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Light and airy half-duplex sold in just under a week
![This half-duplex at 1290 Garden Drive, in Vancouver, sold for its listed price of $1,799,000.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0406_homes_1290_garden_drive_living.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=9-AQ316aobETGiJcQUoCHw)
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Weekly roundup of three properties that recently sold in Metro Vancouver.
1290 Garden Dr., Vancouver
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Type: Three-bedroom, four-bathroom half duplex
Size: 1,607 square feet
B.C. Assessment: $3,082,000
Listed for: $1,799,000
Sold for: $1,799,000
Sold on: Jan. 17
Days on market in this listing: Six
Listing agent: Jessica Chen PREC at Oakwyn Realty
Buyers agent: Paul Fraser PREC at Oakwyn Realty
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![This three-storey unit is part of a duplex property on a corner lot in Vancouver's Grandview Woodland neighbourhood.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0406_homes_1290_garden_drive.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=rhZ_NBvKSDWzW3PPHzzyHg)
The big sell: This newly completed half-duplex was snapped up for the asking price in just under a week. Built by Vandwell Developments, the three-storey unit forms part of a duplex property that occupies a corner lot on Garden Drive and Charles Street in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, kitty-corner from Lord Nelson Elementary School. With an eye on form and function, the air-conditioned home offers an open-concept main floor plan that incorporates living, dining, and kitchen areas with laminate hardwood floors, contemporary light fixtures, accent walls, a centre island, a Fisher & Paykel appliance package and French doors that lead out to the private garden and patio. All three bedrooms are light and airy, with the top-floor bedroom suite enjoying access to a balcony. The home comes with a single garage and useful exterior storage.
1038 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver
![This residence at 1038 Mathers Avenue, in West Vancouver, was listed for $1,950,000 and sold for $1,935,000.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0406_homes_1038_mathers_avenue.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=xxPmWgXEwI3UPIsvWi-bsQ)
Type: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
Size: 1,902 square feet
B.C. Assessment: $2,031,500
Listed for: $1,950,000
Sold for: $1,935,000
Sold on: Jan. 28
Days on market in this listing: 13
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Listing agent: Holly Calderwood PREC at Royal LePage Sussex
Buyers agent: Farid Entezari PREC at ReMax Crest Realty
![Living and dining room area opens to a newly-refinished 500-square-foot deck.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0406_homes_1038_mathers_avenue_living.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=Z_YwbgqWUGAV_BGlyGYDhQ)
The big sell: This renovated 1950s bungalow resides on a 6,100-square-foot south-facing lot in West Vancouver’s Sentinel Hill district. It consists of two levels with an upper floor comprising two updated bedrooms (the primary boasting ocean glimpses), a kitchen with space for an informal eating area and a conjoined living/dining room that opens to a newly refinished 500-square-foot deck that soaks in the southerly aspect and views. The lower level also has two bedrooms as well as a new four-piece bathroom, and a living room — all offering suite potential — alongside a modern laundry room and a hot water tank. There are wood floors throughout the majority of the home, skylights and two fireplaces. The mature gardens have been well tended and feature a greenhouse, pathways and a carport with lane access. The property’s RS-5 zoning allows for a coach house.
434 West 17th Ave., Vancouver
![This property at 434 West 17th Avenue, in Vancouver, was listed for $3,180,000 and sold for $3,035,000.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0406_homes_434_west_17th_avenue.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=mu2swbDltqCZb0iwSG-pPA)
Type: Seven-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
Size: 4,010 square feet
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B.C. Assessment: $2,927,900
Listed for: $3,180,000
Sold for: $3,035,000
Sold on: Dec. 22
Days on market in this listing: 12
Listing agent: Bob Bracken at ReMax Real Estate Services
Buyers agent: Christopher Chiu PREC and Anky Kan PREC at Oakwyn Realty Downtown
The big sell: According to listing agent Bob Bracken, multiple offers were received for this multi-suite extensively updated century-old Craftsman-style house in the prime Cambie district that tipped the final sale price over the $3-million mark. The four-level home comprises four legal self-contained suites with a one-bedroom unit on the top floor with french doors and a deck that rents for $2,150 per month, two one-bedroom suites on the second floor that rent for $2,250 and $1,600 per month respectively, and a two-level four-bedroom-plus-den suite on the main and lower floors (currently the owner’s suite), whose estimated rent is $5,000 per month. Even the large two-car garage used as an office/workshop complete with a powder room rents for $600 per month, as well as $100 income per month from shared coin laundry. In total, gross income of $11,700 per month ($140,400 per year).
These transactions were compiled by Nicola Way of BestHomesBC.com.
Realtors — send your recent sales to nicola@besthomesbc.com
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