Coffee Chat: Did I Find a Parking Spot On My Trip This Summer?

[@sandralnwebster3204]

Have you ever thought about contacting farm owners and renting a piece of land from them? I've watched a few videos from "Living Big Tiny Living" in New Zealand and a lot of people do that quite happily!

[@connectingpointss]

Yeah that would be another option for her.

[@katgerbz]

Such interesting information. Thanks for sharing. As a civil engineer in the states I understand a lot of civil requirements for establishing dwelling units but I’m in water resources so a lot of this was new to me. But it was interesting and relevant and I love your clear way of explaining things. Thanks so much!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Kat 😊

[@fable84]

My aunt and uncle are in a mobile home park in Qualicum and I think they've been there since roughly the 90s. Hopefully down the road one of the other lots will open up, it's so beautiful out there. What's meant to be will come your way, and it'll be great when the best thing comes

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

I totally agree 😊

[@12Gaile]

Looks like you are getting additional recommendations. With all the networking the right place will come along soon. Best of luck. Take care & hugs to you & Sophie. ♥️🐈🌹

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks ☺️

[@annsmith7207]

Adelina: Good to see you and hear about your trip to Vsnciuver Island. The perfect parking space will happen when you least expect it. You are doing your networking and it is going to happen within the next year. So just keep preparing to move and you will be ready to do so when the vacancy becomes available. The law of manifestation and abundance ✨🌞✨

[@marirose19]

Totally agree, @Ann Smith!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks. I know it will 😊.

[@myrnaedmisten599]

It’s so interesting, this journey of yours. I think so much of life (including housing options) is changing dramatically right now. You seem to be one of those at the forefront of wanting to do life differently and as you say, intentionally. But you’re not alone I’m sure. Everything will align. 👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Myrna. ☺️

[@mariadavis2685]

You will find the perfect place when you need. BC is such a beautiful place. Looking forward to the next videos. See you next video 😁

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

🤗

[@ianbarr4716]

Adelina, it all sounds like an exciting prospect....BUT... unnecessarily complicated. Good luck.

[@doratiscareno5856]

GOOD LUCK.... WITH YR JOURNEY TO YR NEW LOCATION

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊

[@susananderson7473]

The right spot will be there.

[@marirose19]

I agree @Susan Anderson!!🌟

[@hazellegate9624]

A few years ago when we vacationed out there, we looked at some of the same places you did as well as Tofino and the Sunshine Coast. Island living is a unique lifestyle which can feel restrictive (like cabin fever) and is of course dependent on ferries and their schedules. The spectacular beaches on the west coast almost make up for the 10 feet of rain they get every year! 😂 There were so many factors to consider as you well know! Health care, finding a family physician, dentist, etc were other issues we thought of. The bonus is that you’ll find lots of organic, plant-based foods there; even picking blackberries on the side of the road for dessert was a surprising delight! I wish you good luck in finding a new home base, Adelina.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thank you Hazel ☺️.

[@sheilaenglish7329]

That first park you drive through looked gorgeous. No wonder empty lots don’t become available there! Keep looking, something good for you will come up eventually. 🤞🏼

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks. I’m sure it will ☺️.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Sorry you haven't found a spot yet but am glad that you got a few sips of coffee during this video!!!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

LOL!! 😔

[@marirose19]

@Old Man Jim H I was convinced she was going to spill it on herself bc the cup was so full, but I watched it so carefully I saved her from herself. Haha.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Hahaha!

