Big Fat Deal: $4.6 million to play Tetris with a Burnaby yard

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

Address: 3773 Burke Street

Price: $4,588,000

Listing: R2754079

The skinny: Six-bedroom, four-bathroom 3,453 sqft house on 17,009 sqft in Burnaby.

The bling: You know you’ve caught a gem when you look at the listing and there are no pictures of the interior. That’s despite the listing’s pledge of “more photos to be uploaded this week.” Maybe that’s true and the realtor really added that in the last couple days. Or maybe the house has been listed for 71 days and the promise of more pictures sits there, promising but unreachable.

Another thing that’s unreachable? A detached house in Vancouver. But hey, this is close enough, right? Congratulations, “it’s basically in Vancouver” has become your new catchphrase! Just don’t let your friends catch you looking longingly westward, wishing that Boundary was a couple blocks east instead.

But it’s all worth it for the yard, that beautiful yard that’s Tetris’d to heck to make sure your neighbour doesn’t even think about placing their stuff in your part of the L-shape.

You really do have to love the listing stating that “this is a beautifully built, well-maintained property” while making sure to give you multiple angles of exactly how the yard is divided up.

The hidden extras: No idea, but apparently more photos will be uploaded this week. Also, “all the great neighbourhood amenities” is really just a Starbucks.