sounds like a hell of a deal to me. i have wanted to move to the prairies for a long time. it is insane out here what the house prices are....you can't even get a shack on the island here under $150,000. and here in victoria everything starts at around $350,000.00 believe me, it isn't worth the $350K. so, to get something that you don't have to keep fixing up .... you are looking at around $425K. new homes are around $475K and you have absolutely no yard. sickening.
we spend a lot of our time out on the gulf islands, just to fall off of the 'grid'...believe me, that sounds like the ideal place to be!