[@sherryr.1698]

I am tickled that one of your subs (shout out!) helped get you networking in the right direction! Good to see you hopeful... all in good time!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

☺️♥️

[@alschneider6364]

I hope it all works out for you....If you want to get away from snow...The Lower Mainland or the Island is the place to be. But I say this as I'm watching the snow we had last night melt....At least it hardly ever lasts that long.😃

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😁

[@arabellamagnolia3013]

When you are looking in a desirable areas the rents etc will definitely be high and they can pick and choose who they want…..they hold the cards….if you move to a less desirable area…more inland …more up north ….away from the water….you might get better rates….B C is definitely an expensive province…no bargains there…

[@janeolinger8038]

It was very helpful to hear your longer-term perspective. Hoping for a certain outcome and researching the possibilities are very different than feeling a sense of urgency and almost desperation. Sometimes the situation merits these, but often we impose the sense of absolute and immediate necessity when it is really a matter of what we want. I can easily confuse the two and this can lead to major anxiety and making less-than-optimal choices. I also am looking into moving to a better location, but my current living situation is very pleasant and has much going for it, at least for the near future. Thanks for your wisdom and honesty.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yes, it’s good to take the time and not rush to make a decision if you can.

[@martykong3592]

Well DONE and thanks again for sharing! I commented on your tiny home as a great if not only alternative for some of us, and of special interest as I am from Vancouver originally, Mother is from Nanaimo. Alll the BEST to you and Cheers ! :) Have a great Christmas!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Marty. Same to you ms your family 🎄

[@beverlysyferd379]

Enjoyed the informative video. Sadly..Price increases everywhere. Good luck with your search.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Beverly 😁

[@geraldineross5168]

Your very intelligent and prepared for your future parking spot.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thank you Geraldine 😊

[@doratiscareno5856]

Sweet ....🐈💕

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

☺️

[@catherinewilson1079]

I also know someone who recently moved to Qualicum Beach area from Quebec, where I am from. (They built a house) I will try to share your video with them. I find it interesting how people look at decision making. I am 68 and retired in my own small home. I would love to leave Quebec, especially to be in nicer weather year round. But my tolerance for risk is low. I cannot make those kind of decisions that won’t let me sleep at night! 😔 Where I am is not perfect but it is secure, comfortable and most of all affordable! I know that there is a tiny house builder out in Nelson, BC. He was making quite a few tiny’s at one time; might be worth investigating where they were parked. You have definitely been lucky to be forewarned by the floods in BC; global warming will effect a lot of places in Canada. Choose wisely❣️

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

I love Seth at Nelson Tiny Homes. ☺️

[@catherinewilson1079]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife Yes! I remember in particular, one very similar to yours on a gooseneck trailer!

[@catherinewilson1079]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife I have shared your video with Brenda Anderson of Qualicum Beach! Let me know is you hear anything!

[@scrappyquilter102]

Hi Catherine , I am much like you, need my security, comfort and affordability. Need my garden too! I am too much "root-bound" myself but love to watch Adelina anyway.

[@catherinewilson1079]

@@scrappyquilter102 Yes! Tiny houses are still interesting to follow and I wish her luck!

[@DaniElle25g]

Hi Adalina, a couple of things I've learned about BC and climate change with the fires/floods is that areas that have had so many fires are now ripe for flooding and mudslides because the trees are no longer there to hold the soil in place. I'm not sure how much of that has happened on the island yet but I know there have been forest fires there as well as on the mainland. I wonder if you have considered the Sunshine Coast area. I haven't heard anything about forest fires there and also the ferry service is less expensive than the island. I don't know about prices otherwise, but I hope this will help :) It's also a beautiful area although I've only seen it once.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Danielle. I will check that area for sure 😊.

[@Ladythyme]

Fair sailing…good luck

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊

[@Britbabe53]

Would have loved to have you as a neighbour Adelina! The hunt continues... Qualicum is beautiful. I may reach out to my sister to keep an eye, she is a real estate agent in Nanoose Bay, very near Qualicum and often sells the mobile homes in that area. She can keep an eye. Also I forgot to mention Sea Breeze Mobile Home Park and Petroglyph Mobile Home Park, both in Nanaimo, quite close to each other. Not sure what their structure is for rentals, but we did look at both when thinking of buying a mobile home. They are quite nice.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

You’re awesome Sue! Thank you 🙏🏼❤️

[@Britbabe53]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife sent her the video, she will keep an eye open

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

🙏🏼❤️

[@shirleyward5230]

Really enjoyed your video - both of your trip and today. I so want this for you, and selfishly for me. Your adventures are mine also. You do such good such good research on everything you do. Dyslexia such doesn’t hindered you.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Shirley 🙏🏼😊

[@scrappyquilter102]

Thank you for this. What a remarkable wealth of information you have provided. I believe there will be an ever-increasing need for zoning to allow more flexibility in the tiny house/ RV markets across Canada. Boomers are retiring. I am in the Bruce Peninsula area of Ontario and there is a surprising lack of choice here.

