House Shopping at Whitby Estates
Readers who were following me on Twitter today knew that I went house shopping in West Vancouver’s Whitby Estates. The Estates are located on a heavily sloped mountainside that offer spectacular panoramic city and ocean views. While touring one of the homes, I took a TwitPic of the view with my iPhone and got a bunch of replies back asking for more information on it.
The house in question is located at 2415 Hudson Court. It has 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 7,000 square feet of living space and sits on an one acre lot. The house came on the market six months ago with an asking price of $5.95 million. That was before the world hit a financial wall. The current asking price is $3.48 million, which sounds like a steal for a 7,000 square house on an one acre lot on Whitby Estates. However, with the way the market is going, you never know.
At $3.48 million, I’m pretty sure the builder is losing money and is trying to get out. The landscaping is not done and it’ll be up to the new owner to finish it. You care to take a guess at how much it cost to professional landscape one acre of land? The answer is in the video.
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Yawza! That is a sweet home!
Reply to this commentSweet Home is an understatement…it’s simple amazing! Great house and a testament to the potential of making money online!
Reply to this commentWow.
That house is beautiful. If only I was you John, then I would be able to make any investments I want without worry…
Reply to this commentYou are not average - Please change your name
Reply to this commentBUY IT! you could throw some siiiiiiiiiiick parties at a house like that
Reply to this commentLMAO
Reply to this commentfull of study babes? LOL
Reply to this commenthehe, actually, john could buy the house and give out invites only to email subscribers! lol
Reply to this commentI like that idea, that house ROCKS!! That is THE DREAM HOUSE, John is being evil again teasing us, or maybe inspiring??
Reply to this commentyeah i’ll bring all the study babes haha
Reply to this commentI agree! It’s the perfect party house.
Reply to this commentSweet pad, is the furniture included?
Reply to this commentI’m sure you can work something out.
Reply to this comment7,000 sq. feet? Tony Soprano’s house was only 6,000… nice going, John! lol
Reply to this commentI wouldn’t let the current condition of the housing market concern you, unless you don’t plan on living there for that long. 5 - 10 years and you will probably double your money if you decide to sell.
Reply to this commentMy god - what a house and what a view!!! I wonder how much lower it could go with the current market conditions!!!
Reply to this commentWow this house is awesome. Can you seriously afford this place John? Are you going to buy it? This would be an awesome place to live and work and continue your blog….have fun house hunting
Reply to this commentThats an awesome estate.
Reply to this commentI think you should buy it.. you are a millionaire
That is a very nice house. Greg Ellison
Reply to this commentawesome house…when do you buy it John ?
Reply to this commentVery nice! John you are making way too much money! Ok maybe I’m just a little jealous.
Reply to this commentJealous for what ? House or making money?
Reply to this commentIts not hard to make money online. I’m looking to make millions in the next few years. I have been reading this blog for 6 months. Asking my self, how do i make 30,000$ per month. I lost some money, like buying websites. Before success, there is failure.
Go make some money.
Reply to this commentYou can do it too. Work hard!
Reply to this commentnice location…wow very expensive…….
Reply to this commentYou have demonstrated the Blogging lifestyle before but this newest post is the most telling of the success that can be accomplished. Congratulations.
Reply to this commentSo John, when my other site starts rocking do you have a guest room in that house? I can see us now, sitting on your deck at night, looking over the city and sucking back some paralyzers (brown cows for you) and if you can get that place for 2 million less then normally, you would be crazy not to John.Heck in 5 to 10 years when the market is back to normal you can retire just off the profits. That’s kind of sick when you think about it.
All you need now is another baby right and your set!!!!
Reply to this commentIt’s a buyer’s market, especially for higher-end homes like these. Snatch it up and rent it out to international millionaires when they visit for 2010.
Reply to this commentThis is amazing house John.
Mario
Reply to this commentVery nice John. You’re an inspiration.
How to Make Money, Online and Off, and more importantly how to stay motivated.
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Its not his house, and i dont think he is planning on buying it
Reply to this comment@Colin : You think it’s a paid placement to get the house sold for $3mil before the market goes further south here in Canada?
I think it’s a lovely place and that it would be a great investment in the very long term (3-5 years)
Reply to this commentHow you think so?
Reply to this commentWow, thats nice and beautiful house. Have you buy it?
Reply to this commentVery nice pictures! Wonderful.
