East end is leading housing boom
The east end is leading the housing boom; house prices continue to rise; Hochelaga-Maisonneuve’s first house listed at more than $1M goes on the market.
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david100 21:14 on 2020-01-09 Permalink
A few years ago, I was walking around Maisonneuve knocking on doors for the NDP candidate, and I was just amazed at how many new homes had gone up, totally off my highly Ville Marie/Plateau-centric radar. It was eye-opening and impressive.
Robert H 22:14 on 2020-01-09 Permalink
À l’arrière de cette façade de plex humble et classique se trouve…un veritable palais! Je m’en prendrais , faut que j’appelle mon baquier d’abord. C’est officiel: on a decouvert Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Restent-ils encore des secrets immobilière à Montréal?
Kate 23:08 on 2020-01-09 Permalink
RobertH: I know a couple of areas in town which are not yet spoiled in that way, but I’m sure as hell not going to list them here.
Mr.Chinaski 10:08 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
I will : Ville-Émard, Cartierville, le vieux-Lasalle (Bronx), Sault-au-Récollets dans Ahuntsic, Longue-Pointe. Il ne reste que pas mal juste ça dans le “Montréal-central”. Dans quelques années, le REM va ouvrir d’autres secteurs.
Robert H 10:58 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
Shhhhh!
Blork 12:05 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
I finally took a look at that house. Eww. I am not impressed by that reno job. The materials and proportions are totally wrong for a space like that. For example, those highly patterned ceilings like you see in the dining room and a sitting room can be very impressive with a 12-foot (or higher) ceiling. Put them in a house with a nine-foot ceiling and they become oppressive. Plus all that texture and tone in a house with many small rooms. OMG it makes me want to flee! Just looking at the photos has me reaching for the Atavan!
walkerp 12:29 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
It’s horrific. It screams 90s Quebec rock star filtered through garbage east coast contractors using faux-expensive materials. And I bet the original fixtures and decor were so beautiful.
Dhomas 19:53 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
@Mr. Chinaski: my parents live in Sault-au-Récollets. The houses on their block are selling for over 1 million dollars.
@Walkerp: I was shopping for a house about 4-5 years ago. Already then, “HoMa” was in full gentrification. All that was on the market at the time were fixer-uppers that were real expensive, not including the several tens of thousands of dollars in renos/repairs. I would see what people would put out on garbage day and it was often Ikea boxes with old, real wood furniture next to it. Some of the houses I visited had beautiful wood mouldings and even built-in wooden furniture like “vaisselier” (what’s the word for this in English?).
Kate 20:37 on 2020-01-10 Permalink
Dhomas: China cabinet? My Villeray flat has one – a corner cabinet in the middle room. This building dates from around 1930. Friends who lived in a building of similar vintage in NDG had exactly the same cabinet in their place. One of the regulars who comments here has very similar cabinets in his place in Rosemont.
I was once in a place in the posh part of St-Hubert Street in the Plateau, the sort of very high-end triplexes built for professional people back in the day, between Roy and Rachel. The built-in cabinetry there was spectacular – looked like confessionals in an upscale church.