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BCBusiness takes you inside one of the most outrageously upmarket real estate offerings in the province.
Address: 1462 Connaught Drive
Price: $16,800,000
Listing: R2632327
The skinny: Seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 9,247 sq ft house on half an acre in Shaughnessy
The bling: No, the outside of 1462 Connaught Drive wasn’t plucked from the rejected location shoots of Stranger Things Season 4, as much as that looks to be the case. But the foreboding, futuristic-in-the-80s design keeps on going in the interior, with long rooms, circular curves and open windows that we’re sure were a marvel of architecture when the revered James Cheng put it together back in 1986.
Today, you’d absolutely be forgiven for thinking that you and the eight other people that just happened to be viewing at the same time were going to be indoctrinated into an experiment against your will. It’s one of those scenarios where the realtor has to do their best to say “no one has lived here in years” in a non-creepy way. Spoiler alert: they will fail.
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Not only because the photos make it seem as if no one has ever stepped in the place, but the half acre of land that doesn’t have a house on it is almost completely dedicated to a full-size tennis court that looks to be, um, not exactly in Wimbledon shape. But yes, this house will undoubtedly be attractive to the scores of men who take the wrong lessons from the upcoming King Richard biopic. And, when Space Jam makes a tennis equivalent and needs to shoot the laboratory the Monstars grow and train in—they’ll definitely reach out. Place is practically going to pay for itself.
The hidden extras: Home theatre, sauna, hot tub and steam shower.