You can own a five-bedroom Edwardian home in New Westminster for just $99,000 — but there’s a catch.
The sale applies only to the 1908 house, not to the property in Glenbrooke North that it’s sitting on, and you’ll have to have it moved elsewhere to do anything with it.
The 115-year-old home at 723 Fourth St. was recently put up for sale.
A heritage assessment that was done on the home in 2021 said the house was in “fair to good condition,” though back and side additions were found to be in poorer shape.
It was also found to have “minimal historical association of great significance.”
The house is part of an interesting period of New West history, though, according to that same heritage assessment. It’s one of the oldest homes on the street (though not the oldest; that distinction belongs to number 731, which was built in 1901). The homes were constructed during an early-20th-century building boom following the Great Fire of 1898 that destroyed much of the downtown.
As the city rebuilt, it also began to expand and develop to the north, away from the river, in areas such as Glenbrooke North.
“The house at 723 Fourth Street is a product of the Edwardian boom associated and connected with the economic growth and development in the area prior to the First World War,” noted the heritage assessment.
(Curious? You can find the full assessment in the Feb. 8, 2021 New Westminster land use and planning committee agenda.)
1908 home has 1,677 square feet, five bedrooms
Now, the house is ready for a buyer who’d be willing to have it hauled elsewhere to give it a new life.
Its listing notes it’s 1,677 square feet, with 1,168 square feet on the main floor, 509 square feet on the upper level. It has two bathrooms (one full and one half) and two kitchens, with a total of five bedrooms – two on the main floor and three above.
The $99,000 price tag is in line with the home’s assessed value for 2023. B.C. Assessment said the building was worth $91,700, while the remainder of the property’s $1.76 million assessed value was in the land.
Check out its real estate listing for full details.
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