Real Estate

Big Fat Deal: This $7-million ‘bachelor pad’ is pure property porn

By Fiona Morrow /








































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

Address: 3333 Southwest Marine Drive, Vancouver
Price: $7,200,000
MLS: V1119523

The skinny: A one-bedroom (yes, just the one), three-bathroom, 2,857-sq.-ft. house in Vancouver’s country house neighbourhood of Southlands on a 13,850-sq.-ft. lot.
 
The bling: For the empty-nesters with a whopping nest egg to blow, or the most moneyed of bachelors perhaps, this ultra-modern, one-bedroom “millionaire’s crash pad” could be the answer to your disposable dosh problem. What could be more Zen than this stunning cabin of concrete and steel and its two-storey wall of glass, looking over a traditional Japanese garden with its own fresh water stream running through it? There are even four separate patios perfect for meditating on the wonderful things your money can buy. The home does, after all, boast “a world of peace, beauty and prosperity,” according to Feng Shui design expert Tien