Sold (Bought): Custom-built Maple Ridge home boasts big curb appeal

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Weekly roundup of three properties that recently sold in Metro Vancouver.

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13319 235 St., Maple Ridge

Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom detached

Size: 3,446 square feet

BC Assessment: $1,374,000

Listed for: $1,598,800

Sold for: $1,775,000

Sold on: February 8

Days on market in this listing: Seven

Listing agent: Shannon Drummond and Pat Drummond at Keller Williams Elite Realty

Buyers agent: Danny Gerbrandt and Claudio Sartore at Keller Williams Elite Realty

The big sell: This custom-built Maple Ridge home is big on curb appeal with a Craftsman-style appearance that displays a stone and wood exterior set off by a columned entryway, veranda, and low-pitched roof lines. The three-level house features a smorgasbord of upgrades including a new 30-year roof, skylights, and heat pump air conditioning. The expansive kitchen has custom cabinets, a pantry and new stainless-steel appliances including a gas stove, a gas fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling rock surround, a vaulted den on the main floor and outside, a 10-by-40- foot cedar deck with built-in speakers, glass railings and a gas barbecue line. The primary bedroom has a 10-foot-long walk-in closet, heated floors in the ensuite bathroom and greenbelt views. The integrated garage has epoxy flooring and wall panels, and there is an outbuilding with power and lights.

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308 – 1635 West 3rd Ave., Vancouver

Type: Zero-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment

Size: 463 square feet

BC Assessment: $479,000

Listed for: $499,000

Sold for: $545,000

Sold on: March 14

Days on market in this listing: Five

Listing agent: Morley Lercher at Heller Murch Realty

Buyers agent: Andy Hsu at eXp Realty

The big sell: Listing agent Morley Lercher reports that this studio apartment in False Creek’s Lumen complex sold with five offers and $46,000 over the listed price in under a week. He reports that the location and a concrete low-rise building with a gym for residents and a rooftop deck with panoramic 360-degree views all added to the appeal. The studio offers high-end finishings with Bosch and Blomberg appliances, teak cabinets, quartz countertops, heated bathroom floors, geothermal air conditioning, engineered hardwood flooring and a large walk-in closet/den. In addition, there is a linear kitchen, a stacked washer and dryer, and a sliding glass door out onto a south-facing covered balcony. The unit comes with a storage locker and a monthly maintenance fee of $274.40, and the strata permits rentals and pets.

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406 – 1252 Hornby St., Vancouver

Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment

Size: 602 square feet

BC Assessment: $644,000

Listed for: $668,000

Sold for: $735,000

Sold on: February 15

Days on market in this listing: Seven

Listing agent: Owen Bigland at Macdonald Realty Westmar

Buyers agent: Muzda Stenner at ReMax Crest Realty

The big sell: Pure is a 15-storey, 75-unit building that occupies a prime position on Hornby Street in the heart of downtown Vancouver with myriad amenities all around. It has undergone recent building updates including new paintwork and carpeting throughout, and lobby and amenity room upgrades. This bright one-bedroom-plus-flex apartment is an inside unit with a functional floor plan that offers over-height ceilings, tiled floors, a modern bathroom, a center island in the kitchen, sleek cabinetry and integrated appliances, insuite laundry, and a west-facing balcony that spans the width of the home. The unit comes with a parking stall in the underground garage and a monthly maintenance fee of $335.72. The complex offers a bike room, exercise center, garden and playground, and pets and rentals are allowed (both with restrictions).

These transactions were compiled by Nicola Way of BestHomesBC.com.

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