IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS
Spacious five-bedroom home in West Vancouver has style to spare
1350 PALMERSTON AVE., WEST VANCOUVER
Type: Five-bedroom, seven-bathroom detached Size: 5,900 square feet B.C. assessment: $4,817,000 Listed for: $5,000,000 Sold for: $4,800,000 Sold on: Oct. 6
Days on market: 74 Listing agent: Devon Owen at Royal Pacific Realty
Buyer’s agent: Jonathan Yu at Sutton Group-West Coast Realty
The big sell: This fully customized one-year-old property scores highly in the style stakes, starting with the dramatic entryway with soaring ceilings and statement chandeliers that set the tone for the rest of the house. A floating staircase connects each floor of the three-level home, with the main floor offering a formal living and dining area, a family room with a triple-sided fireplace, a chef’s kitchen with an adjacent wok kitchen, an office, and a guest bedroom with ensuite. There is radiant heat under the hardwood floors, and a Control4 system provides a smart home automation system for surround sound, video-monitored security and dimmable Lutron lights. The upper level contains an additional family room with south-facing views, three large bedrooms with ensuites and a master wing showcasing a spa-style bathroom with an oversized steam shower and a Japanese Jacuzzi tub. The basement continues the attention to detail with a state-of-the-art wine cellar, a high-tech media room and an infrared and steam sauna. Multiple decks and a landscaped garden complete the picture.
6908- 6910 MAIN ST. , VANCOUVER
Type: Six-bedroom, three-bathroom detached Size: 3,062 square feet B.C. Assessment: $1,260,700 Listed for: $1,199,000 Sold for: $1,380,000
Sold on: Nov. 29
Days on market: Eight Listing agent: Lorne Goldman at Macdonald Realty
Buyer’s agent: Lorne Goldman at Macdonald Realty
The big sell: According to listing agent Lorne Goldman, 13 offers were received for this six-bedroom property, pushing the price to $181,000 over the asking price in eight days. The reason for the appeal? He cites interest in this emerging section of Main Street with the Bing Thom-designed Sunset Community Centre next door, a corner location on East 53rd Street with views from the upper deck, and the opportunity to own a miniature apartment building providing rental income. Each of the property’s three levels contains a two-bedroom suite and all have white kitchens with matching appliances and space for a table and chairs, four-piece bathrooms, and separate living rooms. At the time of selling, the top-floor unit rented for $1,185 per month, the main-floor unit rented for $1,500 and the lower level was owneroccupied. The property was built in 1956, but had recent improvements with updates to the roof, as well as the installation of doubleglazed windows, three hot water tanks and two electrical panels.
3192 W. THIRD AVE., VANCOUVER
Type: Four-bedroom, one-bathroom detached Size: 2,455 square feet B.C. assessment: $2,887,900 Listed for: $2,250,000 Sold for: $2,250,000 Sold on: Dec. 1 Days on market: Zero Listing agent: Lailey Wallace at One Percent Realty Buyers agent: Ken Chong at Macdonald Realty
The big sell: This house was built around 1920 on a 33-by120-foot lot in Kitsilano’s popular North of Fourth area. There are conveniences all around with shops and direct transit routes to UBC along West Fourth Avenue and beaches, yacht clubs and private and public tennis courts nearby. The house is on a corner lot with a south-facing back yard. Listing agent Lailey Wallace says the value of this property is mainly in the land, but given its RT-8 zoning, it could be transformed into a sideby-side duplex while retaining the home’s exterior character, with the possibility of adding a laneway house. The home is divided into three levels with the principal living space accompanied by two bedrooms on the main floor, a flex room and two further bedrooms upstairs, and a recreation room, laundry, storage and workshop in the basement. Three offers were received as soon as the property was listed at $2,250,000 with the sellers accepting a subject-free offer for the full asking price.