Residents of The Foothills–Meet Sandra and John
Meet Sandra and John, who have called The Foothills home for just over two years. We had the pleasure of sitting down with this Foothills couple to learn as relative newcomers to Central Vancouver Island, how they decided to call The Foothills home.
Q: What drew you to The Foothills community?
Sandra: In November it will be two years of calling The Foothills home. The beautiful community of Lantzville and this incredible ocean view that backdrops our home is what really drew us in. We are so close to everything here whether that be Costco, grocery stores, or just getting to town which made The Foothills an easy choice of where we wanted to call home.
John: We also have two kids living here on the Island with grandkids on the way, so it is great to be closer to them. We love it here.
Q: Where did you previously call home?
Sandra: We were on the Lower Mainland in a community called Cloverdale
Q: What is your favourite thing about calling The Foothills home?
Sandra: That’s an easy answer. Coming home and looking at our ocean view!
John: We used to look over beautiful farmland in our previous home, and we thought that was stunning, but, this is much,much nicer.
Q: What moment or experience has made you stop and think, this is why we chose The Foothills?
John: Just living here everyday. Everyday you come or go from your home and are just in awe. It’s so incredibly gorgeous. You see deer running around, the odd bear as well (chuckles), it's an incredible experience. All our friends and family who have visited are just in awe of the beauty.
Q: Have you taken part in any of The Foothill’s community events yet?
Sandra: We were down at the Presentation Centre last Christmas for the holiday event! It was great to meet and mingle with the other residents.
John: It’s nice to have the opportunity to meet and chat with some of your neighbours, the builders and of course Allard who runs everything here .He’s very open to come up and talk to people about whatever they want to talk about whether it’s plans or updates on what and when things are going to happen in the future. The people are great.
Q: What are you most looking forward to at The Foothills?
John: The Village! We’re really looking forward to when it develops. There’s limited places to go for coffee in Lantzville unfortunately, you know? I think that is going to change soon down in the core, but to have a coffee shop or a pub that’s nice and close up here will be nice.
Q: Do you have a favourite local Lantzville spot?
John: Since moving here we’ve had so much to do with the house and have just enjoyed hosting our friends and family at the pool here. We do a lot of entertaining, having friends from the mainland stay almost every weekend in the summer. Our schedule stays pretty solid due to that. We’ve taken a couple trips to Comox and Courtenay, and will continue to do so more in the Spring. It will be nice to start to enjoy the island more. It’s why we really live here, right?
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