[Tim Budong]

heres a small description inside!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/vancouver-iconic-mansion-casa-mia-market-10-5m-20110306-160000-893.html

i definitely want to see that Dopey's room

[StylinRed]

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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)

[CharlieH]

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

[quasi]

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.

[Vansterdam]

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

[StylinRed]

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 ;)

[ilvtofu]

10.5 million feels like a bargain in Vancouver lol

[chargedpower]

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

[El Bastardo]

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

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/home+prices+Canada+Metro+Vancouver+rise+slightly+J anuary/4409450/story.html?tab=PHOT

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

[Manic!]

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


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

[TheKingdom2000]

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

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/home+prices+Canada+Metro+Vancouver+rise+slightly+J anuary/4409450/story.html?tab=PHOT

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

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/4409783.bin?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4409792.bin?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4409796.bin?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4409775.bin?size=620x400
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4409785.bin?size=620x400
^There's an outdoor pool as well that changed colours

[El Bastardo]

That house is pure pimp

But the outside is underwhelming

[jing]

Holy shiet to that interior

[SpuGen]

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.

[tiger_handheld]

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

[mrclean604]

holy shit.

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

[Ferra]

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

[TheKingdom2000]

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.

[twitchyzero]

old mansions always look haunted

[Ferra]

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.
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)

[GoneGuru]

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.

[Mr.C]

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

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.

[Wongtouski]

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

[CP.AR]

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

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/home+prices+Canada+Metro+Vancouver+rise+slightly+J anuary/4409450/story.html?tab=PHOT

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

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

[Cman333]

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

[bokch0y]

^^^

Totally agree. Outside is nice. Inside...looks like 1980's scarface or some sor tof Italian Mob hang out.

[BlackZRoadster]

Surprised anyone hasn't mentioned this yet

It must be HAUNTED, its so old and the previous owners had died. I wouldnt wanna spend 1 night in there alone.

[TheKingdom2000]

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)

hmm, I would like to live in a 1500sqft and see what it's like.
I agree, single or a couple would be fine I guess.

I'm more of a backyard kind of guy though. But, when I start my family there is no way I can afford a house in Vancouver... I'll probably have to go to a cheaper district in burnaby or richmond (Not that those prices are that much cheaper either)

[El Bastardo]

Surprised anyone hasn't mentioned this yet

It must be HAUNTED, its so old and the previous owners had died. I wouldnt wanna spend 1 night in there alone.



No one mentioned it because ghosts don't exist.

[BlackZRoadster]

No one mentioned it because ghosts don't exist.

keep telling yourself that when you hear things at night :fullofwin:

[LenovoTurbo]

The walls in the washroom is so ugly, looks like water stains.


http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4397037.bin?size=620x400


Imagine taking a shit in the middle of the night and you hear an echo of someone's voice coming from somewhere down the hall even though no one else was home. :eek5x:

[dachinesedude]

place looks haunted for sure

ghosts or not, i wouldnt buy such a big ass house to live by myself anyways

[El Bastardo]

keep telling yourself that when you hear things at night :fullofwin:



I don't hear those things anymore. They've put me on the right medications. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-byodood.gif


Anyhow, updating the house (ghosts or not) would be a double-edged sword. It is in need of obvious updating but doing so would almost be tragic as there was incredible thought put into the interior that its almost a shame to remove it all.


Its kind of like the Playboy Mansion. We've all see the pictures of the interior but I've read time and again that the place is beginning to fall apart from the inside. While I have no doubt it was absolutely gorgeous in it's day but has passed it's prime. To renovate it now will be viewed as some as inappropriate as its so iconic (as is Casa Mia, apparently).


Granted, if I win the Lotto Max this Friday I fully intend to buy Casa Mia and renovate it to my taste.

[Z3guy]

^ the house looks creepy.....

[Ch28]

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

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/home+prices+Canada+Metro+Vancouver+rise+slightly+J anuary/4409450/story.html?tab=PHOT

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

I'd rather put my money towards house #5 (if I had the money) because the interior is sweet and doesn't look like it's haunte by ghosts from the 1930's :fullofwin:

[the_law82]

I remember seeing the house on Burris street about a year ago for sale for $20M. I guess no one was interested since it's now at $15M.

[Hondaracer]

The walls in the washroom is so ugly, looks like water stains.


http://www.vancouversun.com/business/4397037.bin?size=620x400


Imagine taking a shit in the middle of the night and you hear an echo of someone's voice coming from somewhere down the hall even though no one else was home. :eek5x:

fake pressed granite looks way better than that

:fullofwin:

[Culverin]

I think just some fresh paint in some spots would be fine.
Just image that washroom with a white ceiling, the marble could stay just the way it was.

Even if it's poo colored.