8 DAYS, 12 OFFERS, $63,000 OVER ASKING PRICE
Vancouver condo listing draws 200 visitors
211 - 511 WEST 7TH AVENUE, VANCOUVER
Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
Size: 975 sq.ft.
B.C. Assessment (2019): $738,000
Listed for: $698,000
Sold for: $761,000
Sold on: Oct. 29
Days on market in this listing: Eight
Listing agent: Marty Pospischil and Adam Pospischil at Pospischil Realty Group
Buyers agent: Charley Lee at Pospischil Realty Group
The big sell: This two-bedroom condo resides in Fairview’s Beverly Gardens complex that was built in 1996 just half a block from Cambie Street. The four-storey building features retail on the ground level and a landscaped central courtyard that this home overlooks. Listing agent Marty Pospischil reports that 200 visitors came through the home, resulting in 12 offers and a sale of $63,000 over the asking price. An open-plan interior with maple hardwood floors, a stone-surround gas fireplace, a flex room, two full bathrooms (both with bath tubs) and an easterly outlook all added to the appeal, as did the fact that the building was rainscreened. The unit comes with a parking stall, a monthly maintenance fee of $418.11, and pets and rentals are permitted with restrictions.
30 - 23651 132ND AVENUE, MAPLE RIDGE
Type: Three-bedroom, four-bathroom townhouse
Size: 2,101 sq.ft.
B.C. Assessment (2019): $670,000
Listed for: $639,900
Sold for: $633,500
Sold on: Nov. 9
Days on market in this listing: Listing agent: Jodi Steeves at Remax Aldercenter Realty
Buyers agent: Jas Oberoi at Remax Blueprint Realty
The big sell: Myron’s Muse is a collection of townhomes situated in Maple Ridge’s Silver Valley neighbourhood. Built in 2016 on landscaped grounds that contain a children’s playground and three community gardens, the development features 69 units with integrated two-car garages. This three-bedroom home has an end-unit position and as such enjoys a triple aspect enhanced by expansive windows. The layout is divided over three levels with a games room, 14-by13-foot den and storage in the basement, all three bedrooms on the top floor — two of which have walk-in closets — and an open-concept living space on the main level with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances in the kitchen and sliding glass doors that open to a patio and a fully-fenced garden bordered by natural rocks that backs onto protected greenbelt.
306 - 2979 GLEN DRIVE, COQUITLAM
Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment
Size: 605 sq.ft.
B.C. Assessment (2019): $420,000
Listed for: $438,000
Sold for: $408,500
Sold on: Dec. 18
Days on market in this listing: 21
Listing agent: Morley Lercher at Sutton Group - West Coast Realty
Buyers agent: Emily Douglass at Oakwyn Realty Downtown
The big sell: Bosa Properties’ master-planned community of Westwood Village offers three highrise towers — Altamonte, Claremont and Edgemont — that occupy a central position in Coquitlam with myriad conveniences nearby including the Millennium Line’s Evergreen Extension. This particular unit forms part of Altamonte, a 30-storey tower that was the first of the trio to be constructed in 2007. Listing agent Morley Lercher reports that prospective purchasers were attracted by the building’s location, concrete construction and amenities that include a billiards room, a fully-equipped gym, cardio centre and yoga studio, a sauna, media room and guest suite. The strata permits pets and rentals and this unit’s monthly maintenance fee is $204.91. These transactions were compiled by Nicola Way of Besthomesbc.com. Realtors - send your recent sales to nicola@besthomesbc.com.