After our time of conversation and leisurely lunch, we headed back to our vehicles and hit the road.

The next property we would view would be the furthest out (50 minutes from the large town/city we were in), but also had the most land. We had been anxious to view this one for weeks. Over a full section of land, PLUS an indoor riding ring. Our children were most excited about this one as well.

Our realtors warned us after viewing the previous home, which was done up so very nicely and showed extremely well, that this next home would be nothing like the last one.

Hmmmm… how did that not surprise us?

I joked that with all that land, it’d have to be pretty much unlivable for us to dismiss it completely… we like land.

This is the driveway. All that land along the left side, belongs to this property. On the right side?

A lake.

A LAKE!

Have I mentioned I love water?

 

See in the far distance, just beyond the trees? That’s a house near the center, and on the right, is the riding ring.

I’d show you the lake, but it’s all covered in snow, so like us, you’ll have to use your wonderful imagination.

See? Riding ring, and, a horse. Stick a horse in a photo of any property, and the property becomes that much better.

I’m not going to share anymore photos at this point, since I don’t feel comfortable sharing a bunch of photos of someone else’s home on my blog, but suffice it to say, yes, the house, and every building on the property, except for the riding ring, needs work. And the riding ring needs to be completely cleaned out. The horses, all ten of them, have been using it as their barn/litter box. Hee hee. Horses tend to do that when given free reign. They like to poop everywhere.

I bet you thought horses were above that didn’t you? Bet you thought they were all graceful, clean, and dignified?

Ah well, nothing a small tractor and some work couldn’t take care of.

We’re good at looking past the ‘crap’. Quite literally this time. Hee hee.

So the house was ‘ok’. The upstairs is really quite fine. The square footage of the entire home is larger then what we have now. We have aprox. 1200 square feet, the house on this property is over 1300 square feet, plus a full basement. The basement however, is not livable. It’s not been taken care of, it has to be gutted and redone. There’s no getting around it. Because of the large amounts of water last year in Saskatchewan, the basement flooded. Flooding is not the usual, but because it could happen again, drainage needs to be put in around the entire home and the basement will need to be fixed up so that it won’t happen again.

Big expense. Large amount of work. Lot’s to consider.

The next, and final property we would be viewing that day was a quarter section, like the first two.

The land was nice, but again, this farm raised cattle and although there were outbuildings and some fencing, they were not really suitable for horses.

The home was nice, well taken care of.

The kitchen was HUGE. TONS of cupboards. Always a plus.

The home would have to be completely updated, as every square inch was just as it would have been built, same floor coverings, etc.. The home had been loved, but definitely lived in. The long shag carpet would all need to be replaced. The basement, although MUCH better then the previously viewed home, had a very large cistern that took over almost half the space.

Again, lots to consider.

After the final viewing, our realtors took us on a bit of a tour through the same town/city in which we had lunch.

Then we stopped at Tim Hortons for a cup of coffee, and to chat about all we had seen that day.

They promised to see if anymore listings had come up since we had arrived in Saskatchewan, and get back to us that evening.

We would be in Saskatoon for just two more nights, just one day, and would need to view things quickly if we were to see anything else before we left.