Renovation | Harrop House

Home Sweet Home

Published July 27, 2016 By Kristie

I arrived over two months ago to an over the moon dog and happy husband. I felt excited driving down our long and bumpy drive way through…

Published February 19, 2016 By Kristie

Andrew has taken layer upon layer of walls out of our house. Beautiful old shiplap has been exposed, carefully removed at times and saved for…

Published February 6, 2016 By Andrew

Mother Nature can be cruel. My first week in Harrop was cold, the temperature didn’t rise above freezing once, and most nights were -10 or…

Published December 10, 2015 By Andrew

If I had to describe this house in one word, it would be ‘Layers’ You know when you are cooking and you’re chopping an onion,…

Published December 8, 2015 By Andrew

A hundred year old farm house with no heat and no insulation is not a great place to live in the winter in Canada. Easy…

Published November 29, 2015 By Andrew

The guys from West Kootenay Septic solutions showed up to check out the septic system. As expected, it was so old and undersized that it…

Published November 26, 2015 By Andrew

A sunny day 2 started with a trip to the storage unit to pick up a bunch of the tools to take to the house.…

Published November 25, 2015 By Kristie

Day 1 We officially own the 1907 house and acreage on Kootenay Lake in Harrop, BC just 20 minutes outside Nelson, BC. Andrew left yesterday…