This $10 million penthouse in an older false creek highrise seems to be ridiculously cheap, even if it's only 5000 square feet.
http://twistedsifter.com/2009/11/aquarius-penthouse-vancouver/

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/luxury-condo-living-room-penthouse-vancouver.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aquarious-vancouver-penthouse-living-room-luxury-apartment-condo.jpg

Night-club style kitchen
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/modern-kitchen-inspiration-penthouse.jpg

...leading into the wine cellar
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wine-cellar-in-luxury-condominium.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/master-bedroom-inspiration-design.jpg

The closet
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/luxury-walk-in-closet-dressing-room-penthouse-vancouver.jpg

There are other normal bathrooms in this apartment, but this one's more interesting
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/master-en-suite-bathroom-red-penthouse-vancouver.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/luxury-condo-dining-room-interior-design-inspiration.jpg

Entrance hallway
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hallway-design-inspiration.jpg

Wet bar
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/penthouse-bar-in-apartment.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aerial-view-of-vancouver-harbor-from-penthouse-suite.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/private-terrace-rooftop-patio-condo-penthouse-vancouver.jpg

http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vancouver-aquarious-penthouse-view-of-harbor.jpg

I cannot belive how cheap it is. There are numerous $18million+ apartments in the city that don't look half as nice as this one.

Has any condo sold for 18 million dollars in Vancouver, or is that just "listed prices"?

What does balling mean?

Where I come from it has something to do with the Birds and the Bees! :yes:
I think in this sense it means "hot", or "smokin' ".

I think in this sense it means "hot", or "smokin' ".

Oh okay, you see I'm a little to old to be "down with the kids" with all their new words.

Oh okay, you see I'm a little to old to be "down with the kids" with all their new words.

I thought you were only 15! :D

A fly-through of the penthouse in Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel. Asking price is $30 million.
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Has any condo sold for 18 million dollars in Vancouver, or is that just "listed prices"?

Sold:
Three harbour green sold for $23 million; the PH at Hotel Georgia sold for $18 million; Fairmont sold for unknown price (number rumoured to be $22 million, or $3333/square foot, which is only a little more than the $2700/square foot for the other units in the building)

Asking:
The Erickson PH should be at least $20 million (since it's 10,000 square feet and the rest of the building sold for between $1800-$2100/square foot), One harbour green is asking $18 million. But this shouldn't be surprising, because most of the regular units at Harbour Green buildings are already in the $5-7 million range. Kings Landing, which is on false creek rather than coal harbour, is asking $15 million.

i think that false creek one that you started with has dropped its price hasn't it?

I thought you were only 16! :D
:D

I'm 76

What does balling mean?

That's what I want to know, could it mean eyeballing? :?

haha

in slang it means to be rich- have money - sweet pad

ie: trump is balling

It like rich/luxurious/etc, but with a gangster swagger like on 50-cent's music video: ie Escalade with 22 inch rims, yea. Lol didn't realize how old people here are ;)

Lol didn't realize how old people here are ;)

You young whippersnappers! Pull up your pants. Hurrupfh.

I dunno but for 30 million it better have a private swimming pool.

The bizarre thing is, these condos are selling for more than huge old mansions, in gorgeous establishment neighbourhoods like Shaughnessyor Rosedale. That is crazy.

Though that's the exception rather than the rule. In Vancouver, there's maybe about a dozen or so condos worth more than $10 million, but there's over 50 times the number of $10 million+ houses (as assessed by Landcor)

I'd take an old Georgian style mansion in Rosedale, or one of those big rambling old Edwardian mock Tudor wood/stucco ones in Shaughnessy ANY day of the week over any pent house suite I've ever seen. Mind you, if I had mega-bucks, I would probably have both... an exquisite old house and a luxurious penthouse. As it stands, I have neither!

It like rich/luxurious/etc, but with a gangster swagger like on 50-cent's music video: ie Escalade with 22 inch rims, yea. Lol didn't realize how old people here are ;)

I think the word is ballin. :smug:

hehe... **zinggg**

Here's a few of ballin' penthouses to feast your eyes on. All of them are listed at >50 mil.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/RedNeckResort.jpg

waterfront locations always fetch a premium:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/redneckhouseboat.jpg

Lol I remember seeing those on another thread.

Moving onto the suburbs.. Richmond's most expensive penthouses are at the Rivergreen development. 4 of them have been sold at $3.4 million each, or $1000-$1100 per square foot. That's Yorkville prices, lol.

The kitchen from the display unit
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3769/rivergreen.jpg

In the absence of any more interior pics...
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2958455.bin?size=620x400
http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/imageSponsors/2010_05_10_12_41_21_rivergreen2.jpg

There are other normal bathrooms in this apartment, but this one's more interesting
http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/master-en-suite-bathroom-red-penthouse-vancouver.jpg

the bathroom gave me a headache.

yeah its pretty hideous - have to spend a few grand to make it liveable

The trouble with most of these designed-to-death interior spaces is they look like hotels, not homes. The design is so sterile and commercial looking, it appears people will only be staying in it in for a few days at a time.

hehe... **zinggg**

Here's a few of ballin' penthouses to feast your eyes on. All of them are listed at >50 mil.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/RedNeckResort.jpg

waterfront locations always fetch a premium:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/redneckhouseboat.jpg
those are quiet brilliant i must say

This $10 million penthouse in an older false creek highrise seems to be ridiculously cheap, even if it's only 5000 square feet.
http://twistedsifter.com/2009/11/aquarius-penthouse-vancouver/

I cannot belive how cheap it is. There are numerous $18million+ apartments in the city that don't look half as nice as this one.
How many??

