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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 9279991)
I agree with the later part of Jonboy's first sentence. There's got to be better places to live in the world than Coquitlam? People don't live there by choice.
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9280135)
a dboy posted an answer recently but it had no info with it....wasn't that him?
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by brizzle
(Post 9280029)
I like the first one personally. What's the commute like, if you had to go downtown. Seems like a bloody long way. Commute to downtown by car from there is about 1 1/4 hours. That house is five minutes walk from an express bus stop that will drop you at Bridgeport Skytrain station. Roughly the same sort of time to downtown. |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9280132)
Would we be able to keep him at the same school if we moved neighbourhood?
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by brizzle
(Post 9280029)
There are and I don't really live here by choice, but is it really that much worse than any of the other endless suburbs? Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond etc
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9279906)
As the title suggests, we're thinking about a Vancouver suburb to move to and are wondering whether Coquitlam could fit the bill. It looks pretty enough online but the internet can only tell you so much. Hubby is going out in May for a look around. I did a BE forum search on this area...some say it's nice, others say it's a dump. I suppose until we see it for ourselves we won't know but in the meantime I'm asking those in the know - what do you think? Our budget is $500,000+-
We're looking for the usual - leafy, safe, secondary schooling. We'll be renting anyway for the first 6-12 months so will get a feel for it once we're there but if you guys say stay clear then perhaps we'd have a re-think.... Thanks :) Brizzle is right about the house prices - Coquitlam is $$$$ as is Port Moody. For cheaper housing look to Port Coquitlam. I actually prefer Port Coquitlam, it's a bit further from Van again but it has a nice village centre for shopping etc and they're putting money into redeveloping it. It has more character to my mind. But again, just that much further from Van. Port Coquitlam is also on the West Coast Express line which can get you downtown reasonably quickly. The problem is it has limited hours and only goes west in the morning and east in the evening. The people I know who bought there bought because they couldn't afford closer to Vancouver, rather than loving Coquitlam, if that makes sense. But I am talking locals here, not expats. Coquitlam is just fine as a place to bring up a family. I've never heard anything bad about the schools. |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Kiwilass
(Post 9280159)
I personally wouldn't live in Coquitlam. It's a lifestyle choice - the commute to Vancouver is that much longer and it's much more built around big box shopping, chain restaurants and malls, which I personally don't like, rather than boutiques shops that are walking distance etc.
THat doesn't mean it's a bad area it's just meh. But lots of people like that. SO don't listen to me ;) Brizzle is right about the house prices - Coquitlam is $$$$ as is Port Moody. For cheaper housing look to Port Coquitlam. I actually prefer Port Coquitlam, it's a bit further from Van again but it has a nice village centre for shopping etc and they're putting money into redeveloping it. But again, just that much further from Van. Port Coquitlam is also on the West Coast Express line which can get you downtown reasonably quickly. The problem is it has limited hours and only goes west in the morning and east in the evening. |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9280137)
so if you had to suggest somewhere with our budget, where would it be?
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9280176)
Blimey, it's difficult eh? I read in an earlier post when I searched the forums that some people said Port Co is a dump. If only I could put our wants and needs into a fruit machine, pull the handle and the area of my dreams would pop out like a nice shiny prize! Perhaps we should move to NS....we could afford something there and some!! I just wish the West Coast wasn't sooooo expensive. I know BC is known as 'bring cash' but I really had no idea that $500k would get us next to nowt. I suppose it would be nigh on impossible to buy land and build then eh? (she said, clutching at straws!)....
Parts of Poco are crap, parts are lovely. Parts of Coquitlam are crap, parts are lovely Parts of Burnaby etc Parts of Vancouver etc There are no cities bar, say, West Van that don't have bad bits. NONE. you could buy land but the land will be expensive....plenty of people buy land and build, but in my area the land alone is around 600K |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 9280187)
Toulouse.
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Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Kiwilass
(Post 9280191)
HEre's the thing.
Parts of Poco are crap, parts are lovely. Parts of Coquitlam are crap, parts are lovely Parts of Burnaby etc Parts of Vancouver etc There are no cities bar, say, West Van that don't have bad bits. NONE. you could buy land but the land will be expensive....plenty of people buy land and build, but in my area the land alone is around 600K |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Kiwilass
(Post 9280153)
YEs, it is. It's much further to Vancouver and is truly suburban (except Surrey). Burnaby and Richmond are at least right next to Vancouver and they're urbanizing fast.
Most of these 'cities' are quite large in area. If you're comparing West Burnaby and beyond Coquitlam centre and half way up a mountain, then of course you are right, but they also share a 'border' so E. Burnaby and W. Coquitlam, well is there really much in it? If you're in the Northern part of Richmond near the new skytrain, then it'll be quicker and closer to downtown. Anywhere else and you're as distant as W.Coquitlam IMO (where you can get downtown in 30-40 mins) The bits of Burnaby and Richmond closest to Vancouver are 'urbanizing' fast. Well overpriced identical tower blocks are mushrooming everywhere if that's what you mean ;) |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by Dotty P
(Post 9280176)
Blimey, it's difficult eh? I read in an earlier post when I searched the forums that some people said Port Co is a dump. If only I could put our wants and needs into a fruit machine, pull the handle and the area of my dreams would pop out like a nice shiny prize!
It is quite a fun way to explore. Perhaps we should move to NS....we could afford something there and some!! I just wish the West Coast wasn't sooooo expensive. I know BC is known as 'bring cash' but I really had no idea that $500k would get us next to nowt. I suppose it would be nigh on impossible to buy land and build then eh? (she said, clutching at straws!).... PS You'll like Ocean Park. |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by brizzle
(Post 9280207)
What I really meant is Coquitlam really any different to any other surburban area? I don't believe it's any better or worse.
Most of these 'cities' are quite large in area. If you're comparing West Burnaby and beyond Coquitlam centre and half way up a mountain, then of course you are right, but they also share a 'border' so E. Burnaby and W. Coquitlam, well is there really much in it? If you're in the Northern part of Richmond near the new skytrain, then it'll be quicker and closer to downtown. Anywhere else and you're as distant as W.Coquitlam IMO (where you can get downtown in 30-40 mins) The bits of Burnaby and Richmond closest to Vancouver are 'urbanizing' fast. Well overpriced identical tower blocks are mushrooming everywhere if that's what you mean ;) BUt go 10 blocks east and you're right, it's not different to Coquitlam - but it is a shorter commute to van. by urban I didn't so much mean the towers though that's part of it. I mean coquitlam has plenty of towers too. IT's more the amenities (see first paragraph) and the people...likeminded people. IF that makes sense. The people who tend to want the surburban dream don't tend to live in inner burnaby or richmond...it's that mindset/lifestyle thing again. I see Coquitlam as way more car-oriented than where I live now, probably because it was built as a bedroom community in the 70s when it was all about the car. sigh. I miss dboy. :( |
Re: Coquitlam - your thoughts please
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 9280214)
This is why renting is such a good idea. Whatever you think is ideal now will be completely different to where you will want to live after being here for a year. You need to visit all the different cities and communities, look at all the various types and styles of houses to see which ones will suit you.
It is quite a fun way to explore. Don't worry too much. $500,000 will get you somewhere nice to live. It just will likely not be in sort of home, or in the place, that you expect right now. And renting is a perfectly acceptable, and affordable, alternative. It is not a cheap option. PS You'll like Ocean Park. I'll skip the land option then..... ps just looked at a property in Ocean Park on MLS....really sweet, lovely grounds....thanks for that! |
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