Amazed by what people are paying for rent these days in the US
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guys you should come to London. The most expensive properties in the world to buy or rent - and despite the price tag, also the smallest properties in the West by average size (25% smaller than even the Japanese).
^And that's all you get. It's a bedsit outside the centre - the rest of the building is a dormitory (shared kitchen, bathroom, toilet, no living room).
I must admit though, the area is getting hip so it aches to be snapped up.
We do need the room! We use one room as a recording studio, one room as a photography studio, and I write (approximately 12 hours a day - 5 days a week) in our private bedroom so we can leave the living room area tidy for company. The bathrooms are useful, as it isn't easy making a dash for the ladies' room when one is confined to a wheelchair.
As for the location, we don't live nearer Whistler because I don't find that what passes for civilization nowadays is not... civil. When you spend as much time on tour as we do, it's nice (even necessary) to live in peace in quiet when it's time to create again, as in write, record, and film.
Cheers,
Mahrie.
Well, B.C. is big enough to accommodate all lifestyles. I agree about Whistler....
How DARE you lol - just a short ferry ride from DT Toronto and you have The Toronto Island's and all kinds of Beaches including clothing optional one's
Yes I've been to the islands, nice...but flat...good views of Toronto...but a bit of a hassle to get to
As you probably know our clothing optional is bigger than your clothing optional, nah, nah
Maybe they are just wealthy people who just want to live in an amazingly serene, clean, pristine and beautiful place - if not for all of the year - atleast for some of it... They can afford it and park their dollars and time in Vancouver and that's ok.. Not everyone wants to live in Palm Springs or Sydney lol..
I'll give Saturno a little credit for this one. It is rumoured ( since no official records exist ) that some properties are just places for people to store assets. As far as I know, they are going by properties that are unoccupied, where the investor doesn't even both to rent it out.
The actual number is unknown, but going by the complaints the city receives, it appears to be low.
It gets media attention because some of these homes are in swank neighbourhoods where a neighbour is more likely to complain, as this article shows.
"Vancouver keeps track of vacant properties that are causing problems like open buildings or squatters. An “action” means that an inspector was sent out to investigate.
Actions: 2010 — 96 actions at 44 addresses; 2011 — 98 at 47; 2012 — 107 at 47; 2013 — 79 at 36."
Yeah. It doesn't seem as impossible to live modestly as people make it out to seem. I was looking at studios up for rent around Burnaby and North Vancouver, and you could find decent places for around $700-800/month. I wouldn't mind paying up to a grand if it was really nice and central to Vancouver, and that seems to be about the same as living similarly in Toronto or Montreal. If you want to buy something, I guess that's a whole other story though.
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