Calgary Construction XXVI

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

You'd have to be mental to buy something like that. A row home with no yard, and you're going to pay $800K??

Totally. Between the inner city and the Beltline all housing options are overpriced. Maybe some people like the lifestyle, and that's their prerogative, but from a cost point of view not a good idea. The Beltline is even worse, because the lifestyle is awful.

[SteveP]

Good examples of getting an equivalent home for far less. Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

He never said inner city, he said all over the city.



And he's right. A two second search will turn up boat loads of houses for just a little over half that are around the same square footage. Not only are they almost half, they are a true house with a yard, and not some half-assed excuse for a house such as a rowhome.

Skyview
$439,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636832217519930000/reb9/highres/7/c4222367_1.jpg
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20247...yscape-st-ne-cityscape-calgary-cityscape

$412,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636823578834500000/reb9/highres/6/c4221066_1.jpg
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636823578840700000/reb9/highres/6/c4221066_6.jpg
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636823578841230000/reb9/highres/6/c4221066_8.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20219...d-ne-skyview-ranch-calgary-skyview-ranch



Redstone $439,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636842586290530000/reb9/highres/7/c4223957_34.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20219...d-ne-skyview-ranch-calgary-skyview-ranch

Taradale
$404,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636749286806230000/reb9/highres/9/c4210369_1.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20009...arington-gr-ne-taradale-calgary-taradale

Auburn Bay
$415,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636846051230800000/reb9/highres/0/c4221420_2.jpg[/IMG]
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636846051232000000/reb9/highres/0/c4221420_5.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20276...-bay-vw-se-auburn-bay-calgary-auburn-bay


Arbour Lake
$434,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636852101346770000/reb9/highres/1/c4225341_1.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20322...ne-pl-nw-arbour-lake-calgary-arbour-lake



Tuscany
$425,000
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636846051358900000/reb9/highres/6/c4223806_1.jpg[/IMG]
https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS636846051360230000/reb9/highres/6/c4223806_6.jpg[/IMG]
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20297...cany-ridge-tc-nw-tuscany-calgary-tuscany

[SteveP]

Exactly why are they garbage again? You have a single detached home with a yard, and no neighbors directly connected, which means you don't have to listen to people's music, sex life or family squabbles. The interiors are every bit as nice as the other overpriced ones. Far from garbage.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I’m surprised you picked these places for your argument, unless you’re secretly trying to make Altadore look good. Those houses might be cheaper than the one in Altadore but they are garbage in every way. They might be 60% of the price, but are 30% of the value.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

Why do you keep bringing up Altadore or the inner city? He was talking about houses anywhere in the city.

However I should thank you though for posting that link. That detached home for $1.4M, is the perfect example for the argument of what many have been saying - Inner city housing is a rip off, and you've just proven it.

Why is he talking about houses anywhere in the city? There are thousands of places in the world someone could buy a house for a third of the cost.

Trying to claim that the townhouse in Altadore isn’t worth $800k because you can get a house for 400 in the farthest out parts of the city like Skyview and Redstone is absolutely pointless. Why buy escargot when a bag of chips is $2. Pointless.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by SteveP

tl;dr

Overpriced. You guys are beyond ridiculous.
Like some dictator is arbitrarily setting housing prices.

If the inner city was so awful that no one wanted to live there, there would be no sales and sellers would be forced to drop their prices so low that eventually they were bargains compared to the suburbs. A reverse of the current situation.

You soft suburbanites can carry on and on and on and on about how everyone wants to live in Skyview and Redstone etc but the proof is right in the cost per square foot. That’s the only number that matters. If you’re all just jealous of those that can afford the house you have but in a way better location then fine. Own it! But to go on forever on tilt bashing an area of the city you’ve never been to and making hilarious claims that the lifestyle is so bad and that everyone in the city is exactly like you, get lost.

No one would choose to live in Redstone if their $ got them a similar product in a better location. See, I can do it to. Truth is, probably somebody did choose Redstone without internal conflict. Someone who has no daily needs or travel beyond the immediate area. But that’s less than 1%.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by suburbia

Hey Suburgatory - with wild temperature fluctuations in Calgary over the winter, what do you recommend to best protect trees and perennial plants from winter kill? Is there anything the City could be doing better to help protect all of the trees under their jurisdiction?

Can I direct you to a mental health professional?

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by SteveP

Good examples of getting an equivalent home for far less. Thanks for posting.

That’s not equivalent. Go compare cars and call them equivalent because they both have tires, and the same internal volume.

Location is the most important value in real estate. Not the kitchen.

[ST1]

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

He never said inner city, he said all over the city.


And he's right. A two second search will turn up boat loads of houses for just a little over half that are around the same square footage. Not only are they almost half, they are a true house with a yard, and not some half-assed excuse for a house such as a rowhome.

