Every guide I have written about buying and selling on the North Shore, in one place. Each one is checked against the City, the Province or the Canada Revenue Agency before it goes up, and dated so you can see how fresh it is.
Neighbourhoods and what to check before you buy
Central Lonsdale, North Vancouver
The North Shore’s most walkable neighbourhood — the hospital, the new recreation centre, and the twenty-year plan for the street.
Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
The Shipyards, the SeaBus, and what the buildings down here are really made of.
Lynn Valley, North Vancouver
Trees, space and a car — what you get and what you give up.
Buried oil tanks
The most expensive surprise on a North Shore house, and the one a home inspection will not find.
Leaky condos and rainscreening
How to read the minutes and the depreciation report before you buy into a special levy.
Strata depreciation reports
What the report actually tells you about the next ten years of bills.
Older North Shore homes: what to check
Wiring, plumbing, tanks and roofs, in the order they cost you money.
Building permit history
How to find out whether the work on a house was ever permitted.
Protect your view
Whether the lot in front of you can be built up, and how to find the answer before you buy.
How many homes per lot
What the new provincial rules allow on a single North Vancouver lot.
North Shore market numbers
Current benchmark prices, updated against the board’s monthly release.
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