Jul 28, 2020 - Work continues

Evening all. Been awhile but work continues. Was a bit of delay with drywallers/painter but we're back. Floors going down, cabinets arrived today. Finish siding tomorrow, soffits/fascias after that. We are enjoying progress and pleased with our selections to date. Sorry for quality of pixs i must have had a shake or 2 going on, better ones to follow. Hope all are well and staying safe, it's ugly out there if you're not careful.

Jul 9, 2020 - Paint/siding

Hello all. As we are enduring this stretch of blistering hot weather work continues on new home. Drywallers done sanding, prime coat on tomorrow. Siding going on, layout for sun room and front porch concrete almost complete. Flooring, lighting, cabinets, counter tops, tile, utilities here and waiting so progress should speed up in next few weeks. shooting for mid aug move in or earlier. Hope all are well and staying safe.

Jun 12, 2020 - 12 Weeks Back in Canada

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD One day while we were taking one of our daily walks, we came down Fort Street and were surprised to see a fabulous portrait of George Floyd, the man who had been killed by a police officer who pressed his knee into Mr. Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. His death sparked protests almost immediately in the US, and people all around the world, including many towns and cities in Canada, joined in marches seeking changes in how police carry out their duties, especially when dealing with people of colour. My cousin...

Jun 6, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all, sorry for long delay between posts, bt here we are. Work continues on house, roof complete, electrical and plumbing done, walls insulated, gyproc going up as we speak. Weather has been perfect for tradesmen. Randi'w recovery continues well, none of us are 30 anymore either eh lol. We may not meet our July 1 date but that's ok. Hot tub ordered, floors, tiles, cabinets ordered so all goes well. Nascar racing has returned so all is well with me. Take care all and talk again soon. Ken and Randi send

Jun 5, 2020 - No More Known COVID-19 On Vancouver Island

Here’s an article about out famous Medical Officer of Health: https://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news-story/10016315-bruce-arthur-i-felt-the-weight-of-the-world-says-b-c-health-officer-bonnie-henry-but-she-got-everything-right/?fbclid=iwar1ypk12luve2ctvsdbp6zf0vf5ycefpye_0lqgdhoezwjqik2eft4h60yc?s=e

May 8, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all. As you can see the steel for the roof is going on, doors and windows are in place and the rear sun room is roofed. We hoped to have roof finished this week but unfortunately the wind and COLD weather has slowed the pace today. Roofing acts like a huge sail in the wind so that's why the slowdown. Watching final virtual race this weekend from N Wilksboro NC then its back to real racing next weekend from Darlington SC. They are planning 7 races in 11 days so should be interesting. As well no practicing or qualifying, just unload off...

Apr 24, 2020 - Trusses up, taking shape

Afternoon all. We hope everyone is coping well with the new normal. I believe we will be here for awhile yet no matter what DT says, thank god he provides us with a daily dose of head scratching and belly laughs. Home build continues well. Trusses are up except for screened in rear porch. Sheeting next then the metal roof. I f you want to see what the finished product should look like you can use the link below to have a close look. We have made a few minor changes but this is what we are shooting for. Like most i imagine, getting lots of...

Apr 23, 2020 - 6 Weeks Indoors

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD Well today marks six weeks since we returned from India, and a full month since we completed the compulsory two-week quarantine period. We decided that the social isolation asked of senior citizens in particular, wasn’t too onerous on us, so we would just continue it for the foreseeable future and make good use of the time and lack od distractions the situation provided for us. Almost from the start, I copied the text that I was entering in my travel journal onto a Word document for safe-keeping. After the end of...

Apr 12, 2020 - Here we go stage 1

Happy Easter to all. The build continues well with outside done, most interior walls up(we only made a couple of amendments) and awaiting arrival of roof trusses on tuesday. Was good to talk to all this week and hear how we are handling this new way of everyday life. I believe we are in it for the long haul on this one. We did have one emergency this week, our television packed it so off i went to get a new one. Smart TV let me tell you, hard to believe what they can do. We are both good here, do a daily check to watch new house and stay...

Apr 10, 2020 - R.I.P. - Kamal Mehra

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD On April 11th, we received the very sad news of the unexpected death of the senior member of our close-knit ‘Gang Of Eight’. By this I mean, the four Kapoor siblings and their respective spouses. His death came as quite a shock to us all; we had just been together in Delhi in February to celebrate the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Anil’s eldest brother Arun, and his wife Neena. To me, Kamal seemed his usual vibrant self, but Anil told me later that he had complained of a certain loss of enjoyment in life due to his...

Apr 5, 2020 - We made the cut

Happy Easter all. Hope this finds you all safe and healthy with what is happening around us today. Just a few pictures of work to date on new house. We had luck on our side this week as we were able to continue work as our job was already in progress. Pixs of forms, footings, insulation, plumbing, heating prior to concrete covering it all. Walls start tomorrow then roof trusses next week. Randi's surgery has been delayed due to what's happening, not for too long we hope. Watching Nascar virtual race from Bristol this PM, if you didn't know...

Apr 1, 2020 - 3 Weeks Indoors

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD The first two weeks of our quarantine period went very quickly as it normally takes us at least one day per time zone to get over the jet lag when we travel home. India in twelve and a half hours ahead of Victoria, so we usually allow almost two weeks to get our sleep-wake cycles back on Pacific Daylight Time. The ‘leap-ahead-fall-back’ time adjustment had just taken place in early March, but it really didn’t affect us because we were already really messed up as far as darkness and daylight were concerned. Our...