To renovate or sell?

My husband and I bought our Arts & Crafts style home built circa 1912 in October 1996. We fell in our love with our house the moment we saw it but it was out of our price range and we didn't buy it until 6 months later when it became affordable for us.

We lived in the house for almost 2 years and decided to build a dream kitchen since I was thinking about becoming a chef. The summer of 1998 we built our dream kitchen and almost 8 months later it was finished.

We love our kitchen and it's our favourite place to hang out and entertain family & friends. We also went 15% over budget and the company we had worked with wasn't the greatest communicator so we thought we would never renovate again.

Years have passed and it's 10 years later and we are renovating our house again. This time its a large renovation. We are building a full 3rd floor en suite with a dream bathroom, and his/her closet. Second floor full bathroom with a laundry room and an in-house office with a walkout deck, and a finished basement with an entertainment space, ceder coat/shoe closet and spice & wine room.

We almost thought about selling since this renovation would cost us a pretty penny but we love the neighbourhood and our neighbours. How many of us can say that we have a good relationship with our neighbours, we got lucky. We have schools, parks, great restaurnts, great shops, grocery stories, fresh fresh market, bakery, public transit all the great things you look for in a neighbourhood just steps away from our front door, our neighbourhood is unique. So we decided to invest our money in a house that we love so can keep on living in our neighbourhood.. so we are staying put. We are excited about the outcome and we are here to share our renovation story...