GET OFF MY LAWN
Posted 25 April 2017 - 10:03 AM
^ No not exactly. http://www.bcgreens...._homes_strategy
Enhance the progressive nature of the property transfer tax (PTT) by introducing a sliding scale of rates from 0% on the first $200,000 of property’s value, to 12% on property value over $3.0 million. For properties under $1 million, PTT will decline.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 12:42 PM
You mean workers to do all the jobs wealthy retirees require?
That chip on your shoulder must really hurt.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:17 PM
OK, that's a good one 
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:25 PM
hahaha, very good, but I'm not the one blaming others for my predicament 
You've had some stellar advice on this thread from multiple sources and still you arent hearing
Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:35 PM
See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. I try to make a rational point (that a city requires workers to function), and you assume that I'm "blaming others for my predicament."
I don't have a predicament. I bought a condo.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:38 PM
Bam!
Well get on with the details already!
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:43 PM
I don't have a predicament. I bought a condo.
Congratulations.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:54 PM
I was lucky and managed to snag one of the ~20 condos under $250,000 in the area (only 9 of which are cat-friendly and over 500 sq feet). A previous offer on it collapsed and it was sitting stagnant, which is how I avoided a bidding war. It's 2-bedrooms, about 800 sq feet, in Esquimalt. It needs work to be perfect, but it's not bad. The only thing I'm a bit choked about is shared laundry (it's free and right by my unit, but there's only two of each machine for a building with 21 units). I was finding anything with in suite laundry was going in a bidding war for $300,000. And since we're getting booted from our rental at the end of June, I had to either buy what I could afford today or find a new rental and put off buying for another year.
GET OFF MY LAWN
Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:57 PM
Great news FTHC.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:03 PM
Is there a possibility for you to install an in-suite washing machine? You can get units on wheels that you can move up to a sink. Then you can pick up a ventless dryer that you can stash in a closet.
This might not work out for you, but maybe it can get the cogs turning a little bit.
Anyways, good for you. You did it!
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:06 PM
Good news! Sitting in the laundry room does not suck so much if you bring along a comfy fold-up chair, the internet, or a movie or two on your tablet.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:07 PM
Is there a possibility for you to install an in-suite washing machine? You can get units on wheels that you can move up to a sink. Then you can pick up a ventless dryer that you can stash in a closet.
This might not work out for you, but maybe it can get the cogs turning a little bit.
Anyways, good for you. You did it!
All of the above suck.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:08 PM
Oh? I used a wheeled washing machine once-upon-a-time. It was awesome. Other than being on wheels, it operated just like a regular washing machine.
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:11 PM
Is there a possibility for you to install an in-suite washing machine? You can get units on wheels that you can move up to a sink. Then you can pick up a ventless dryer that you can stash in a closet.
This might not work out for you, but maybe it can get the cogs turning a little bit.
Anyways, good for you. You did it!
We're hoping we can convince the strata to let us install a washer and a condenser/ventless dryer. We won't be able to afford it right away, though.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:12 PM
Ok, very good. Keep us updated on how that goes.
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:15 PM
...Sitting in the laundry room does not suck so much if you bring along a comfy fold-up chair, the internet, or a movie or two on your tablet.
Shared laundry facilities definitely suck compared to in-suite. When I was looking for a condo about a dozen years ago, I informed my agent to not bother showing me anything where I wouldn't have my own washer-dryer. It was a deal-breaker for me then and would be today.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:20 PM
We're hoping we can convince the strata to let us install a washer and a condenser/ventless dryer. We won't be able to afford it right away, though.
Strata might freak out at this. They might deny it or at least make you get tons of insurance. I know a guy whose washer blew a hose, leaving his penthouse condo ankle-deep in water. So make sure this is covered under your policy.
Posted 25 April 2017 - 02:44 PM
But now they're back at all time highs, right?
People really freak out about corrections, but they are typically 4 or 5 year blips on an otherwise upward chart. Seattle was the same. Meh.
Sure, it's like the stock market. If you invested in 2008 it dropped some 50% but then recovered several years later. Does that mean 2008 was a good time to invest $500,000 into the stock market? Nope.
Edited by LeoVictoria, 25 April 2017 - 02:47 PM.
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