This is about the same price as that modern new build in Brentwood, Kitchener and Nanaimo almost:

https://i.imgur.com/AB95AAK.jpg

https://www.rew.ca/properties/525420...t-vancouver-bc

Which would you rather have? For me it’s a no brainer with this house

I can smell the bengay and gold bond powder just looking at those photos.

3.4 mill. Fuck you retard RE market

Yea I sent that to some friends saying fuck 10 years ago 3,5 woulda got you somthing pretty decent in west van

Looks very high quality, but paint scheme needs work and it's really small... that price... ugh...

Property taxes are no bueno too woof... $10k a year

Someone built that house to live in imo

Maybe it's the clunky furniture and the weird roof, but it doesn't look 3600sq, everything looks quite cramped

I rather have this for less, at least nice back yard and big driveway

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS638...R2804898_1.jpg

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...avenue-burnaby

I live in the same area and it's really great for starting a family.

It's walking distance to an elementary/secondary school, parks, BGH, and major bus lines.

^ do you wear the outfit in your avatar when you go out for after dinner walks in the neighbourhood?

None of these. One of the biggest issues with old homes is the ceiling height. After living with 9-11ft ceilings you can’t go back. With a $4m budget one is better off just having their own house built.

Only in Japan, not here. I'd be arrested on the spot.

This house is probably only 10 years old

Property tax is cheap!

Payments are close to $15 - 18K/mo @ 20% down

If you run up to children yelling hard gay!!!!! that would be hilariously awesome

As a non parent I completely approve.

18k a month ?! So a stock Corolla given away each month to pay for that is totally do-able. Why not buy two?!

fuck these cookie cutters are ugly. the modern day vancouver special.

negative character.

thats a burnaby special

so many steps to make sure you pok gai

It's actually 82... it's just been updated extensively. But you can't update taller ceilings :/

20% down? This is Vancouver. We should be looking at 80/20, not 20/80!

A few of you are saying negative comments about decent looking houses, which makes me wonder - what does your current place look like?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81HRqN0o8rL.jpg
^this.

I think most of the negativity comes from seeing these homes with questionable build quality at fairly high asking prices. At these multi-million price points, I believe we all would like or want to see a higher bar for craftsmanship and attention to detail.

When we looked for our new house we looked at location..can always build or reno a home worse case. Luckily house we bought was heavily renod.
We set a new price point for our location when we sold our house in july. We got about 200k more then what we thought we would get considering no laneway or rental suite. Open homes were gong shows with lots of traffic. 13 initial offers including one lowball we told to fuck off. Asked everybody to resubmit best and final offers. New owners were 50k above everybody. We actually were rooting for a couple that did ask our realtor a lot of questions but a 50k difference is…50k. We had 2 doctors make offers on the home and they got outbid =/
Owners took possession last week.

The finest of buddy guys ain't cheap, only the finest of imported craftsman :troll:

What makes this a no brainer for you?

the vaulted ceiling bedrooms is an instant no for me. I would hate being in those rooms.

Also, the back side of the house looks ugly AF. Whoever designed that had no idea what they were doing.

I think we're being picky to be picky. Anyone who owns a detached house in BC is better off than most people.

We live in a 30-year-old house that we reno'd ourselves and I take pride in my house, the grounds are clean and the inside isn't cluttered, but will note it's nothing special.