‘We just wanted to feel like we had a home’: Some Halifax wildfire victims choosing not to rebuild

As the year winds-down, it seems some of the wildfire victims in the Halifax-area have chosen not to rebuild.

As the year winds-down, it seems some of the wildfire victims in the Halifax-area have chosen not to rebuild.

Most had vowed to stay after the smoke cleared, but months later, delays and frustrations have some cutting their losses and moving on.

 “After being in five different rentals and feeling so displaced, we started to look for a house,” Amy Fletcher, a Highland Park property owner, told CTV News Monday.

 “We just wanted to feel like we had a home.”

She and her family purchased a new home in Boutiliers Point and are settling in nicely.

Fletcher says there were growing disputes with the insurance company and disheartening news from the contractor they had been dealing with.

 “When we spoke to the builder, he said, ‘I’m going to be transparent with you. It’s going to be two-and-a-half years.’ We already felt so displaced, we didn’t want to wait that long,” said Fletcher.