Skyview
$439,000

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20247...yscape-st-ne-cityscape-calgary-cityscape

$412,000



https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20219...d-ne-skyview-ranch-calgary-skyview-ranch



Redstone $439,000

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20219...d-ne-skyview-ranch-calgary-skyview-ranch

Taradale
$404,000

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20009...arington-gr-ne-taradale-calgary-taradale

Auburn Bay
$415,000


https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20276...-bay-vw-se-auburn-bay-calgary-auburn-bay


Arbour Lake
$434,000

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20322...ne-pl-nw-arbour-lake-calgary-arbour-lake



Tuscany
$425,000


https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/20297...cany-ridge-tc-nw-tuscany-calgary-tuscany

[Bad Grizzly]

Im not sure what point you’re trying to make. He just showed you a number of houses that were similar in scale and quality but far cheaper, and on top of that they are SFHs rather than a townhouse.

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

I’m surprised you picked these places for your argument, unless you’re secretly trying to make Altadore look good. Those houses might be cheaper than the one in Altadore but they are garbage in every way. They might be 60% of the price, but are 30% of the value.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Im not sure what point you’re trying to make. He just showed you a number of houses that were similar in scale and quality but far cheaper, and on top of that they are SFHs rather than a townhouse.

You cut your post short. You left off: In the middle of nowhere.

[Bad Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Suburgatory

You cut your post short. You left off: In the middle of nowhere.

Just because they are in the suburbs doesn’t mean they are in the middle of nowhere. There are all kinds of businesses and neighbourhoods around that area. Not to mention the airport. Hardly in the middle of nowhere.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Just because they are in the suburbs doesn’t mean they are in the middle of nowhere. There are all kinds of businesses and neighbourhoods around that area. Not to mention the airport. Hardly in the middle of nowhere.

Right

[Bad Grizzly]

Nice job cherry picking a street that is still being developed. I bet that area has already been developed since the Street View, and don’t bother trying to say it’s from 2019, there are trees with leaves in the shot. Nice try.

Originally Posted by Suburgatory

Right

[Tobyoby]

Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Nice job cherry picking a street that is still being developed. I bet that area has already been developed since the Street View, and don’t bother trying to say it’s from 2019, there are trees with leaves in the shot. Nice try.

Found another pic from Redstone. I wonder if this street view pic is an older one?

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Nice job cherry picking a street that is still being developed. I bet that area has already been developed since the Street View, and don’t bother trying to say it’s from 2019, there are trees with leaves in the shot. Nice try.

I didn’t cherry pick anything. Northern Pasta cherry picked Redstone to point out that if you can’t afford $800k to live in Altadore you have to live in Redstone instead to get a single family home.

Two blocks over doesn’t make it less in the middle of nowhere. The whole neighbourhood is in the middle of nowhere. Two blocks over is just adjacent to other houses that are...in the middle of nowhere.

[Bad Grizzly]

I see we have a funny guy here tonight. I will give you points for making me laugh.

Originally Posted by Tobyoby

Found another pic from Redstone. I wonder if this street view pic is an older one?

[Bad Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Suburgatory

I didn’t cherry pick anything. Northern Pasta cherry picked Redstone to point out that if you can’t afford $800k to live in Altadore you have to live in Redstone instead to get a single family home.

Two blocks over doesn’t make it less in the middle of nowhere. The whole neighbourhood is in the middle of nowhere. Two blocks over is just adjacent to other houses that are...in the middle of nowhere.

Spaghetti western didn’t cherry pick anything, all those house are typical of what you would expect in those neighbourhoods. The picture you posted is probably already out of date and already full of houses.

[thegoodlife]

Why are you showing this? Western Spaghetti already showed pics of houses, no need to show an empty lot that will will developed if it already hadn’t been.

You should post pics of what you can buy in Altadire or the Beltline for $415,000. You’d be lucky if you get a small outhouse sized place. Especially in the Beltline where for that money you can get a place with just enough room to play scrabble on your iPhone.

Originally Posted by Suburgatory

Right

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Spaghetti western didn’t cherry pick anything, all those house are typical of what you would expect in those neighbourhoods. The picture you posted is probably already out of date and already full of houses.

Wow. If the whole street is developed on both sides full of houses it doesn’t make it less in the middle of nowhere.

[Suburgatory]

Originally Posted by thegoodlife

Why are you showing this? Western Spaghetti already showed pics of houses, no need to show an empty lot that will will developed if it already hadn’t been.

You should post pics of what you can buy in Altadire or the Beltline for $415,000. You’d be lucky if you get a small outhouse sized place. Especially in the Beltline where for that money you can get a place with just enough room to play scrabble on your iPhone.

Other houses is quite the neighbourhood amenity.