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[VicHockeyFan]

This home on Caledonia just got torn down a couple, weeks back.

 

[Baro]

Yeah I noticed that the other day.  Any idea what they'll build?  Just another house?  Originally the two houses were being sold together.

[Nparker]

How did I miss this? It's practically in my back yard! IMHO all 4 of these "Victorian" homes are well past their prime and should be torn down and the lots consolidated for a new and denser development.

The one that was torn down was beyond salvaging and other than the grey one the other 2 are pretty much trash anyway.

[HB]

The remaining one is a rental with 2 units up and down quite a bit of work needed on it not a great rental home

[VicHockeyFan]

This would be cool.

 

[Nparker]

The remaining one is a rental with 2 units up and down quite a bit of work needed on it; not a great rental home

Agreed. It looks better in the above photo than in 'real life'.

[VicHockeyFan]

How did I miss this? It's practically in my back yard! IMHO all 4 of these "Victorian" homes are well past their prime and should be torn down and the lots consolidated for a new and denser development.

 

The one that was torn down was beyond salvaging and other than the grey one the other 2 are pretty much trash anyway.

 

Sounds like NParker only moves south of North Park.  You need to get out a bit more!

 

In fairness, on my walk the other day, I also noticed a pair of neat new twin houses on Green Street I never saw before.

 

I think they replaced this single one.

 

https://www.google.c...!7i13312!8i6656

 

 

 

[Nparker]

This would be cool.

 

Make it so.

[VicHockeyFan]

^ ^ oh, here they are, 2200 sq. ft.:

 

http://preferredhome...etails-49140978

 

This Brand New home offers 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on the main, plus a legal 1 bedroom suite down.

 

 

[VicHockeyFan]

Make it so.

 

I'd like to see some experimenting with minimal setbacks.

[Mike K.]

Thousands of purpose-built rental units earmarked for Victoria and southern Vancouver Island

http://victoria.citi...ncouver-island/

 

A combined total of 1,200 purpose-built rental apartments are currently under construction throughout metropolitan Victoria, according to data collected by Citified.

 

Of those homes, approximately 309 are part of affordable housing initiatives aimed at a wide spectrum of income brackets.

 

Although Victoria’s vacancy rate has traditionally been in the 2-3% range — considered low by industry standards — the region’s current 0.6% availability has placed tremendous pressure on tenants seeking rental housing across the region. And unlike in years prior, demand for rental housing continues to far outpace availability as would-be homeowners remain in rentals in light of rising real-estate prices. [Full article]

[aastra]

 

How did I miss this? It's practically in my back yard! IMHO all 4 of these "Victorian" homes are well past their prime and should be torn down and the lots consolidated for a new and denser development.

 

 

The one that was torn down was beyond salvaging and other than the grey one the other 2 are pretty much trash anyway.

 

Wow. I could not disagree more about these houses. These are gems*. This is the kind of stuff that gives the neighbourhoods their historic flavour. You like the grey one because it's in such good shape? So spiffy up the yellow one and the blue one and you've got a beautiful row of old houses there (but with a new house in the middle of them, which is fine, except you just know it's probably going to be yet another brown & grey box house).

 

*except the one that was torn down

Edited by aastra, 16 August 2016 - 12:19 PM.

[Nparker]

...This is the kind of stuff that gives the neighbourhoods their historic flavour...

And the kind of density that leads to a 0.6% vacancy rate. These places are a rundown mess and not worth the money spent to restore them in an area where greater density needs to be taking place. I stand by my comments.

[Mr Cook Street]

Any idea what the rough rental population is? Not sure if there is any kind of stats for that, though the census must speak to that? 

 

So, 1200 rental units is great for the region, but does that even make a dent in the vacancy rate? Or does 1200 new rental units bump the vacancy rate to 10%. I really have no idea.

 

Thousands of purpose-built rental units earmarked for Victoria and southern Vancouver Island

http://victoria.citi...ncouver-island/

 

A combined total of 1,200 purpose-built rental apartments are currently under construction throughout metropolitan Victoria, according to data collected by Citified.

 

Of those homes, approximately 309 are part of affordable housing initiatives aimed at a wide spectrum of income brackets.

 

Although Victoria’s vacancy rate has traditionally been in the 2-3% range — considered low by industry standards — the region’s current 0.6% availability has placed tremendous pressure on tenants seeking rental housing across the region. And unlike in years prior, demand for rental housing continues to far outpace availability as would-be homeowners remain in rentals in light of rising real-estate prices. [Full article]

[VicHockeyFan]

Why doesn't the City try hyper-density somewhere and see how few people complain about the result?

 

We could build a nice L-shaped tower that covers 2 sides of View Towers.  Who is going to complain about that? 

 

And I dare say we could get 1000 units in it.

[Nparker]

...We could build a nice L-shaped tower that covers 2 sides of View Towers.  Who is going to complain about that? ...

Or an "O" shaped building that completely encircles View Towers so it becomes hidden from the rest of the city.

[VicHockeyFan]

Or an "O" shaped building that completely encircles View Towers so it becomes hidden from the rest of the city.

 

Well, you'd have to take up streets.

[VicHockeyFan]

Sorry, Lunds.

 

[Nparker]

Well, you'd have to take up streets.

I think it would be worth it. 

[Mr Cook Street]

Try hyperdensity on the fringe of downtown to help avoid initial backlash. I'm thinking Between Douglas, Blanshard, north of Caledonia and South of Bay.