07-24-2018, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Castle that gave Calgary its name is for sale
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...tors-1.4758534
Looks over Calgary Bay. Looks beautiful and available for a cool 1.2 Mil. Thought the price would be much higher than that. Always thought it would be cool to live in a castle. Until the maintenance bills start to pile up anyways.
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07-24-2018, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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CP group buy?
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07-24-2018, 04:16 PM
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That's a good deal for a castle.
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07-24-2018, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Wow what a cool location.
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07-24-2018, 04:33 PM
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It's not really a castle. Looks like one, though, and yeah, 1.2 mil is cheap. Issue is, can you get there?
EDIT: For whatever reason, I checked. If you fly into Glasgow, it's about a 2 hour drive to Oban, then a 45 minute ferry to the island, then an hour's drive across the island. So about 4 hours once you land, if you have a car.
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Last edited by CorsiHockeyLeague; 07-24-2018 at 04:38 PM.
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07-24-2018, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's not really a castle.
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Very true. That being said, it looks like it has a battlement between the turrets. That's Castley enough for me 
And the view from up there would be incredible at sunset. There is a documentary on Netflix about British Castles. Very much worth a watch if you like castles.
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07-24-2018, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Definition of castle
1 a : a large fortified building or set of buildings
b : a massive or imposing house
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/castle
Looks like a castle to me.
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07-24-2018, 04:40 PM
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An actual castle castle is the first definition, and the key is "fortified" - that is, built to withstand an assault. This structure was not built to do that.
Anyway, I wonder what it would cost to build something like this. I'd guess far more than 1.2 million.
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07-24-2018, 05:19 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Me, after closing the deal...
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07-24-2018, 05:58 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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If I was Murray Edwards I would buy it. He's over there anyway. Of course I could think of a lot of ways to spend a billionaire's pocket change.
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07-24-2018, 06:33 PM
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Norm!
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For 1.2 million get a bunch of CP members to buy it and we can use it as a vacation time share/lair of total no Oiler fans allowed.
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07-24-2018, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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For $1.2 million, you could buy this castle... or a duplex in Bankview.
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Typical dumb take.
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07-24-2018, 07:56 PM
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#14
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
CP group buy?
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CP HQ Europe.
Plans for world domination advancing on schedule.
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07-24-2018, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Scottish real estate is a bit different. Different as in not straightforward at all.
Properties (like this one) can be listed as offers over 1.2M.
You then have to go to a lawyer and get them to note your interest and once the seller feels they have enough interest they can put a closing date for offers.
https://www.mov8realestate.com/2013/...-should-i-pay/
*edit*
Here's the listing and a bit of random did you know from it.
https://www.uklandandfarms.co.uk/rur...318_sfa180009/
Calgary being Gaelic for ‘beach of the meadow'.
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07-24-2018, 08:28 PM
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broke the first rule
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's not really a castle. Looks like one, though, and yeah, 1.2 mil is cheap. Issue is, can you get there?
EDIT: For whatever reason, I checked. If you fly into Glasgow, it's about a 2 hour drive to Oban, then a 45 minute ferry to the island, then an hour's drive across the island. So about 4 hours once you land, if you have a car.
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If I'm buying a castle, you can be damn sure I'm also getting a helicopter to take me there from the airport.
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07-25-2018, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's not really a castle. Looks like one, though, and yeah, 1.2 mil is cheap. Issue is, can you get there?
EDIT: For whatever reason, I checked. If you fly into Glasgow, it's about a 2 hour drive to Oban, then a 45 minute ferry to the island, then an hour's drive across the island. So about 4 hours once you land, if you have a car.
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Yeah, I likely wouldnt make it past there.
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07-25-2018, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by tvp2003
That view...
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Waaaaaitt just a second....
Who are those little scumbags living within my fiefdom down on the lower left there?
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07-25-2018, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Waaaaaitt just a second....
Who are those little scumbags living within my fiefdom down on the lower left there?
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Your house keepers.
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