PHOTOS: Architectural ‘cabin in the woods’ in North Van sells for $2.4 million
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A “cabin within the woods” that’s been owned by three generations of architects and designers has bought for practically $2.4 million.
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The property on Clements Avenue in North Vancouver was listed for $2.195 million by boutique realty agency West Coast Trendy. It was in the marketplace for seven days and bought April 7 for $180,000 over-asking.
The home is modest: a foremost flooring, a second-storey bed room and tub, and a self-contained two-bedroom suite all packed in 1,910 sq. toes.
It wasn’t a home that labored for everybody, stated sellers agent Trent Rodney, who, together with companion Jason Choi, focuses on promoting West Coast trendy properties constructed from 1945 onward.
“It was successfully a one-bedroom home. Even in the event you cherished it, and many individuals did, they’d say, ‘Oh, I’ve children.”
However the home, dubbed the Architect’s Retreat, has a novel pedigree. It was initially constructed and designed in 1958 by Vancouver architect Henry Yorke Mann, a recent of Ron Thom and Arthur Erickson.
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Constructed at a price of $8,000, the standard one-bedroom cedar field was solely 700 sq. toes and used double tongue-and-groove cedar partitions that weren’t insulated.
In 1989, the home was bought by one other architect, Peter Buchanan, and underwent a serious addition and renovation in 1994. Working with a builder, Buchanan added two storeys and designed a concrete basis perimeter to shoulder the load of the additions.
The brand new construction was constructed utilizing wooden taken from a single old-growth fir tree that was blown down in Sechelt.
After dwelling in the home for 26 years and elevating two children there, Buchanan bought the home in 2015.
The newest proprietor, the Noel household, continued to revive and renovate the home, incomes a heritage award in 2018.
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Rodney stated he obtained greater than 150 requests to view the Architect’s Retreat when it went up on the market. He whittled down the listing to 80 individuals, however there have been nonetheless lineups out the door on viewing day. In the long run, the home obtained three gives. The successful supply of $2.375 million was by a downsizing couple who lived in one other West Coast trendy home.
The extent of curiosity signifies there’s a large viewers of home hunters who doesn’t need a cookie-cutter home, stated Rodney.
“I’ve by no means seen this quantity of architectural detailing in something lower than $10 million,” he stated. “That’s what individuals cherished about it. They acquired the … full-on architectural potential in a compact and reasonably priced area.”
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