CBC Vancouver News – WilMar Estate
Posted February 13th, 2012 in Real Estate, Sharing the Experience | 
CBC
Kirk Williams a producer and reporter with the CBC called today. He wondered if it would be possible to do a CBC news report about the WilMar Estate at 2050 SW Marine Drive in Vancouver.
Angles
Every reporter has an angle to a story they want to tell. Like the many people who have visited this home during public open house, Mr. Williams wished to explore the home’s history and the lives that were lived in this home for the past 86 years.
Interviews
As a Vancouver Realtor® we are always interviewed by Vancouver home sellers and buyers. Interviews with main stream television and magazine media are different – I get stage fright.
When and Where
You can watch my stage fright in Mr. Williams’s story that features glimpses of the WilMar Estate’s Tudor Revival home in original 1925 condition tomorrow on CBC Vancouver at 5 pm.
cool! I’ll watch out for it
That was a good piece, nice to see a real estate story about history for a change rather than just greed, rising prices, helicopters and Chinese buyers like 99% of the trash we usually see.
Shame it has to be demolished though, the fact that it would take $5 million to bring it up to code is another shining example of how everything in Vancouver is ridiculously overpriced.
I see you demolished your mustache in solidarity with the house, good for you.
@meth
that’s for my kids who have never seen me without one. After 40 years I had to learn how to shave the upper. It was brutal! Bandaids please
you handsome devil Larry
@l8er and @re-diculous
just telling it like it is. Thanks
Wow you look a lot younger on the telly than you do on the web site.
Larry,
Would u be able to find out sale prices for brand new condo/th units sold by the developers? Units that were never listed on the MLS.
Thx
@bubbles
That is somewhat difficult to accomplish prior to the entire building being sold – think cards close to chest. They might give you a hint if you were on site.
I was just wondering what a couple of these condos went for originally.
1401-1185 The High St Coquitlam
1701-1185 The High St
If you can’t disclose that info, can you tell me at least if that’s possible for realtors to even see that price?
Thx
@bubbles
1701 is for sale. 1706 was sold last june for $457k
1401 was for sale for a year with a price drop then cancelled
as suspected no original purchase price – you’ll need to visit land titles for that. take your visa card with you.
BTW. In future email me stuff like this. it really doesn’t belong on blog comments.
Thanks Larry!
Has someone Wilmar been photo documented in detail? If not, would it be possible to do so?
Pardon me. I see that it has.
@Ghill
Contact me via email or phone for details.
@GHill
no need for pardons. if you are interested in participating I have arranged with other groups some daylight opportunities to do so. just let me know your level of interest by email please.