Ever wonder what CASA MIA, the yellow mansion on Marine Dr is like?
 

heres a small description inside!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/vancouver-i...60000-893.html

i definitely want to see that Dopey's room

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i don't understand the fascination with this house in the media recently... seems like some realtor is using connections to advertise his listing

the house is listed at 10.5m BC taxes it @ a 12m price point

as for aesthetics... its all based on pov but to me its ugly (on the outside) looks nice on the inside though (not)

i'd slow down to look at this house every time on my way to school. the inside looks too old though.

I'm sure they spent a decorator a lot of money to design the interior. I'm also sure that most of the materials are imported and expenseive as hell. Saying that the interior is totally fugly IMO. It's not my taste at all, if I had that much money I'd be looking elsewhere.

The 20,782-square-foot home was built in 1932 for George Reifel, a liquor magnate and rum runner during Prohibition who opened the Commodore Ballroom around the same time.

thats awesome

aka a gangster ;)

10.5 million feels like a bargain in Vancouver lol

This thread is useless with a misleading title. The link does not show any pictures of the inside at all. So what? imagine?

I think that house looks awesome. Better than most of the ones in this link

http://www.vancouversun.com/business....html?tab=PHOT

With the exception of the interior. I understand where they're going with it but its not my style

Click the "Take a tour here" close to the top. I missed it the first time too.

Holy crap, i've been in this house, I was here for a UBC formal event. The house was sickkk. Their games room was so awesome and their theatre room won a prize for best theatre room in Vancouver. Also, all the gold you see is actual gold lined throughout the house. There was also a hidden door in the wall that lead to a secret washroom. It was an amazing house. I think the best part of the house was the kitchen, it was incredible, an open concept with huge doors that lead to the backyard/pool. It was a brown family that owned the house, I don't recall what the father did though.
I had no idea it was 15million.

http://www.vancouversun.com/business...n?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business...n?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business...n?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business...n?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business...n?size=620x400
^There's an outdoor pool as well that changed colours

That house is pure pimp

But the outside is underwhelming

Holy shiet to that interior

If I won the Lottery, I'd buy it and turn it into a Bed & Breakfast/ Fancy Restaurant & Ballroom/Lounge.

Think of the Revenue you could pull in from it.

and some ppl say there is no housing bubble in vancouver .... hmmm

holy shit.

i always wanted to know what it looked like in those houses.

meh....the interior looks like only someone in their 60s+ would like...
also kinda reminds me of houses a mexican drug lord would live in...

The house in the 2nd link looks wayyyy too formal with their "royalish" paint and decorations...

Even if I have the money, I can't imagine myself living in either one of these houses....i rather live a small condo with nice clean contemporary furnishing and design....and for 1/10th of the price compare to these houses

I'm just curious, have you ever lived in a condo?
I currently live in a condo, 650sq/ft and I can not imagine living here for the rest of my life. I have enough space, but I can't see myself living here for the next 20-30years.

Obviously this is ymmv, but whenever I go home to my parents house I LOVE the space. Just space to walk around or walk up stairs etc.

old mansions always look haunted

Haha....i actually do live in a 700sqft condo (half the time)
space is limited, but for a single guy or a young couple, it is more than enough (fewer space, fewer junks, fewer maintenance, fewer expenses)
I am sure things would be very different once you start a family and have children tho

On my previous post I was more referring to a $1-2 million, 1500sqft+ condo (instead of a 700sqft)

I remember running around that house a bunch when I was a kid. My dad was in charge of a reno or something for the house when his boss bought it, or something like that, so I got to go check it out. Place was HUGE.

Or someone in their 20s who grew up in a place where there was real wood, real marble, and real granite everywhere, not this fake shit you see in expensive houses here in Vancouver.

Very nice house. If I had some 10mil lying around for a house, I'd seriously, seriously consider it.

You know you're living HK too long when 10mil to me (obviously I can't afford it) is an extremely good deal.

holy shit
House number 5. (2238 Marine Drive)
In my facebook photostream I see some people partying in front of that house with the garage doors open

Casi Mia needs some serious reno's.

Although its still a beautiful house, the outside needs some work, and the toilets/sinks/furniture need serious work.

I wonder if the kitchen is as dated