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[Mike K.]

Gotcha.

[Gary H]

The Penthouse is for sale - $10.9M

 

I'm FINALLY able to see inside!  

 

Click through to the listing agent's web site for lots of great pics.  BTW, that is Mount Rainier in the 3rd pic (on the web site).

 

https://www.luxurybc...-83-saghalie-rd

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 08 August 2019 - 04:40 PM.

[Nparker]

Sounds like we VV-ers need to pool our funds and make an offer.

[Mike K.]

The Customs House penthouse sold for $10.8 million, if we recall.

[Mike K.]

Anyone else find the walkscore figures a bit absurd?

 

69 - walkscore

65 - transit score

60 - bike score

 

How out of touch is that algorithm? Holy moly.

[Jackerbie]

Anyone else find the walkscore figures a bit absurd?

 

69 - walkscore

65 - transit score

60 - bike score

 

How out of touch is that algorithm? Holy moly.

 

Depends how the "Culture and Entertainment" category is weighted, which is where Promontory scored poorly

[shoeflack]

Not that it matters. The only place the person buying that condo is going to be walking to is the Victoria International Marina. And even then they might need to drive the Mas over.

[Mike K.]

Safety first!

[Matt R.]

Gorgeous. Sometimes I really miss Victoria, but we had to move to where the work was. I also wish we could have afforded to buy in Vic west way back when, but had to settle for Saanich.

I guess we all have to make sacrifices.

I’d buy that condo in a second if I could!

Matt.

[LJ]

I know people that have a penthouse condo for sale in Swallows Landing for about $7M.

 

They can't sit out on their 3000 sq. ft. patio because of the wind, seagulls and crows constantly bombarding them.

[Casual Kev]

Anyone else find the walkscore figures a bit absurd?

 

69 - walkscore

65 - transit score

60 - bike score

 

How out of touch is that algorithm? Holy moly.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but If you want to walk towards Downtown you have to exit by the road next to Roundhouse so you walk a few minutes the opposite way, then you have to make up that distance. Never noticed a path from the complex straight into Esquimalt Road but then I never tried to get into the area.

[Victoria Watcher]

$545,000

 

508 sqft

 

 

1210 83 Saghalie Rd

 

https://www.realtor....ctoria-songhees

 

 

 

 

 

Somewhat bizarre photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one is marked "view from patio" but looking at the living room photo, not so sure.

 

 

 

 

Oh, maybe it is, if they look right.

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 February 2023 - 06:57 AM.

[DavidSchell]

Dave Thompson on twitter said this was going before council ... anyone hearing of a date?

[Victoria Watcher]

 

Dave Thompson on twitter said this was going before council ... anyone hearing of a date?

 

 

 

 

https://bayviewplace.com/rezoninginfo/

 

[Victoria Watcher]

The fastest animal on the planet has been checking out a possible new home in Victoria.

A nesting pair of peregrine falcons, along with a juvenile born this year, have been landing on the rooftop of the Promontory residential tower in the Songhees, where the owner of the penthouse has built the falcons a penthouse suite of their own.

Fred Welter is hoping the beautiful birds of prey will come to nest and raise some more young.

Welter has placed a router on the rooftop and installed cameras with hopes that if the falcons return to lay eggs in February it can all be streamed to the public via a YouTube channel. Fashioned from mahogany with solar panels, openings front and back, a pea-gravel bed and a turf-lined ledge, the box on the Promontory provides a commanding view of downtown and the waterfront from 21st floor.

 

https://www.timescol...ictoria-9420600

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 August 2024 - 02:31 AM.

[Mike K.]

I had a falcon living on the roof above my place when I lived downtown. He’d hang out when I was on the balcony. He come flying towards me at who knows what speed, then at the last second pull up and make a perfect landing on the overhang above me. The seagulls were not fans.

[Nparker]

Any enemy of the seagull is a friend of mine.

[Barrister]

And I only have owls.

[Victoria Watcher]

I’ve got bats in my belfry.