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[Mike K.]

Wayfair!

[Cassidy]

In a neighbourhood like Rockland, if somebody wants to build a new house, they'll obviously have to tear down an old one in order to do so.

There aren't any empty building lots for sale in Rockland today, nor will there ever be.

 

A quick drive through Rockland will show that a sizeable chunk of the homes date back to the 60's and 70's ... which means dozens of period homes have already been torn down in order to build the "new" homes of the decade they were built in.

 

I can appreciate the desire of Rockland residents to avoid condos and appartments, and to maintain large lots and homes ... that's all fine.

But from a practical point of view, over time, those large private homes on large private lots won't be from the 1800's and early 1900's ... because the kind of people that can afford to (and want to) live in Rockland today (as was the same "yesterday") are going to want to live in a home that reflects their status ... and often that kind of home is going to be one they've envisioned as brand new, reflecting their own design choices, and in Rockland.

Edited by Cassidy, 08 November 2017 - 07:12 PM.

[tjv]

^but I think that really exists anywhere in the core overall.  Either they are demolishing an older home or they are subdividing some of their property to create new lots which is pretty hard to do in the core but not impossible

 

Given the high cost of real estate today, municipal councils need to have new fresh views that subdivisions and increased density are not wrong.  Greater Victoria is a desirable place to live and more and more people are moving here.  With the increased population people have to live somewhere and as the old saying goes for land - God isn't making any more of it

[Nparker]

... and as the old saying goes for land - God isn't making any more of it

Except perhaps for the Big Island of Hawaii...which is getting bigger.

[sdwright.vic]

^and "God" has nothing to do with that.

[Lou_76]

Agreed. To be fair though, Rockland raised a stink about this as well. AND every other secondary suite, porch expansion, tree removal, etc.

 

So that's about 5-6 votes for Ben Isitt in 2018 on this thread alone  

 

I tend to agree with Aastra and Ben Isitt on this. Where are the protests from the Rockland folks up in arms about the Church of Truth redevelopment??? This is much more of a threat to their neighborhood than building on vacant land!

[Nparker]

Anyone have the 411 on this?

It's the Churchill building on Yates.

[Rob Randall]

I like how the City constantly devises new expensive ways to tell you nothing.

[Jackerbie]

721 Yates is the new Interactivity expansion, right? Maybe there are plans to dress up the facade on the ground floor

[Nparker]

721 Yates is the new Interactivity expansion, right? Maybe there are plans to dress up the facade on the ground floor

I didn't realize that Interactivity was expanding. Good for them. 

[Rob Randall]

[$599,900] 1st time on the market the "ROSS COTTAGE" [1041 Summit Avenue]. This 1925 (approx) was built for Marion Muir (granddaughter of John Muir Sr.) and her husband Adam Ross They say a home is only as good as its bones. The 'true dimensional' bones of this character home can still be seen and appreciated in the basement and attic. Short of a few vinyl windows and some updating to the wiring, not much has changed from the original design of this home. It still proudly displays its original fir floors with ample use of wainscoting. While some development has taken place in the basement, largely remains a blank canvas ideal for an in-law suite. Let the artist within you transform this canvass; once crafted by the hand of an old master; into your own personal masterpiece. 

 

 

 

According to Janis La Couvee this house sold for over asking price and has been demolished.

 

http://www.pemberton...e/27hd#!details

Edited by Rob Randall, 22 January 2018 - 11:16 AM.

[Nparker]

...According to Janis La Couvee this house sold for over asking price and has been demolished...

Demolished or is just hidden under the overgrown landscaping?

[Rob Randall]

Oh, well.

 

[aastra]

Fingers crossed for yet another brown-and-grey modern box house.

[amor de cosmos]

isn't there a museum around that could have salvaged & reconstructed that wood panelling & floor to show what a 1920s interior would have looked like?

[lanforod]

It may have been salvaged already, no? I'm sure the fir at least was worth pulling out for resale.

[Bingo]

I doubt if there are many stone folks that can do a granite fireplace like the old craftsmen.

[amor de cosmos]

the V&A has all kinds of stuff like that room. this room isn't in a house anymore, it's in the museum. the AGGV could collect rooms from notable old houses. but then we'd likely need a much bigger art gallery, with many miles of hallways.   



http://collections.v...d-room-unknown/

[Cassidy]

http://www.pemberton...Summit-Ave/27hd

 

Looking at the old listing photos, I'd say the place never had a hope of being restored, only torn down.

 

That kitchen and bathroom ... not too nice to look at. No doubt the bones of the house were equally ignored over the years.

The nice thing about interior (real) wood, is that it will pretty much outlast everything else in your house, including the foundation, roof, and decades of crummy upgrades.

[Nparker]

...That kitchen and bathroom ... not too nice to look at....

I am not sure I saw any sort of stove in that kitchen...and that bathroom... ay carumba!