[@upcycledcopycat8389]

Brownsville RV & pub under the Pattulla bridge in Surrey. Friend lives there all year long about 5-6yrs ... Might be more, in a 5th wheel. Skirted with a deck & small storage rm addition on the deck. They move it in and out to travel to his job sites on the island or northern Washington, or to a time share in Washington park. (Constr foreman). It's a permanent site mostly over 50's next to transit hub to get into Vanc. 6+ yrs ago they were paying $600 for EVERYTHING. I'm sure it's gone up. But great neighborhood pub on site, seemed like a great community of other permanent rv'ers. Mostly permanent dwellers in one section and transient in another area. But that was couple years ago. Lost touch. Anyway the location is right on the Fraser river sooooo is prob on a flood plain. Hopefully it's not under water from last week. I personally HATE Surrey but this seemed like a great location to get everywhere in any direction in an hour and it was affordable.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thank you! I’ll check it out 😊.

[@berylboerger7847]

powell river area is beautiful along the coast, you may be intersyed in checking it out.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks, I will 😊

[@TeresaCurrent]

Thank you for sharing your prospective.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@HaywoodHomestead]

Great video! Praying the right spot will come along soon enough!! 💖

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊

[@dawnr714]

Well you are just a lovely woman. I just came across your van vid and thought u were cool!

[@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching]

Do you watch/follow Tiny House Giant Journey here on youtube? When she first moved to the Pacific NW area here in the US (also expensive), she was a host for a tiny house village and held monthly open houses (for hers and others) for a break on her space/rent. Maybe you could find something like that? Especially if that rv park wants to attract more THOW. 🌞Kari

[@marirose19]

She does watch Jen; I just happen to know that. Love that channel too!!

[@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching]

@@marirose19 I thought so/figured. I just didn’t want to assume. Also, Jenna did the tiny house host thing many years ago, before getting married and having a child - and I wasn’t sure how long she has been watching. That might have been before she started watching🙃

[@marirose19]

@@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching Actually, that’s a good point. I do know Adelina reads all our comments as you likely do too. Maybe you could note when she did that in terms of time frame. Did you see Jenna’s recent solo vacation vid? I love her haircut.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

That would sure be a great idea. Yes, love her channel 😊

[@marirose19]

Adelina! Drink a sip of your coffee before it spills on you. Argh. Lol. The afghan looks beautiful as usual, btw. Anyway, there is a lot of change happening & advocacy for tiny houses in the USA. I’m going to DM you elsewhere bc if I share this info here it’ll likely get marked as spam. Will be in touch shortly. Wish you had had better luck but I love your attitude that “it wasn’t meant to be” (yet). You’re always so positive & I appreciate that & admire you that way. I’m sure you were disappointed but you have a knack for taking things in stride & maybe something will work out that won’t be too expensive. You know you’re in my thoughts.💛🌀🌟

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Marirose. It’ll all work out for the best in the long run. Take care of yourself my friend 😊.

[@sunrae1531]

My anxiety goes up waiting for the coffee ☕️ to spill lol. I’d have it all over the place by now lol

[@marirose19]

@@sunrae1531 😂Seriously. How does she do it??

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

LOL! I just don’t want to subject anyone to the sound of me sipping & swallowing.

[@sunrae1531]

@@marirose19 she calm cool and collected. I’m a wreck so I’d have it all over

[@lindamaskus5142]

You're gonna spill your coffee 😂😂You're making me really nervous watching it sloshing in your hand 😛😳

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

LOL 😂

[@dawnr714]

I hope something comes thru for u with new contacts you've made!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Dawn.

