Vancouver's Real Estate Market

[bcrdukes]

Asian B-line?
#collatoraldamage

[jcmaz]

Originally Posted by 68style

^ I can't imagine feeling any satisfaction whatsoever about plotting out when shit turns on and off to save $ especially when I'm already loaded lol

Different personalities and mindsets keep the world interesting though!

I don't know why you would turn off the heat pump during the hottest times of the day.

My SIL bought a Model 3 to save gas. She primarily wfh with a day or two in the office.

And then she's complaining about my bro's condo being too small and wanting a townhouse.

[Badhobz]

^Chinese people are hilarious

[Alpine]

Us chinese people are great at not being able to see the forest for the trees.

I have family who wanted to purchase another house during covid, but couldn't find a name and didn't want to eventually pay cap gains. Would've pocketed $300k even after paying taxes but instead made nothing to save on taxes.

[RabidRat]

Lol my MIL regularly tells us to try not to make more money because that's more money we have to pay in tax.

And my sister used to say she was fighting against a raise because she didn't want to pay one cent into the next tax bracket.



What the heck are you talking about, and why are you saying it so confidently?!

[CivicBlues]

Penny wise, Pound foolish.

[jcmaz]

Originally Posted by RabidRat

Lol my MIL regularly tells us to try not to make more money because that's more money we have to pay in tax.

And my sister used to say she was fighting against a raise because she didn't want to pay one cent into the next tax bracket.



What the heck are you talking about, and why are you saying it so confidently?!

Some of the guys I work with refuse to do any OT claiming it is mostly taxed lol. They don't understand that once they max out their yearly contributions earlier, they will be able to take home more $$$. Financial literacy is definitely lacking :/

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by 68style

I am in so much trouble fi I can't sell the original place fast enough lolol

Let's just say it's got enough heated parking for 6 cars indoors

Originally Posted by 68style

I don’t have a mortgage on the house, bridge loaned off my condo which didn’t have a mortgage to pay for it and selling the condo after I move out of it and do some minor repairs.

If I can’t sell it I’m fucked and will lose the deposit lol

Woooooooo!

Sooo ... how's this netflix series turning out? I've never seen something like this before.

Have you seen a 3rd house that you like better than the 2nd house ... ?

[68style]

First house listing just went live yesterday afternoon, so far it's had 5 showings

I'm banned by gf from even looking at the realty website... or if I do I'm not allowed to bring anything I see on there up hahaha

[6thGear.]

Originally Posted by Alpine

Us chinese people are great at not being able to see the forest for the trees.

I have family who wanted to purchase another house during covid, but couldn't find a name and didn't want to eventually pay cap gains. Would've pocketed $300k even after paying taxes but instead made nothing to save on taxes.

Recently had a listing cancel on me. 2mil detach that owners bought in early 90's. Rental property since day 1. Didn't want to pay potential $300k capital gain tax. Could've walked away with 1.5m + the rental income they pocketed since paying off mortgage. Now they don't want to sell and can't raise either tenants rent, collecting combined $3k a month from both upstairs and downstairs tenants.

[TypeRNammer]

Here's a quick snap shot of my power usage.

Majority of the off peak power usage is coming from charging one car, dish washer and laundry machines

As for the heat pump, it runs for most of the day, probably 60%?

The culprit of the peak hour usage is only the stove and hood fan.

I haven't lived in the laneway house long enough to gather data on my actual usage

I remember the most recent winter, my hydro bill was $700 bucks over a two month period, that includes heating the home with the heat pump and charging two cars

EDIT: had to clarify, winter bill was 700 bucks over two months

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

Here's a quick snap shot of my power usage.

Majority of the off peak power usage is coming from charging one car, dish washer and laundry machines

As for the heat pump, it runs for most of the day, probably 60%?

The culprit of the peak hour usage is only the stove and hood fan.

I haven't lived in the laneway house long enough to gather data on my actual usage

I remember the most recent winter, my hydro bill was $700 bucks, that includes heating the home with the heat pump and charging two cars

Does charging the cars accumulate to half your usage? Would it be safe to say it's about $150 per car per month of usage? Seems like a lot.

I'm asking if it's half because we have heatpumps at home and we mostly just use them for heating and our power bill was about 300 every month, but we are in a not so well insulated house and you are in a new laneway.

[Badhobz]

Yeah so much for gas savings…. Sheesh 150 is how much gas money I’m spending on the hilter box (2 fill ups a month)

[whitev70r]

^ would be interesting to see what avg monthly charge for some of you EV owners are like.

[bcrdukes]

Charge your car elsewhere so you don't see the charges on your hydro bill.

[whitev70r]

^ I see a lot more used Model S with free supercharging, that's got to be a real bonus! Some are listing for $25-30K ... you gotta think that's a decent price for a commuter if you can live with a bit older tech.

[JDMDreams]

I thought certain models you can just upgrade the computers. I was looking into those too, but I don't drive enough to save that much on gas

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by EvoFire

Does charging the cars accumulate to half your usage? Would it be safe to say it's about $150 per car per month of usage? Seems like a lot.

I'm asking if it's half because we have heatpumps at home and we mostly just use them for heating and our power bill was about 300 every month, but we are in a not so well insulated house and you are in a new laneway.

Pulling data from my Tesla Wall Charger, on average for charging two Tesla's, the cost is about $70 to $90 per month.

So over all, maybe it contributes to 1/3 of my electricity costs?

[Eff-1]

Our strata charges $37.50 per month to have EV charging at your stall. We have no way of tracking usage per stall though, so I imagine some people who drive less are subsidizing those who drive more.

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

Pulling data from my Tesla Wall Charger, on average for charging two Tesla's, the cost is about $70 to $90 per month.

So over all, maybe it contributes to 1/3 of my electricity costs?

Ok that's still significantly less than gassing up. I'm assuming that would be around 1500km per car per month.

Originally Posted by Eff-1

Our strata charges $37.50 per month to have EV charging at your stall. We have no way of tracking usage per stall though, so I imagine some people who drive less are subsidizing those who drive more.

That's cheap, is that 110V or 220, or a level 3?

[Eff-1]

It's a 14-30 outlet, so cars are limited to charge at 25 amps or so. This was the original price we set in 2020. It could be time to increase the rate at next year's AGM, but we don't have any data on usage so it would just be a wild guess.

[68style]

BUT YOU DON'T CARE cuz you bought a HOUSE

Eff-1: Toodaloo bitches!!!!

[Eff-1]

haha that is true.

[JDMDreams]

Stratas are for the poors

[6793026]

it's tough; there's no way to meter it unless huge infrastructure is put in place.

we constantly get tenants complaining someone is plugging it into a regular outlet = strata has to pay etc .... complaints goes on a blind eye.. but what can they do other than a warning letter.