• What Commuting Out of the Cowichan Valley Costs Over a Year,Jason Anson

    What Commuting Out of the Cowichan Valley Costs Over a Year

    What commuting out of the Cowichan Valley costs over a year is a question worth answering before you buy rather than after, because the saving on the house and the cost of the commute are the same decision. The valley sits between 2 employment centres. Greater Victoria is south over the Malahat, a s

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  • Well and Septic in the Cowichan Valley, and What Testing Costs,Jason Anson

    Well and Septic in the Cowichan Valley, and What Testing Costs

    Well and septic in the Cowichan Valley is not a rural curiosity, it is how a large share of this district lives. Approximately 39 percent of the valley's 89,013 residents live in an electoral area rather than a municipality, and most of those properties are on their own water and their own wastewate

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  • What It Costs to Heat an Older Cowichan Valley Home,Jason Anson

    What It Costs to Heat an Older Cowichan Valley Home

    What it costs to heat an older Cowichan Valley home depends far more on the house than on the community it sits in. The valley has mild winters by Canadian standards, which sounds like it should make heating cheap. It does not, because a mild winter here is a long one. Over 85 percent of the rainfal

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This page brings together my latest insights, stories, and updates about real estate and community life on Vancouver Island. Each article is part of a bigger picture, showing how housing, lifestyle, and local conditions are always changing. I have lived on the island for more than 30 years and have seen these shifts first-hand. In my professional work I focus on proving actual market value with market movement data, so buyers and sellers can trust the guidance they find here. Use these guides to explore regional areas and connect what you read with the broader housing story of the island at Living on Vancouver Island.