I paid 1k for my inspector last year. Utterly useless this time around.

Back in 2008 We used a guy named TED out of east van. He was already in his 60s back in 2008 so I’m pretty sure he retired now. He was great. Went into the crawl space, went into the attic. Did a very thorough report on the old rancher house and found us over 80k worth of improvements required.

That spooked the seller and they gave us a 50k discount.

Of course we did absolutely none of his recommendations and lived in that house for 17 years. Big whoop. We cheap. The damn thing didn’t collapse and those lead / copper pipes didn’t make duhhh dumber me think. Knot and tube wiring didn’t blow up or catch fire

^ You died inside somewhere around that time tho

RIP Badhobz

i lived in toronto downtown and it had 51 floors, there's 6 elevators... how many did you expect? 8?
Yeah at times it does suck. but 6 is more than plenty if it's working well.

As to parking.. that's why i had living in apartment after groceries / costco run. I quikcly bought this. Wife told me no, i told her to kick rocks cause she's not the one lugging groceries...
happiest investment ever.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...aW-KwWTHEOBA&s

https://www.zealty.ca/mls-R2988719/4...-Vancouver-BC/

$3.7m for 3000sf on a 3500sf lot in East Van (King Ed/Fraser)!!!

https://dvvjkgh94f2v6.cloudfront.net.../83dcefb7.jpeg

the last 5 years that area has turned bougie the fastest in vancouver i feel

i'm still sad jethros, dim sum place and pie shop had to close :(

It's only assessed at $3.3 and wouldn't you take that much and get 6000sq and hide in white rock

The only thing king ed and Fraser has is its west of main, personally I don’t get it

We have some friends who’ve lived in the area for 30+ years and one day last summer I was going over there for dinner and had an hour or so to burn so I just walked the neighborhood. There are more derelict, unkept properties on those blocks than almost anywhere else I’ve seen in Vancouver. You’ll have a new build next to a house with 3 foot tall grass and a tarp on the roof. It’s really weird

I mean it doesn't even have that going for it either!

I don’t know why I always think of it as being there lol.. every time

Another 10 years there’s going to be BOLO posters up for an angry old white man muttering about government and taxes wandering around Fraser looking for his house on Main and swearing it’s just east of there hahaha

100% ... for that 3.3M, you get just one garage attached to a laneway house (which usually means garage is tiny). So you'll have to fight for a parking on the street for your 2nd car.

Also isn't Fraser main area a death zone cuz it used to be a dump or something that's why the road are all jank and broken up. And you can't have a straight fence.

I don't get Van prices,

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...-avenue-surrey

$3m, your back yard is a golf course, lots of parking for the hoopties

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS638...R2991664_2.jpg

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS638...2991664_35.jpg

The buyer profiles for these two homes are quite different despite the similar price. The Vancouver home likely appeals to someone who needs or values the rental income from multiple mortgage helpers, whereas the South Surrey home probably attracts a buyer who doesn’t rely on that income.

If you also work in an office full-time in downtown, the commute out of South Surrey / White Rock can be a serious PITA between crossing the tunnel and the bridge(s).

+1, where you are in life also matters a ton.
IMO for me, I love fitness and hosting... and I prefer it when friends come to me instead of me going to them; I will overpay for a Kits / West End / Yaletown spot to save myself travel time.

Personally, these are more my style:

What do y'all think about these 3 for a temporary buy and hold, eventually rebuilding to more units:

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...enue-vancouver
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...enue-vancouver
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...reet-vancouver

See the thing with Dt condos or any skytrain hub condos is that it's still a bitch to get to. There's often no visitor or very limited visitor parking. All of my friend's drive and none of us public transit. Especially if you have partner, kid or dog. So even if you are in the city it doesn't really help. Also a lot of people my age who's old enough to own property, all own in the suburbs as they've all outgrown 1 bed condos. So it's actually easier to meet outside of the city. You go to someone's house to eat and drink anyways, so it's not like you need to be at some dt restaurant. Space > location.

And those houses doesn't seem to be on big streets, will you run into heritage home issues and can't tear down, then you fucked.

These are garbage !!!! Shaddup you dumb kid you. Stop being so damn young and hip and head full of permed hair. Get a haircut, turn that happy face upside down and join us geezers in suburbia

You can watch me do oil changes on my Toyota Corolla while yelling at every sort of chinks imaginable

3.7M and they cant even afford to have a proper path to the rear on one side.. but there's a damn desire path? lol

And RS is literally where I find out Samurai was still around and Fraser Court is gone... all in one day!

Pal of mine lives out in Cloverdale and his company declared return to office 3 days a week out by Coal Harbour and it's kinda brutal for him. Leaves home at 6am so that his commute is "only" an hour long. He's got two young kids that he doesn't get to see in the mornings 3 times a week but that money is really great at the moment so he's sucking it up for now.

$2.9M for a water-head that does what my GF won't? SOLD

Fraser and 16th area is a peat bog, that's why the city used that area as a dump back in the day.

You talking about that house on Elgin and 1 garage? Cuz it actually has no garage........ Not even a carport. The structure in the alley is 100% laneway home with walkways on the left and right of it..

Was running errands today in the area so I drove by...... Alley is all gravel with large potholes. And so many old houses on the same street.

Also comes with the added bonus of people yelling until the wee hours of the morning outside your front door and imitating your bath tub pee on you feature at your front step when they can’t find a bathroom. Random vomit surprises too.