That garish bathroom is just appalling. What on earth were they thinking of? Loud and echo-y too with the whole thing being overkill tile. Looks like a locker room at the gym that they would hose down every night.

That bathroom definitely didn't go for a "safe" design. Not for me either, though I wouldn't mind hosting a shower orgy in that psychadelic play pen a couple times a month...

Btw, do we need to quote all those pics... and twice, lol?

Let's see some other cities' penthouses =)

You are completely right about not quoting large groups of photos - it gets repetitive and puts a strain on the allowable bandwidth of the original poster's photo uploading service.
A referring comment is usually enough without quoting zillions of pics!

^^ If you can edit out those quoted photos, that will help clean up the thread a bit =) Still 10 more posts until the next fresh page!

World Class Fairmont Pacific Rim Waterfront - 2 Bedrooms Plus Den!

$3.690.000 - two beds three baths

http://i52.tinypic.com/2h6t4c8.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2la5taa.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/24bsu89.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2nl4vet.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/34f1i4y.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/ohomdi.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/34dsnr7.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/149tx0o.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2whfay8.jpg

^^Lol, but that's not even a penthouse... that unit's barely halfway up the tower, and it's not even the best one on that floor!

Here's the floorplan:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4781/fairmont.jpg
Everything must be jumbo scaled, cuz it does not look like 2200 square feet.

I also noticed that the resale price for the above unit is a lot lower than that $2100/square foot average in the building. Looks like some other units depreciated as well. Can't say I'm surprised though... the ceilings are ridiculously low, and the floorplates are so massive that the units get very little light/views for the money. If you look at the plans on the website, even $5 million means sharing a floor with 6 other units; $8 million means sharing a floor with 2 other units. It's poor value. You probably didn't need to post the walk-in closet, lol.

That said, since I can't find interior shots of the penthouse at Fairmont, here's the next best thing, one of their four 2-storey lofts. These are pretty much the only units in this building that I'll plunk $4.8 million for.
http://www.hoodsurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1011-cordova-unit-2403-5.jpg
http://www.hoodsurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1011-cordova-unit-2403-3.jpg
http://www.hoodsurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1011-cordova-unit-2403-2.jpg
http://www.hoodsurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1011-cordova-unit-2403-1.jpg

floorplans: http://www.fairmontpacificrim.com/documents/fairmontPlanL03.pdf

^^ Probably similar to what the Shangri-La in Toronto Penhouse will sort of look like. Tall windows with those hard-to-clean-around pillars in the corner :lol:

The boutique condos in T.O> are similar too. People don't realize what space hogs those pillars really are.

I really wished they covered up those pillars with some wood panelling, instead of leaving them pasty white... I know they're trying to leave a blank neutral slate for the owner's interior architect to work from, but the Richard Meier palette is so 90's...

I read on another thread that they aren't even structurally relevant. Just a cheesy faux loft addon.
Btw the low ceilings on the first Fairmont condo are unusual considering the high end finishes packages offered by the developer. The same quality of condominium could very well be achieved by renovating a 1970's/80's Toronto condo.
I am suprised at the lack of lighting in that Fairmont unit considering many Vancouver point condos nowadays are designed to take advantage of light/views to the max.

Probably depends on where the rest of the supporting walls are, but my best guess is it probably is in that example.

I think if I had the money I would invest in an older house with some real character.

I think the word is ballin. :smug:

I thought of this tonight when I was walking past a tee shirt shop with this one:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/ImPrettyGangsterMyself.jpg

Taller for some reason I feel that poster just reflects your age even more ;)

Taller for some reason I feel that poster just reflects your age even more ;)

Why, thank you for noticing! As a matter of fact, I am quite gangster, myself!! Balling Gangster, as it were!! :yes:

Why, thank you for noticing! As a matter of fact, I am quite gangster, myself!! Balling Gangster, as it were!! :yes:

Mad rhymes and fat cheques. Pimpin' ain't easy.

Pimpin' ain't easy.

It is if you have a proper Pimp Daddy outfit:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/Pimp-Daddy-Spitz-E--38673.jpg
http://www.freakingnews.com/Pimp-Daddy-Spitz-E-Pictures-45811.asp

Pimp My President(tm)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/pimpdaddy1.jpg
http://citizenx.org/2005/05/25/rain-on-the-parade/

OK, I will now leave the Pimp Zone, or dleung will bitch slap me for completely derailing his thread!! sorry..............

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/2010%20Summer%20Part%20Deux/pimpzone.jpg
http://citizenx.org/2005/05/25/rain-on-the-parade/

Now, back to Penthouses, tout suite!!

There's this guy who frequents Queen Street who has an all gold suede suit, lovely brimmed hat and, the most amazing touch, a Canadian Goose head cane. It's gold too, but its just good to see pimp's are being patriotic.


i still want the Shangri-La Penthouse.