New-build home snapped up in just six days
Weekly roundup of three properties that recently sold in Metro Vancouver.
1290 GARDEN DR., VANCOUVER
Type: Three-bedroom, four-bathroom half duplex
Size: 1,607 square feet
B.C. Assessment: $3,082,000 Listed for: $1,799,000 Sold for: $1,799,000
Sold on: Jan. 17
Days on market in this listing: Six Listing agent: Jessica Chen PREC at Oakwyn Realty
Buyers agent: Paul Fraser PREC at Oakwyn Realty
The big sell: This newly completed half-duplex was snapped up for the asking price in just under a week. Built by Vandwell Developments, the three-storey unit forms part of a duplex property that occupies a corner lot on Garden Drive and Charles Street in Vancouver's Grandview-woodland neighbourhood, kitty-corner from Lord Nelson Elementary School. With an eye on form and function, the air-conditioned home offers an open-concept main floor plan that incorporates living, dining and kitchen areas with laminate hardwood floors, contemporary light fixtures, accent walls, a centre island, a Fisher & Paykel appliance package and French doors that lead out to the private garden and patio. All three bedrooms are light and airy, with the top-floor bedroom suite enjoying access to a balcony. The home comes with a single garage and useful exterior storage.
1038 MATHERS AVE., WEST VANCOUVER
Type: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached bungalow
Size: 1,902 sq. ft
B.C. Assessment: $2,031,500
Listed for: $1,950,000
Sold for: $1,935,000
Sold on: Jan. 28
Days on market in this listing: 13
Listing agent: Holly Calderwood PREC at Royal Lepage Sussex
Buyers agent: Farid Entezari PREC at Remax Crest Realty
The big sell: This renovated 1950s bungalow resides on a 6,100-square-foot south-facing lot in West Vancouver's Sentinel Hill district. It consists of two levels with an upper floor comprising two updated bedrooms (the primary boasting ocean glimpses), a kitchen with space for an informal eating area and a conjoined living/dining room that opens to a newly refinished 500-sq.-ft deck that soaks in the southerly aspect and views. The lower level also has two bedrooms as well as a new four-piece bathroom, and a living room — all offering suite potential — alongside a modern laundry room and a hot water tank. There are wood floors throughout the majority of the home, skylights and two fireplaces. The mature gardens have been well tended and feature a greenhouse, pathways and a carport with lane access. The property's RS-5 zoning allows for a coach house.
434 WEST 17TH AVE., VANCOUVER
Type: Seven-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
Size: 4,010 sq. ft
B.C. Assessment: $2,927,900
Listed for: $3,180,000
Sold for: $3,035,000
Sold on: Dec. 22
Days on market in this listing: 12
Listing agent: Bob Bracken at Remax Real Estate Services
Buyers agent: Christopher Chiu PREC and Anky Kan PREC at Oakwyn Realty Downtown
The big sell: According to listing agent Bob Bracken, multiple offers were received for this multi-suite extensively updated century-old Craftsman-style house in the prime Cambie district that tipped the final sale price over the $3-million mark. The four-level home comprises four legal self-contained suites with a one-bedroom unit on the top floor with french doors and a deck that rents for $2,150 per month, two one-bedroom suites on the second floor that rent for $2,250 and $1,600 per month respectively, and a two-level four-bedroom-plus-den suite on the main and lower floors (currently the owner's suite), whose estimated rent is $5,000 per month. Even the large two-car garage used as an office/workshop complete with a powder room rents for $600 per month, as well as $100 income per month from shared coin laundry. In total, gross income of $11,700 per month ($140,400 per year).