SKYLINE TO MOUNTAINS

Ten floors up on the East Side, the living room is mostly glass. Downtown sits in the middle of the window, the North Shore mountains run across the top of it, and there is water on a clear day. This is a bright, modern three bedroom plus den, two bathroom home at Kensington Gardens by Westbank, a concrete high-rise built in 2018, with a balcony that runs the full width of the home, so the view is something you step out into rather than just look at. It faces away from Kingsway, on the quiet side of the building.

Inside, the kitchen is built around a big quartz island with a double undermount sink, German cabinetry, a Miele gas cooktop and a Blomberg dishwasher. The primary has a walk-in closet and an ensuite with a soaker tub, a separate glass shower and a double vanity, and there is a second full bathroom off the hall. A heat pump handles heating and air conditioning, and the part that changes the math: heat, hot water and A/C are all included in the strata fee.

Then there is the building. An outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, fitness centre, theatre, games room, playground and concierge, with a T&T Supermarket in the podium that you can reach from the parkade. Nanaimo SkyTrain, Trout Lake and Metrotown are all minutes away. Three bedrooms, this view, and a grocery store you never have to go outside for, at $885,000.