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03-24-2023, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Gerbs  Those TH at the base of a condo get destroyed by strata fees, really needs to be seperated | Agreed, makes no sense at all. The strata fee is essentially an extra mortgage payment in some cases lol  | 
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03-24-2023, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 68style I really like this colour on these style homes | I like it too, and I was considering painting my place something like that since I have the bone colour gutters. But there was a development near here with a ton of houses in that colour combo and similar shades of green/blue about 10-15 years ago so now I'm worried it'll look dated soon.
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03-24-2023, 10:28 AM
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They likely owned both chunks and somehow subdivided it.
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03-24-2023, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by G Agreed, makes no sense at all. The strata fee is essentially an extra mortgage payment in some cases lol | Yeah, extra $800 - 1,300/month.
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03-24-2023, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by underscore I like it too, and I was considering painting my place something like that since I have the bone colour gutters. But there was a development near here with a ton of houses in that colour combo and similar shades of green/blue about 10-15 years ago so now I'm worried it'll look dated soon. | While I personally prefer my house to be neutral coloured (mine is white with black accents) I like to see a neighborhood with some color. This one is near my kid's Chinese school and I love walking by it. 
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03-24-2023, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpine Once you get into one of these larger 1000sqft+ condos and end up paying $1000+/month, that's when the strata fees become asinine. | The unit I'm renting now while I'm on contract in Toronto is a 2005 era condo, 1 bed + den/1 bath at 850 sq. ft., has a monthly fee of... just over $1,400/mo. Luckily it's a family friend who's out of country renting it out so I literally just cover that fee.
This doesn't seem uncommon in Toronto though. The fee includes electricity, gas, cable TV. Gas and electricity are not metered per unit.
Still, I can't help but wonder how wasteful people in the building are with energy knowing it's non-metered flat rate heating/AC/electricity. I know that one of my elderly neighbours keeps their thermostat pinned at 25 throughout winter.
I'm pretty energy conscious (I def. remember BC Hydro/Power Smart ads on YTV and them coming to my elementary school) but I can't help the realization that I'm subsidizing the usage of heavier units. I should mine BTC.
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03-24-2023, 03:26 PM
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If you ever want inspiration for classical two tone Color schemes like that one go spend a couple hours walking around the old part of new west, like between 6th and mcbride. There are some amazing examples there
If I ever do my siding I’ll be going to like the green/off white or somthing along those lines of those classic tones
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03-24-2023, 05:10 PM
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That burnaby house isn't that bad. At least the front of the house is on the street.
There's a couple of houses in Coquitlam that are like this: https://www.rew.ca/insights/312962/3...t-coquitlam-bc
The entire house is behind another house. Your only connection to your street is your driveway.
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03-25-2023, 03:24 PM
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^Does that mean you own that entire driveway and it's private? so you could park cars on it if you wanted?
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03-25-2023, 11:33 PM
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Yep, a typical pan-handle lot with a long private driveway.
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03-25-2023, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoFire That's an odd piece of land, why doesn't the next door get the full length? | I did a quick scan at Burnaby's interactive map, and it looked like it was a single lot at one point in the 60/70s. I am going to take a guess that it was subdivided at one point by the owner to build a SFH with a large back yard while sell off a small single family lot to the east to cover their construction cost.
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03-26-2023, 03:11 PM
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Fucking coons are getting into the attic space of my house through one of the roof soffits.
Of course I'm away from home, I had a family member try to deal with closing it off. Hopefully when I get home I can stop them from getting in there.
The type of shit strata owners dont need to worry about that can quickly become a huge pain for homeowners. My roof is also a ridiculous 7-12 pitch (maybe even more). I'm not looking forward to trying to climb up there and deal with this.
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03-26-2023, 03:57 PM
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How are the neighbourhoods in Coquitlam around Austin Heights or Coquitlam Town Centre or even Port Moody? Been looking at some listings lately but not too familiar with living in those areas.
