West Vancouver’s continuous seawall project is in sight following the district’s purchase of the final waterfront property in Ambleside.

For 50 years, municipal governments in West Vancouver have had a vision to make the Ambleside seawall a continuous walking path from the beach to Dundarave.

To make this dream a reality, the district has been slowly buying up 37 private waterfront homes that were preventing the path from being completed. One property belonged to the Frewer family, who purchased it in 1977.

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3000 Park Lane SOLD | The big sell: There was a plethora of interesting facts about the sale of this property in West Vancouver’s Altamont neighbourhood. Namely, the property was a vacant parcel of sloping land that contained the foundations of an old garage, but it was also owned by the District of West Vancouver. The land itself comprised high-bank waterfront with 60 feet of water frontage and beautiful 180-degree unobstructed south-facing ocean vistas. Listing agent Holly Calderwood had engaged the help of local architect Brad Lamoureux to create luxury home renderings to demonstrate what could be built. Proceeds from the sale would help fund the new Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan but in order to find a buyer, an adjacent public beach trail was included in the sale to create a larger 0.27-acre lot. Due to initial public outcry at the closure of this trail, it was agreed that a new trail be constructed on the other side of the property.

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West Vancouver is home to some of the glitziest properties in the Lower Mainland, and 4580 Marine Drive is no exception. The house is a whopping 6,916 sq. ft. home on a massive lot of 14,381 sq. ft. The home contains five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. Despite the 14 attempts to earn more, the home sold for $9,300,000, just below the assessed value of $9,385,000. The land is assessed at $4.7 million, while the buildings are assessed at $4.6 million. view YOUTUBE VIDEO 

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Prime piece of land with some of the best views in the Lower Mainland. The massive Cypress Village project was seemingly approved in June, but it came back for one final debate this week and passed by a slim 4-3 vote.

A plan, decades in the making, to add hundreds of acres of parkland and build a new, dense neighbourhood of almost 7,000 residents and businesses off Cypress Bowl Road cleared its final regulatory hurdle at West Vancouver council Monday, by a margin of one vote.

Council already substantively debated and approved British Pacific Properties’ plans for Cypress Village in June. But when the phased development agreement, which governs how the lands will be built out over the next 20 years, came up for its final adoption on Monday, three council members made the rare move of reopening the debate.

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Council in West Vancouver, B.C., voted Monday to move ahead with the sale of a beachfront property that includes a century-old public path leading to a popular beach.

The path to Altamont Beach at the bottom of 30th Street, adjacent to a property at 3000 Park Lane, is now set to become private property after the district voted to package it with a municipally owned lot in order to incentivize its sale for over $6.5 million.

A report to council notes that the concerns voiced by many residents over the loss of the path influenced the buyer's decision which was supported by the Realtor, West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager and a majority of council.

Realtor Holly Calderwood said the Buyer's, myself and corporate discussed this at great length. The council originally wanted and we agreed upon and negotiated a 3 ft Right of Way on the east side that was suppose to be for Utility access. After much public feedback and pushback we thought this was the best and only way to make this work to put the pathway on the East Side ROW and thought this was a win win to help please the community and council and a way to give back to the community.

But as part of an amended motion that was passed on Monday, the buyer of the property says it will work with the district to add a new path to the east of the current one, and will allow the public to use the current trail until construction on a house is completed. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE 

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While the changes will make it easier for first-time buyers to purchase a home, they could wind up paying tens of thousands of dollars more in interest.

New federal rules would help homebuyers access lower mortgage rates for pricier properties and pay smaller instalments over a longer time period, but the changes would also allow borrowers to take on more debt and pay more interest on it.

Under the coming regime, set to take effect Dec. 15, buyers will be able to get a mortgage with default insurance – which is mandatory for those with less than 80 per cent of equity in their home – for properties worth as much as $1.5-million, up from a cap of $1-million.

The federal government, which announced the new rules Monday, will also allow first-time homebuyers to take a maximum of 30 years to repay an insured mortgage on any type of home. And all buyers, including investors, will have access to 30-year mortgages if they are buying a newly built home. Until recently, buyers with less than 20-per-cent down could take a maximum of 25 years to repay their debt. click here to read more

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For $58.8 million, you can own this massive waterfront property designed by Russell Hollingsworth. The most expensive home for sale in Canada is sitting on the West Vancouver waterfront.

For $58.8 million, you can buy the property at 3330 Radcliffe Ave., located in the West Bay neighbourhood. At nearly 10,000 square feet, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom structure was custom designed by reputed architect Russell Hollingsworth, son of West Coast Modern legend Fred Hollingsworth. CLICK HERE TO BUY

Evocative of that style, the home is perched on a rock face with more than 200 feet of shoreline. Banks of floor-to-ceiling windows offer continuous views to the roiling ocean, backdropped by Stanley Park and Point Grey.

The gated property features an oceanside swimming pool, outdoor spa, covered dining terrace and parking garage for four vehicles. READ MORE

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Upstairs, downstairs: condo owner sues both neighbours over noise

After losing four small claims court cases Linda Woo was ordered to pay $50 to neighbour she accused

A year after unsuccessfully suing her downstairs neighbour for making too much noise, a B.C. woman has also failed in a bid to sue her upstairs neighbour for being too loud.

A small claims court rejected Linda Woo's claim against upstairs neighbour Lorenzo Bruno last week — instead ordering the Burnaby woman to pay Bruno $50 recompense for "unreasonable ceiling-tapping and cupboard-slamming" she made in response to his alleged noise making.

The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal decision is the latest chapter in a strata saga that spans years, involving multiple complaints to both the strata council and police, who described Bruno's noises at one point as him just "going about his life."

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2910 Park Lane SOLD, World Class Waterfront on Altamont Beach Record sale along Altamonts most exclusive enclave of Waterfront Homes in West Vancouver Real Estate. Sold By Holly Calderwood. 

The 2nd highest MLS waterfront sale in West Vancouver’s history at $21,500,000. 

Highest Sale on the MLS in West Vancouver for a Female Realtor.

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The big sell: This two-bedroom False Creek condo not only has a sought-after freehold status but a waterfront position to boot with marina, downtown and mountain views from its location above the seawall. With more than 1,100 square feet of interior living space, the principal reception rooms can accommodate house-sized furnishings including a king-sized bed in the primary bedroom, while the 170-square-foot patio bathes in the picture postcard scenery. 

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