Reply to this commentThat house is absolutely gorgeous! I would definitely get myself a house like that someday soon.. complemented by a Ferrari or a Hummer. *drools* And maybe also with an entire fleet of exotic cars.
Reply to this commentNow thats beautiful
Reply to this commentJohn! Why not you buy it?
Reply to this commentMaybe he cant afford it?
Reply to this commentThat’s awesome! what a wonderful view at sunset
Reply to this commentpost it when you buy it, just add half of mil more in landscaping and a Pagani Zonda in garage, and that would be really cool!
Nice house & view! hope i can own it! hehe
Reply to this commentThat’s a very nice house! You want to buy it John.
Reply to this commentSweet pics!
$1.5MM shaved off the asking price in 6 months? Crazy times.
Reply to this commentThey sure knocked off a lot. Question for you John, how many will be living with you in the house? It’s quite large.
The views are magnificent! My goal is to purchase a house like that in 2 years.
Reply to this commentViews = great.
Lot = spectacular.
Exterior = very nice.
Interior = poor! what were they thinking? That kitchen is disappointing and not really up to the price point of the home. Ditto the great room.
Reply to this commentWow what a sweet house. I wish I could have one of those
Reply to this commentNice estate John! And by the way it is a nice investment for your future.
Reply to this commentAppreciate the motivation. Pushing the dot com lifestyle, keeping the faith.
Reply to this commentBeautfiul Home…
Reply to this commentHow big is the house you live in now?
Who’s your realtor? Soprovich?
Reply to this commentSeem to be Malcolm Hasman
http://www.malcolmhasman.com/properties.html
Reply to this commentI like the kitchen XD since that’s where all the good stuff is cooked up
Reply to this commentThat house is very beautiful! It seems to be on the market at a good price!
Reply to this commentAll that work is finally paying off!! Keep it up!
Reply to this commentWith those beautiful views from the house, I would say that $3 million is a steal for that setup. The last two photos are breathtaking.
Reply to this commentSo when are you putting in your offer John?
Reply to this commentthat is SOME HOUSE! i don’t usually get house envy (or, as we call it in manhattan, apartment envy) but that place sure set me thinking of a different kind of lifestyle.
best of luck to you and your family, john, in finding exactly the right place to live.
Reply to this commentBeautiful!
Reply to this commentthat is a spectacular house. 500K for lanscaping, hmm….. must shop around. However, I would ask for it at closing. BIN 3MIL! That is a steal lol
Reply to this commentJohn,
Sally would sure enjoy spreading her toys all over that house? If you buy it, I would landscape it for you for a lot less money!
I am an unemployed senior systems design engineer from Sony and senior technical project manager from Google contracts, and I have lots of time, shovels and gloves. I have two wheelbarrows.
I have a large pick-axe for rock and root removal. I have tireless energy and stamina.
I have planted trees and rolled grass sod at my own house. I mow my own lawn and prune my roses, trees, hedges, and shrubs. DotComPhoLandscape at John Chow’s house!
Just do not let Michael Kwan near the ditch digging equipment, Please?
Respectfully, Nicholas Chase - ‘the video guy’ from BlogWorld Expo.
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Nice house, no doubt about it. However if you are not in a hurry wait a couple of months and you will get it for half the current price.
Reply to this commentAbsolutely beautiful, but that price might still drop!
-Mike
Reply to this commentJohnchow ballin. i didnt know you had that much money in the bank.
Reply to this commentVery nice house. Just big enough for a new home office
Reply to this commentI love it! Specially the view and kitchen.
Reply to this commentThose are some beautiful houses! Many of us could only dream of getting a house like that. I especially like that picture of the fancy kitchen….for some reason I’ve always liked kitchens.
Reply to this commentNice place John.
Did you make an offer yet?
My wife would kill for a kitchen like that, and is that a fireplace in the living room?
Reply to this commentI LOVE LOVE LOVE the kitchen & outside. Perfect.
Reply to this commentMan…Such a nice place ! Would be a great second home (the first one having to be in one of the few nicer place in the world : Paris
!)
Reply to this commentWow! What an amazing view from the balcony
Reply to this commentJohn - This is an amazing house. This would be my dream house!!
Reply to this commentThat is truly very nice….
Reply to this commentWow that place looks phenomenal! A little hard work goes a long ways. Congrats on your success!
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