Real Estate

Big Fat Deal: $7 million for a westside fixer-upper

By Fiona Morrow /


















Each week, BCBusiness takes you inside one of the most outrageously upmarket real estate offerings in the province

Address: 1949 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver
Price: $6,980,000
MLS: R2012399
 
The skinny: Two-bedroom, one-bath, 4,000-square-foot westside Vancouver property, on a corner lot of more than 15,000 square feet.
 
The bling: Bring it. Seriously: this is the fixer-upper of your multimillion-dollar dreams. Though its mock-Tudor charm—think rustic dilapidation—may not be to your taste, just imagine the possibilities. This is a blank canvas ready to be spruced and shimmied, primped and, oh, OK—flattened, you say? (Apparently nobody in this price range watches HGTV.) Conveniently situated in Quilchena, you have all the tony essentials of nearby Shaughnessy without the restrictive rebuild rules. Here you are welcome to construct your paean to excess. Build big. Build bold. Build like that real Tudor, Henry VIII, would: pillars of immense stone, slabs of marble, massive chandeliers and maybe a gold-plated bathroom? Now we’re talking, right?
 
The hidden extras: Enough private schools within easy distance of a sedan chair, expansive views to the west and a lot big enough to build something to really get up all your new neighbours’ noses.