Changing the rules of Vancouver house hunting

It’s time to get our search on. With a mortgage pre-approval already in place, we had to give Agent Awesome some basic parameters.

• We only plan to stay in the apartment 1 year;
• We want it as ugly as he can find it.

That’s structurally sound, no nasty surprises, just really ugly. Our criteria will differ slightly from a typical Vancouver buyer, in that we have no interest in the new, shiny condos that dominate this property market. (Much like those in Vancouver’s Olympic Village).

Instead, our priorities:

1. Price (just like everyone else)
2. Location (fairly typical)
3. Ugliness. So ugly you can’t look at it straight on.

Let’s see how he does – lots of open houses to hit this weekend. (I wonder if he calls us his ugly clients).

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Photo credit to Roland Tanglao, Eyesplash, and Roland Tanglao again via Flickr Creative Commons.