My Out of Town real estate column in last weekend’s Vancouver Sun featured property sales in Sun Peaks and Qualicum Beach.

Vancouver Sun July 17, 2010

Sun Peaks
#13 – 5000 Sun Peaks Road, Trail’s Edge

Type: 2-bedroom, 3-bathroom townhouse
Size: 1,461 sq. ft.
B.C. Assessment, July 2009: $388,000
Listed for: $429,000
Sold for: $409,000
Sold on: June 30
Days on market: 542
Listing agent: Liz Forster at Sotheby’s International Realty Company
Buyers agent: Lark Frolek-Dale at RE/MAX Alpine Resort Realty

The big sell: This six-year-old home is located in the Trails Edge townhouse development in Sun Peaks in a popular ski-in/ski-out community. The unit comes fully furnished with three levels, a TV/games room, a single garage, and two well-designed bedrooms on the upper floor with impressive mountain views. The interior features the sort of mountain home qualities one would expect: a stone-surround fireplace, wood trim, expansive windows and a balcony to breathe in that fresh pine air. Completing the picture is a relaxing private hot tub, a perfect antidote to all that outdoor recreation on your doorstep. This would make an ideal family getaway or revenue producer through holiday rentals.

Qualicum Beach
2125 Widgeon Road

Type: 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom detached
Size: 2,524 sq. ft.
B.C. Assessment, July 2009: $864,000
Listed for: $1.399 million Sold for: $1.2975 million Sold on: May 10 Days on market: 432
Listing agent: John and Teresa Sandiford at Royal LePage Realty Qualicum
Buyers agent: John and Teresa Sandiford at Royal LePage Realty Qualicum

The big sell: This is an impressive waterfront estate on 5.27 acres with picture-postcard ocean views. The main house features hardwood flooring, a river rock fireplace, vaulted ceiling and a newly designed media room. The master suite takes up the whole upstairs, comprising a separate office area, a 21-by-15-foot bedroom with five-piece ensuite, and a walk-in closet. Guests can enjoy the convenience of their own one-bedroom log cottage, complete with wood stove, and everybody can enjoy the 940-square-foot family room housed above the three-car carriage house. A bricked front and back courtyard and entryway provide ample space for outdoor furniture from which to sit and enjoy the private, treed outlook. A meandering trail provides access to the beach below for a bracing ocean dip.

These transactions were compiled by Nicola Way of BestHomesBC.com and AssignmentsCanada.ca

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