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VI Painting and Wallcovering Ltd aka Sloan’s Painting

When we bought our condo, we wanted to make it ours, meaning colours we would feel comfortable with and make it homey for everyone who enters here.

We went to Sherwin Williams to pick paint colours and wallpaper (yes, wallpaper) and we will be showing pictures when it is complete. I do have to tell you what has been done so far is absolutely stunning. I can be hired out. Just kidding! I only picked the paint and wallpaper, Michelle and her crew, Caitlin and Dave, did all the work. Adrienne at Sherwin Williams was also an amazing help. She actually agreed with what I wanted to accomplish.

The company comes with the friendliest and most happy crew who enter your home and you are immediately comfortable with them and they with us.

Before they even start, they remove things that need to be moved, cover it all up like it was from the Louvre and, at days end, they uncover everything, hang things back up or return to their original place in the condo. They spend almost 45 minutes at the end of the day just cleaning up, storing everything so they can start again the next day.

Don, being Don, teased Michelle he would find her seams in the wallpaper. Well, 10 minutes later, he gave up. You cannot; she is so good. Then, on Day 2 he was teasing Caitlin about her ‘hole repairs’ saying he would check to see if she actually did it well. Ha ha she did. You cannot tell that she did anything. It is sooooo smooth. And Dave? He is such an awesome young man, besides being taller than the rest of us.. he gets the fun jobs, like stretching to the ceiling, removing the drapes and re-hanging the drapes, painting is so perfect. Moving the furniture, putting it all back before going home for the night.

Anyone living in or planning on moving to Nanaimo and need work done, please, please call this company. You won’t find any better anywhere. Hint though…do it in advance of your needs. They are one busy company. Check them  out at sloanspainting.ca

Oh, as a hint to you…all you have to do is bake cookies, muffins or even a cake and they are putty in your hand. Just kidding, but bake for them, they need the energy.

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Amazing Attitude Throughout This City

We moved to Nanaimo a month ago, leaving a much smaller town in the Okanagan. This was to downsize our home. The home we were in outgrew us and we also wanted to be closer to family. It made more sense to fly from Calgary direct to Nanaimo than it was for our family to fly from Calgary to Vancouver then to Penticton where we would go and get them after a 30 minute or so drive. We are only 90 minutes from Vancouver by ferry as well.

From the time we checked into a hotel (first to check out what was available and then the second time when we came and bought our special spectacular seaside abode, we have found this City to be so friendly, so helpful; in giving directions or assisting you in the stores to locate what you can’t seem to find on your own. Department stores, hardware outlets, grocery stores, pharmacies and not forgetting the most amazing sector – restaurants. The wait staff are amazing and don’t seem to forget you from one visit to the next. They all seem to have a smile on their faces and I mean a real, sincere smile. I am not so sure if it is because we keep telling people we are new here and still finding our way around but I love it.

We are seniors and cannot lift or move heavy items so Don checked out the local newspaper looking to hire a couple of men and found an ad from a ‘student’ with time off at Christmas time to do any kind of labour work for a mere $20.00/hour. Always wanting to help out a student, I called and the young man said he would help us. I suggested to him he would need to find another person to help him and the items were so heavy.  He kept saying he was okay and could handle it. Well down this chap came, Jayce, and good grief he is a mountain of a man who is just so nice to have around. He worked with Don on building cupboards, moving heavy furniture around and then coming back a couple more times as well to help us out. The point I am making is to take that chance and you will find a new friend who just happens to live down the street. Lucky, lucky us.

Again, if you get the opportunity, come across the little pond between the mainland and the island…walk around, go into the wonderful eating establishments available or shopping galore in so many shopping centers and that is not even the downtown section of this City.

We haven’t even seen what is offered in the summer but what we have read about makes us anxious to go out and take it all in.

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