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[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

$4,250,000

 

 

2464 Tryon Rd
North Saanich, British Columbia V8L5H8

 

https://www.realtor....h-curteis-point

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 February 2026 - 11:24 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

$5,750,000

 

 

2550 Queenswood Dr
Saanich, British Columbia V8N1X5

 

https://www.realtor....nich-queenswood

 

 

A most rare OCEANFRONT home positioned on 3 glorious acres of majestic, peaceful and private WATERFRONT property. Cherished for over 50 years by one family, this magical paradise paints memories that last forever. As you stroll down the private, winding drive you immediately feel as one within the mature gardens of rhododendrons, clematis, giant fir and oak trees that frame this 1938 residence. Rolling lawns, and native grass and camus meadows mix naturally with rocky outcroppings as one walks the grassy paths leading to the sea. The widening seascape draws you to the ever changing OCEAN and magnificent UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS of Haro Strait and the San Juan islands. Stroll toward the cedar clad CHARACTER BEACH HOUSE and listen to the waves as they greet the shore. This once in a lifetime, world class property, represents the best of history and natural beauty. This is truly a world class property that awaits the next generation of caring stewardship. 

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 February 2026 - 11:30 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The beach house is quite nice.

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 February 2026 - 11:32 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

[dasmo]

Annual property taxes of over $36k! “Unobstructed views” if you’re not in the house. Where are the big windows soaking in that view?
Lot value minus demolition costs. Maybe next year it will drop by another million? Imagine being the family after inheriting this property and trying to sell it since 2023 and you have had to pay $108k in taxes while you keep lowering the price?

Why isn’t this a development opportunity listing?

[Mike K.]

Would the also have to pay the spec tax if they do not live within the home?

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

$5,200,000

 

 

8407 Lochside Dr
Central Saanich, British Columbia V8M1T9

 

https://www.realtor....nich-saanichton

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 February 2026 - 02:39 AM.

[lanforod]

A very condo aesthetic, that!

[Victoria Watcher]

That roof design did not come cheap.

 

Here is a brand new one.   I wonder if it was built for someone but they decided not to move in.

 

https://www.realtor....anich-lands-end

 

$4,250,000

 

 

11392 Chalet Rd
North Saanich, British Columbia V8L5L9

 

 

Some crazy steps to the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 February 2026 - 07:46 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

 

$5,498,000

 

 

1580 Lands End Rd
North Saanich, British Columbia V8L5L5

 

https://www.realtor....anich-lands-end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 February 2026 - 08:03 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

$5,499,000

 

 

8401 Lochside Dr
Central Saanich, British Columbia V8M1T9

 

https://www.realtor....nich-saanichton

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 February 2026 - 08:05 AM.

[Mike K.]

Apparently, at least this was the case some years ago, the angled roof design is patented and one firm specializes in designing those roofs. That cannot come cheap.

This was told to me by a developer who was proposing a boutique condo project with just a few units, that had such a roof.

[Victoria Watcher]

https://www.realtor....ich-cordova-bay

 

$4,300,000

 

 

 

Can't even kick the soccer ball around in the yard here, lest it goes over the wall.

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 February 2026 - 09:18 PM.

[Blair M.]

If you grew up in Gordon Head, and if you've lived in Saanich for the past 70 years, you'll remember what the Mt. Doug beach and cliffs looked like 50 years ago (I.E. not like this), and you'd know that these cliff banks are in a constant state of slow collapse.

 

Saanich work crews have even conveniently signed Cordova Bay Road (albeit back in the actual park) so you don't do something silly - like park your car alongside to go for a walk.

[phx]

I does look like there is a drain pipe leading down the cliff. That’ll do a lot to slow the erosion.

[Victoria Watcher]

I was going to say.  Why a pipe(s) to take excess ground water, why not just let it drop?  I suppose a waterfall would do more erosion damage.

[Blair M.]

I does look like there is a drain pipe leading down the cliff. That’ll do a lot to slow the erosion.

It would seem that the eventual purchaser is taking a massive $4.3 million dollar gamble on a 6" drainpipe fixing that which even Saanich struggles to fix.

Here's a link to the full slope stability report results: https://www.saanich.... 2024_FINAL.pdf

 

Here's the Coles Notes version:

Cordova Bay Road slope stability in PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park)

The Cordova Bay shoreline at Mt. Doug Park has been eroding for many years. The District Saanich has had a number of studies done and has completed a number of projects to stabilize it since the 1980’s. The remedial projects worked to some extent, but none were completely successful. The shoreline continues to erode, and the bank continues to slip.

Mount Douglas Park is one of the district’s signature parks and is a popular recreation destination and important ecological resource, In addition to addressing technical criteria, mitigation measures need to consider potential social, environmental, and economic impacts.

In 2023, a geotechnical investigation of the slope near the north boundary took place. Data was collected and used to develop a short-term remediation plan while a long-term solution is determined.

Based on the recent site observations, slope stability analysis, and LIDAR survey information, it was recommended that two areas be addressed with short term remediation of wattle fencing and installation of live local plants.

This bioremediation option provides immediate near-surface support due to the benching of the wattle fences and the shear resistance of their implanted stakes. The support provided by the vegetation will improve with time as the wattle fences continue to grow and as other species move to the area. Wattle fences improve the stability of the slope through erosion protection and water absorption and protect deeper soils from deterioration due to environmental factors.

Click here to read the short-term report findings.

Next steps

• Ongoing annual monitoring of the active bluffs

• The District is currently undertaking detailed design of the wattle fencing and will plan to construct during the Fall of 2025

• Long term remediation solutions are currently being reviewed

[Victoria Watcher]

Those bluffs aren’t bluffing.

Aastra?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 February 2026 - 10:48 AM.

[lanforod]

I drive past these pretty much every day, and there is no way I'd live in one of them. A minor quake seems to me has potential to end up with your house in the ocean.