Mission Bridge Estates

This is a 16-suite concrete walk-up building with all outdoor parking, built in 1965 and condo converted and renovated in 1999-2000. All suites were opened up from the old galley-kitchen layouts, so every suite is wide open. In-suite laundries were installed, which cost each suite a closet, so there's not a lot of storage in the suites, although there's so much open space I'd put in a wardrobe or two and stuff them full.

Parking is surveyed around back, but not titled. Because stalls are surveyed on the Plan, the condo corporation could issue leases (already done?), so every suite owner would have that additional assurance of which stall is theirs. The renovations included parquet hardwood floors, tiled kitchens, white or maple kitchen cabinets and soaker tubs. There are eight two-bedroom suites of 795 square feet, seven one-bedroom suites of 613 square feet, and one ground-floor bachelor suite of 453 sq. ft.

There's some traffic noise from 25th Avenue, of course, but this location is just a block off the Elbow River with million dollar neighbours on the same block, and with Fourth Street SW a few steps away; nice! Exterior windows and doors are common property for maintenance and their eventual replacement. I have the Condo Plan on file.

With no elevators or amenities, condo contributions should always be reasonable here.