Home in Sooke's Becher Bay sells for $6.5 million — and it's really, really nice
Credit to Author: Harrison Mooney| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 08:01:58 +0000
A home in Sooke has sold for $6.5 million, the highest recorded sale for 2019 in the Greater Victoria area and the second-priciest sale to date in the municipality.
The custom-designed, 5,672 sq. ft. home was built on the shores of Vancouver Island’s Becher Bay in 2015. It sits on 10 acres of land and boasts more than 1,620 linear feet of oceanfront with a private pebble beach and a private, 47 foot dock.
A home in Sooke has sold for $6.5 million, the highest-recorded sale for 2019 in the region.
Suffice it to say, the property features expansive ocean and mountain views — located on the Metchosin/Sooke border, it looks across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the Olympic Mountains.
A home in Sooke has sold for $6.5 million, the highest-recorded sale for 2019 in the region.
The surroundings are the main draw. One might say you can’t put a price on views like this, but you can, and it’s $6.5 million.
A home in Sooke has sold for $6.5 million, the highest-recorded sale for 2019 in the region.
The south-facing property also provides ample privacy, as well as its own microclimate due to protection from nearby Wolf Island.
The house is pretty nice, too, provided you like wood beams, open-concept spaces, and luxurious, stone fireplaces.
A home in Sooke has sold for $6.5 million, the highest-recorded sale for 2019 in the region.
What’s more, it comes with an even smaller house — a secluded, 882 sq. ft. self-contained suite — so guests can enjoy the same privacy as their hosts, as well as a 1,214 sq. ft. garage, so cars can enjoy the same privacy as people.
Sotheby’s is celebrating the sale as evidence that consumer confidence in the region’s luxury real estate market has stabilized following the B.C. government’s 2018 introduction of a speculation and vacancy tax for residential properties in certain regions.
There have been five significant home sales over $4 million in the Greater Victoria area this year, the highest reported sale being a $4.7 million property in Oak Bay. The Victoria Real Estate Board also reported an 3.5 per cent year-over-year uptick in residential real estate sales last month.
“The sale of this extraordinary estate reflects enduring demand for luxury real estate in the Greater Victoria area,” said Sotheby’s agent Glynis MacLeod. “While on the market, this property received strong interest from Canadian and international buyers who appreciated it as a rare opportunity to secure a premier piece of West Coast real estate.
The buyer, who was not named, is from Ontario.
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