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NEW LISTING – 3742 Rum Road, Pender Island – $460,000

OFFERED FOR SALE AT $460,000
Priced to sell at less than assessed value, absolute perfection permeates from every detail of this approx 1800 sqft, 3+ BR, 2 BA custom designed 2006 Lindal home. Highest quality materials & craftmanship throughout – custom cabinets, designer lighting, wood windows, vaulted ceilings, [...]

Pender Island’s Amazing Christmas Spirit

Over the holiday season Pender showed its true spirit when almost one hundred and eighty islanders showed up for the community pot-luck Christmas dinner.
In only its second year this special event recognises that there are some in our community who, for whatever reason, spend this special day alone, so to make up for this the [...]

Lunar Eclipse 2010

Despite the wind and cloudy skies on Pender last night we did get enough of a glimpse  to take a shot of the lunar eclipse

It was the only one this year and the only one in the last 372 years to coincide with the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, being  the longest and [...]

Homesonpender on CFAX 1070 tomorrow

Check out CFAX 1070AM tomorrow, Saturday 11 December, when I’ll be on Life Styles with Patty Mack discussing island real estate. It will be a family affair as I’ll also be in the studio with my wife, Theresa Carle-Sanders, chef and  owner of  www.islandvittles.com . Catch it if you can.

Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins – Still my heroes after 40 years!

Who were the greatest explorers ever? It’s a subjective question, and one with many different answers depending on who you ask. So maybe I should pose it differently, make it simpler. How about…  Who were the bravest explorers ever?
To me there is only response to that. There were three of them. It happened in 1969. [...]

I Had a Camp in Africa* ( Part 1)

As some of you may or may not know, before coming to Canada in the mid-nineties I was one of the very first qualified safari guides in the Republic of Zambia. It was a profound time in my life on many levels; growing up, making friends, pushing my limits and having the opportunity to witness [...]

A more balanced market for 2011?

According to the Victoria Real Estate Board’s (VREB) recent release, the market in 2011 will remain balanced.

“Dennis Fimrite, 2011 President of the Victoria Real Estate Board, says that balanced market conditions in the Victoria area housing market are expected to continue well into the coming year.  Fimrite noted that real estate sales have picked [...]

Real Estate on Pender and the wisdom of the two Jo(h)ns

Since March 2009 when the current economic meltdown caught most of us with our pants down, millions of words have been written about the global housing market.
Thousands of ‘experts’ on hundreds of cable shows have scared the living daylights out of us by warning of another “Great ‘Depression’, the ‘The Big One’ from which [...]

HD Video of Mortimer Spit, Pender Island

Here is the third HD Video Tour of Pender Island.
Mortimer Spit  is a publically accessible beach located just south of the bridge separating North and South Pender Islands and is perfect to walk a dog, picnic or launch small craft. Overlooking Browning Harbour, this park is a gravel tongue complete with wetlands and views of Saturna [...]

HD Video of Medicine Beach, Pender Island

Here is the second HD video tour of Pender Island.
This highlights Medicine Beach, a publically accessible waterfront within walking distance of Medicine Beach Market, that is perfect for walking, relaxing and launching small craft.

To return to HD Video Map, Click HERE
To see the full webpage with map, click HERE

My first ‘real’ effort at Pumpkin Carving

This year I decided our Halloween pumpkin (usually two triangles and a crooked hole) needed a bit of a makeover. So I bought some $5 carving tools, paid $2 to download a cool “Nosferatu” pattern from www.zombiepumpkins.com, and cleared the counter tops as I had a feeling it would be messy.
Forty minutes later I had [...]

Happy Halloween from Dockside Realty!

Greetings from Pertrifying Pender……..
On this All Hallows Eve I thought I’d include the video of how I came to work at Dockside. I think they created a monster!  CLICK HERE. (Starring Sam Boyte as the evil Dr. Frankenstein, and myself as the misunderstood monster. Oh, the humanity….!)
Also, how about some Halloween Real Estate? It’s the most [...]

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