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03-26-2023, 05:52 PM
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Port Moody is the greatest area in the GVRD
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03-26-2023, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by meme405 Fucking coons are getting into the attic space of my house through one of the roof soffits.
Of course I'm away from home, I had a family member try to deal with closing it off. Hopefully when I get home I can stop them from getting in there.
The type of shit strata owners dont need to worry about that can quickly become a huge pain for homeowners. My roof is also a ridiculous 7-12 pitch (maybe even more). I'm not looking forward to trying to climb up there and deal with this. | went through this at my parents house one year when they were away. roofers, exterminators the whole deal.
we actually didn't hear them until they started phase 2. Raccoons will always want a secondary exit apparently when they take up residence. Even if they go in through an opening, they'll want to make another one. It was a mess.
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03-26-2023, 08:46 PM
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How dafuq do racoons climb up so high, esp if it is through a (roof) sofits? The darn opening would be upside-down, and those suckers aren't exactly slim.
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03-26-2023, 10:05 PM
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They're agile fuckers. When I was still living with my parents in our Richmond TH, one night I heard scratching noises outside my window. I open the blinds to see a massive raccoon trying to crawl through my open awning window. lol
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03-26-2023, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TOS'd How are the neighbourhoods in Coquitlam around Austin Heights or Coquitlam Town Centre or even Port Moody? Been looking at some listings lately but not too familiar with living in those areas. | Coquitlam census data (if that matters to you): https://www.coquitlam.ca/233/Census-...ld-Survey-Data
Generally speaking, the higher you go, the "better" the neighbourhoods get.
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03-27-2023, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TOS'd How are the neighbourhoods in Coquitlam around Austin Heights or Coquitlam Town Centre or even Port Moody? Been looking at some listings lately but not too familiar with living in those areas. | Big fan of Port Moody if it's near the Skytrain line - the city is making serious efforts to build more housing especially along the line and adding a lot more amenities. Good breweries and a great park right by there. The main road (St. John's) does turn into a big traffic jam every day though. Overall, it's got stuff for young folks and for families.
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03-27-2023, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by TOS'd How are the neighbourhoods in Coquitlam around Austin Heights or Coquitlam Town Centre or even Port Moody? Been looking at some listings lately but not too familiar with living in those areas. | I'm near Coquitlam center south of David (before Westwood plateau begins) and I love it here, coming from growing up in Richmond all my life. The square bordering Barnet, falcon, David, and Westwood.
Great access to nature, very easy grocery shopping (t&t, Walmart, save on, kins, IGA, thriftys within 5 min drive.)
Wider range of cuisine and food options than Richmond, although missing a few staples (missing really good Taiwanese beef noodles and beef brisket wonton noodles).
Westcoast express is super comfortable and convenient.
Generally quiet neighborhood, well lit, clean.
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03-27-2023, 08:35 AM
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I'm just on the westmost border (with Coquitlam) in Poco, and I like this neighbourhood too. I'm just minutes from Coq center and Westcoast/skytrain station, walking distance to Coquitlam river for the summer and lots of trees around too.
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03-27-2023, 09:30 AM
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Both neighbourhoods will see constant change in the next decade or two. Austin Height is just starting to redevelopment and you should see a lot more multi-family development options. Compared to City Centre, Austin Height lags behind on new retail or commercial space and rapid transit, but you're within a 10-15 minute drive to Burquitlam or City Centre.
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03-27-2023, 10:58 AM
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i've been two blocks from the SE corner of lafarge lake for the past 13 years. close proximity to pretty much everything you need as others have posted. the river is 2 blocks away with a good biking trail network.
they're starting to develop some of the old mutifamily low rise apartments and you see many more development application signs up around now. traffic can already be a shit show, only going to make it way worse. Pipeline isn't meant for that much traffic
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03-27-2023, 01:07 PM
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Brutal flooding at a building on the corner of Gilmore and Dawson. Stuff of nightmares for those of us living in apartments. https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...ght_fun_times/ | |
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03-27-2023, 01:35 PM
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