[@kimhicks4781]

Price's are going up up up on property. You might rethink buying a piece of property. It is an investment you could always resell with probably a good profit. Especially if you improve the property. I don't know about Canada but in the US inflation is rising so fast and driving housing prices and rentals up fast while devaluating your money rapidly. In a short period of time the dollar has dropped to eighty cents or less. Times are uncertain. I wish I had made different decisions earlier. People are getting priced out of the the property market fast. I noticed the changes even in Mexico. Cheap properties their in the desired areas are a thing of the past. I wish you a lot of luck in your search. What I don't like about parks is they can raise the rent every year and you have no control over that. Have you thought of crossing the border into the US. Blaine is just over the border on the Ocean unless you have reasons to stay in Canada. My mother lived in Blaine as a youth..

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks for message. Moving to the US isn’t a consideration. I’m happy to be living in Canada 😊

[@marirose19]

All due respect @Kim Hicks but many citizens of USA including me wish to move to Canada. Remember they have health insurance & other benefits we can only dream of in the USA bc it’s run/owned by corporations. Our govt doesn’t represent us as they’re supposed to or we’d have healthcare & a lot more that we wished we had that Canada does. There’s a joke from the time when Trump was trying to construct the fence between Mexico & the USA. The joke was that Canada was going to construct a fence between the USA & Canada so no USA citizens could get in to Canada. The punchline was that the fence would only need to be 3’ tall bc USA citizens would all be so poor, hungry, & sick we wouldn’t be able to climb over even a 3’ fence. That speaks to our declining quality of life & the loss of the “American Dream.” And so it goes. During Adelina’s house tour she mentions her bedrm closet is so big & long that someone could live in there. I grabbed dibs on it. Lol.

[@kimhicks4781]

@@marirose19 I realize Canada has always watched there border better than us. They even closed their borders to the US for a while over Covid. Canada is a great country. More like we were years ago but I was only thinking of probably a cheaper place to live and still be on the ocean and still just be a few miles from Canada. The area she is looking at Vancouver Island is very desirable but also very expensive and just across the border I would think would be cheaper and still close enough for health care for citizens as she is. It wouldn't cost anything to look. A lot of Canadian's come to Barth California to winter right on the border of Yuma Arizona. There is a military base there and a lot of Canadian's are buying acres of land in Arizona cheap, cheap, cheap for now with less restrictions than other states for making improvements and allowing RVs etc.. I know of one Canadian in Cochise county Arizona who is in the process of developing his homestead with the idea to eventually have some cabins to rent out to bird watchers. He didn't stay in Canada because he was priced out. From many comments I have read on other sights many Canadian say they are being priced out of even a chicken hutch a chicken wouldn't want to live in. Heaven help all who long to have their own place unless they are a millionaire.

[@mavahuth5044]

I sure you know that it will take you,a while. To do research and decide what is good for you. You may end up at a place you were not planning on. I have done that.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Absolutely that could happen. I’m open to the possibilities 😁

[@deborahrobertson4670]

Next time let me know if you come back to the Island. Sorry to have missed you.

[@stevenross3192]

hello madame and Sophie I'm curious weather you're coffee is a prop,waiting for you to take a sip or two is rather suspenseful.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

LOL, I do actually drink it I just don't like to slurp on camera 😂.

[@lindakurtz2653]

An idea....You’ve probably thought of this but with your networking and viewers is there a landowner in your preferred area who has the desire and ability to rent a space to you? I don’t know the legalities of this in Canada. Just a thought.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yes, that’s something I need to do.

[@Ritterkritterz]

If you move, then how far will you be from your kiddos?

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

About a 12 hr drive or 45 min flight.

[@Tonniece3]

👍🏾💯❤️💯❤️. Hugz

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😁

[@gloriabass9945]

Good morning gorgeous 😍

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yes, that's something I've thought about.