. Energy said they would be out on Tuesday Nov. 9th.....don't know if anyone showed up.  No one from Sask. Energy will give me an answer or return my calls.  This is more than ridiculous.

The plumber would like to get in and get the heat going for us.  The kitchen stove, water heater, clothes dryer and furnace all rely on natural gas.  So there is no heat, no water, no stove at the beautiful new house.  Just some furniture and appliances sitting waiting to be used.  The plumber who is doing the installation for us is going to the beach today (in a snowstorm) to put in some industrial strength heaters to try and keep the house from getting too cold.  Did I mention that this is more than ridiculous.  Too bad Sask. Energy has a monopoly on gas supply and installations.  I would be looking for another company with some understanding of customer service if there was a choice in Saskatchewan.
Another person got a home delivered after ours and he has energy already.  Just do no understand this.

Since nothing much is happening at the house until Sask. Energy gets the gas line in I'll post some pictures of the cute grandkids and a picture I took last weekend from the veranda.  Once we have the appliances connected (when we get gas) I'll get out there and do some updated pictures of the laundry room, en suite, kitchen, etc.  We will also move "the beast" out and start unloading the loft furniture once we have central heat and can stay out there for longer periods.  Right now it is too cold without the gas supply to the furnace.

Oh yeah - the spa tub - not useable because the water heater runs on natural gas.  The water in the cistern is really, really too cold for showering or bathing.  We are not that hardy that we want to do daily polar bear dips in our own home.

Spiderman Brody on Halloween.

Regan the butterfly on Halloween.

Spiderman Brody and Thomas the Train Logan.

 Logan and Regan.  


 We have replaced the homemade ramp with some temporary stairs.  We will have a deck built on this side connecting the two back doors next spring.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    Maybe it's time to call the local TV or newspaper and see if they'll carry the story. Many TV stations have a "consumer advocate" type show..I hope you get this resolved soon!

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Demolition of the old place.

Demolition of the old place.
Taking down the Palace.


The Palace is Gone.

The Palace is Gone.
Nothing but an empty lot for now.

Sad to see the old place go.

Well...it only took an hour and a half to demolish the old cottage. Having the place gone will not erase all the wonderful memories. Watching my two kids play every summer, having eight kids in my daycare out there a week at a time for 7 summers in a row, friends and families enjoying the lake and a good B.B.Q. It is sad but exciting to think that we will have a new home for all the kids, grand kids and friends to visit. One month away from the house rolling in from Altona. YIKES.

The Basement.

The Basement.
Just a big, empty hole in the ground to start.

Ready for the basement walls

Ready for the basement walls
The piles and footings are in!

The future house.

The future house.
This is the house replacing the pink palace.