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Oh I dunno. A hammer, a few nails and a lick of paint could work wonders. :rofl:

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It really just needs some slight cosmetic upgrades. !!!!!

Wow..that is depressing. Almost $4 million for just the (p)lot.!!!! No location is really worth that as a starting point in my mind.

Not sure what the zoning permits but the whole streets looks like large SFR's so good luck trying to shoehorn more units in there. Google Street View imagery from May 2017 shows an intact house on the property. Quite mysterious.

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I dreamed last night that my friend back in Bristol had shot dead Elton John, just along from our old local pub. :blink:

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And he wasn't even one of your picks in"Croakers".

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I wouldn't stoop so low :lol:

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The house burned down in December of last year.

Kits is a wealthy area of Vancouver so prices arw higher, this lot is also zoned for multiple dwellings which further inflates it.

Go to East Vancouver and 1 million gets you a house at least but still a fixer upper.

Can get a condo in East Van for around 600k.

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Don't shoot me, I"m only the piano player.

Based on Elton's output in the last 35 + years, would anyone miss him musically these days.

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Too Low For Zero was 35 years ago. That was pretty good. In parts.

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I missed that comment and I just looked myself as I'd been telling my MIL about those kind of prices.
Not only does it look in good condition May last year, some nice shrubs had appeared since previous images and it looks a very nice street too. Lots of nice houses, nicely landscaped.

The picture that Js posted...it looked like it may have been in a run down spot.

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Why oh why do they put such small freezers in these condos, ours is so full the door barely closes, mostly full of dog food, since she eats raw and its all frozen, it would fit no issue in a standard size fridge/freezer but they for whatever reason put these small freezers and fridges which doesn't actually save space as a full size non-built in fridge/freezer would fit into the space, other than to advertise European appliances mot sure how small fridge/freezer was a positive selling point.


Going to sell my scooter, now that I am not working its collecting dust and costing money, and we need the money, so better to sell it, wife got a job starting in 2 weeks, so I wont be working for a while.

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0% down with the loans available via US federal programs. 30 year fixed at $780 per month.

That is what my sisters mortgage on her new house ended up being cost wise, and as the mortgage through the program they used is guaranteed by the federal gov't,. the banks are willing to take lower income home buyers and customers since the bank really has nothing to lose, but $780 a month is 60% savings for them vs rent, so even with taxes and maintenance of a house, they likely end up a head of the game.

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Crazy day today.

What should have been a quick errand to Langley (25 there, 15 at the store, and 25 back) turned into a 5 hour ordeal....

Left Vancouver with enough gas to get to Langley and would get gas in Langley before coming back home.

Got to the store, used debit card no problem.

10 mins later at gas station tried debit card get cannot complete transaction, so thought maybe the pumps payment thinger wasn't working, went inside and tried, same deal.

Went to an ATM and tried to get cash same deal.

No cell phone, and pay phones are difficult to locate these days, so decided to start my way towards home, car should have enough gas.

Well it got low as I got into Coquitlam so I stopped at Ikea as they have a public phone, called bank. Then called home to let my wife know I would be running late as I had to stop a couple of times and low on gasoline.

Yes, it's a routine hold on your card for security purposes, you will need to go to a ATM and verify your card and pin has to be at a branch though, ATM's at gas stations and such wont work.

Closest branch is 4km away based on what bank person on phone tells me, get back in car, now by this point there are no bars left on the gas gauge which according to the manual means well little gas, contemplate walking the 4km but decide to risk it and drive to the bank, get to bank. Get the card sorted out.

Now to find a gas station, see one across the street, now the engine is running a bit rough, and I must be nearly empty, can't possibly go much longer, the light had to be one of the longest in existence, no traffic the opposite direction but our light was still red, several minutes pass, light finally goes green, have to wait for slow poke teens to cross the street so car in front can turn left, then I finally can go.

Made it to the gas station.

From what I put into the tank, I would say I had barely anything left in the gas tank, I doubt the car would have gone much further.

Lesson learned, always carry some cash, never know when debit or credit cards will have issues and you have no cash.

Would help if banks wouldn't do random holds on cards, Capital One did that once as well when we were in the US trying to check into a hotel at 4am.......

A bit of an adventure that was not planned.

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Bloody inconvenient. Never heard of a routine/random hold like that.

Twice? Albeit one debit card and the other a credit card.

That's bad as when the banks advertise the convenience of using your card abroad and then suddenly introduce a policy of blocking use abroad unless you advise them of your travel plans....without actually informing you of this new policy and the need for you to advise them :frown:

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Oh yes, I had this when in Japan. Having been rejected trying to pay an hotel bill, 'phoned through to my bank who said that I had to go to a local branch...

I JUST TOLD YOU I'M IN BLOODY JAPAN YOU MORON!

:blink:

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:rofl:

Once I discovered they wanted to know - and I was already living in Canada, just maintaining my UK account and using a UK address - I used to send them a secure message via the account saying I may want to use a bank machine in Moncton between "these dates" and they used to clear it, messaging me back "thank you for advising your travel plans" :lol:

Much easier and cheaper now with Transferwise