Nanaimo is a city with a population of approximately 85,000 situated on Vancouver Island. The ferry in to Vancouver takes 1 hour 40 minutes.
We live in a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse in the north end of the city - close to all amenities and a 15 minute walk from a large shopping centre.
Vancouver Island has many attractions and interesting small towns within short distances i.e. 2 hours to Victoria (the capital) and 2 hours to Mount Washington......a large ski resort.
The gardening, snow removal is taken care of by the strata and we have no pets.
We are leaving for Australia/New Zealand in mid-December and expect to be down there around 3 months but have not solidified our dates just yet.
Because there are no pets or other chores there would be a small charge to cover utilities etc.