Just an FYI for those looking in the Norquay area of Vancouver. The Ward townhomes and Acorn condo presales off Duke St. are having a hard time selling. Received a few emails from the sales agent with price reductions already.

Acorn floor plans were poorly thought out. They are doing a 2 BR 2 BATH in 690 square feet. Imagine how cramped that would be!

Do you have the image of the layout
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so stupid.. unless catering to some fob bunk houses where living room is split by a bed sheet there is no reason to have 2 full baths in any unit smaller than 1000 sq ft..

Was talking to a realtor a month or two ago, and he was telling me how units in the 800+ sq ft range are less desirable if they only come with a single washroom.
:badpokerface:

I dunno if that is how the market really thinks, but personally, I wouldn't want an additional washroom taking up space that can be used otherwise if I have anything less than 900 sq ft.

https://www.acornliving.ca/img/svg/B8-plan.svg

690sq ft.......

Just wait till you and your gf/kids both want to use the washrooms but there is only 1.

There is a difference between a full bath and a powder room, most should not need 2 bath tubs.

Those stupid flex rooms in front entries are so much wasted space.. seen some pretty ghetto "kids rooms" in those.. just a sheet over the opening, shitty way to grow up :/

The layout perfectly explains why you do not want to have 2 bathrooms in a sub-700 sq ft suite. FailFish

The bathroom near the entrace should have been freed up as open space or used for other purposes.

It's even smaller than that. The room next to the entrance is reserved for L'il Tay.

We converted our flex room into a walk in closet. It's not completely useless.

i think flex rooms are awesome... especially if it has a door, it's a great storage room.
i had one in my last apartment and i was very grateful for it.

that layout could be 2bd 1ba and much better. or as hondaracer said, definitely no second bathtub.. not well thought out. the entry also has some wasted space in the form of a little hallway

is yours arranged like this where the flex is near the entry? if so pretty baller walk in closet for a coat room essentally lol, but i like the use..

if you dont have a seperate storage unit i can see it being useful with some shelves etc. but if you do im sure for most it becomes essentially a room full of shit you should probably get rid of.

I'm litterally the anti hoarding overlord, i will throw shit out that i could probably sell for a few bucks just to avoid the inconvenience.. having space to essentially "fill" like a flex space just gives me anxiety

My wifes uncle lives next door to us and he's a hoarder so i feel like we're the odd couple.. i'm like washing down my walkway and sweeping a tiny bit of dust off my stairs while he is collecting old counter tops from tear downs..

i have lots of gear that i use somewhat frequently. i have one of those costco black resin shelves for it, and i would rather not put it in storage. storage is for things like luggage, winter clothes when it's not winter, stuff like extra chairs, tires, etc.. if you gotta go there once or twice a week, it would probably be better in your suite.

Yup, open our front door and our flex room/closet is right in front of you. TBH I don't know how we'd do without it. Our closet in the bedroom is already full of clothes. -80% of which are my gf's There's no room to put other stuff so all our jackets, shoes, workout equipment goes in the flex room. Plus it can also fit a dresser full of MY stuff. We pretty much use everything in there.

Keep in mind this is a downtown condo so we're already pressed for space. Also have a storage unit but that only holds luggage, empty appliance boxes, and seasonal stuff like fans and Christmas decorations.

Ran into this video thought it might be useful for someone here... using ones savings to pay off your principal through 'line of credit' to reduce overall mortgage interest payments. (and how refinancing resets the principal)

Why do places always put tubs in instead of stand up showers, I hate bathtubs! I can’t be the only one???

Women and kids love taking baths.

I'm guessing you haven't tried "doing stuff" in the tub? :ifyouknow:

I'm so happy we have a flex space in our condo. We also have a giant black shelf from Costco. Since we love to cook and bake, it is filled with pantry staples that don't fit in the kitchen. Also all our soccer bags and sports stuff takes up the bottom shelves. Also have our recycling and second shoe rack in the flex space as well.

I have no idea how we could make it without the flex space. Especially since we are in a 1 bedroom.

Last I heard, tub girl is single

There was an article I read the other day about rent control in Vienna that I meant to link. Now I can't find it.

In general you can use the space that a tub takes up and have a wayyy nicer walk in shower than your tub combo, but yea, women and children.

In our place we only have 1 bathroom used to be a seperate water closet and tub room with a big clawfoot tub, combined them and lost the tub and created a big walk in shower, couldnt be happier, probably the best shower ive ever used

^ Can I come shower at your place?

I’m no Kesler... but...

Also a tub is easier to cheaply waterproof and less money is spent on paying the trades dude to lay down more tiles. Cheaper to install a shower curtain than shower glass... god damn cheapass contractors.

Just looked at the layouts of the Ward. I'm guessing they're discounting their basement/garden suites? Just curious, how much are they dropping off the price?