13-bedroom Calgary house draws attention from city officials

[Fighting Banana Slug]

I thought a bedroom required a closet. 4 bed/9 den? lol.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

So this is for those families who have 4 generations living under the same roof I gather.

That wild for 1100?? Square feet.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

So this is for those families who have 4 generations living under the same roof I gather.

That wild for 1100?? Square feet.

This is not for families. It's for temporary foreign workers and people with student visas.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

So this is for those families who have 4 generations living under the same roof I gather.

That wild for 1100?? Square feet.

I think families would be fine with close quarters and wouldn't need so many seperate bedrooms. More likely rented to new immigrants who need cheap accommodations while get settled. This is a little much though.

[You Need a Thneed]

The houses designed for the multi generational families are not built like this. You can go see showhomes in some places in the NE and see houses that are.

This house, with is proximity to the train station, is for young singles that just want to have a place to sleep.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

The houses designed for the multi generational families are not built like this. You can go see showhomes in some places in the NE and see houses that are.

This house, with is proximity to the train station, is for young singles that just want to have a place to sleep.

Y'all are assuming there is only one person per room...I'm not gonna make that leap.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

That RE guy should get into the hillside subterranean bachelor studio scene. No codes!

[lazypucker]

If you need a place to stay in Calgary and can only afford to pay $400 rent a month, where can you go? These kind of houses are all over major cities, especially in areas where there are a lot of students and foreign workers/new immigrants...

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

So this is for those families who have 4 generations living under the same roof I gather.

That wild for 1100?? Square feet.

In Calgary (or Alberta), only the main and upper floors square footage is included on MLS. I presume the basement level is the same, so probably closer to 2000 - 2200 sq ft.

[marsplasticeraser]

Originally Posted by GGG

I think we should have more properly designed housing like this. If you had proper group bathrooms with a urinal and a stall so you get get up to 5 toilets and 6 shower stalls and have an eating area with multiple fridges and two sets of laundry machines you’d have a pretty good system.

This size of room with shared facilities should be part of our solution to homelessness. Security would be a challange. But a bunkhouse isn’t inherantly bad.

I agree, we need better options for people on a tight budget, and we don't all need a self-contained flat.

I lived in places like this house in whitehorn while working in London 25 years ago, and it was ok. but inherently converting a home to this environment has a lot of tradeoffs and the layout and all of sharing a single kitchen and washroom sucked, also no common space.

In contrast, my residence room in university was way more efficient for design, and also much better for me as it had all i needed in one rectangular space. Door and washroom at the front, then single bed, long desk, drawers, fridge and window. I bet it was 8' by 14', so 96' feet. Lots of great common areas for us to use as well.

[Sylvanfan]

What this plans don't show is that each bedroom is divided in half vertically so it's really 26 sleeping areas.

Like that Seinfeld where Kramer had like 6 people sleeping in his dresser.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

13 bedrooms and 1(one) bathroom and they have started locking the bathrooms at McDonald’s.

every room comes with several empty 2-liter Coke bottles so no worries there

[Locke]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

every room comes with several empty 2-liter Coke bottles so no worries there

Thats the way of the road Bubs.

[TheKiprusoffResurrection]

When I lived in Sydney, I was buying something off a guy I found on gumtree (Aussie kijiji). He told me to come to his apartment in the CBD. When I arrived I found a very interesting arrangement. 3 bedroom place, 2 bunk beds in each bedroom and 2 more in the living room. 16 people living in a 3 bedroom flat with 1.5 baths. Seemed to all be students/young workers from China.

The guy told me they pay $500/mth each. Landlord bringing $8k month rent on a dated 3 bedroom worth maybe $2700 max. He said it was worth it for them as any full room in the CBD is $1000+ and none of them were home that much. Seemed horrific to me.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Is Justin Havre sleazy? I've never heard anything of him ither than seeing his ads where he looks fun and hilarious. An ad would never lie, would it?

No clue but his gf is a smokeshow.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Oh look the realtor is none other than Justin ####ing Havre. Sleazy little ####er. Of course it's him peddling this too.

I have no idea if the guy is sleazy but for someone with enough money to run TV ads, you'd think he'd have enough money to buy a suit that fits. Suit coat/sport coat is too tight across the shoulders and mid section and the freaking flood pants with white scrunched up sports socks shoved into 90s loafers? Come on, brodude.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Locke

Could you imagine being a neighbour? The parking situation would be atrocious.

I'd think very few of the tenants would have cars. Checking both satellite and streetview, it looks like street parking is only about 1/3 full on that block (though that's just a snapshot in time)

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by TheKiprusoffResurrection

When I lived in Sydney, I was buying something off a guy I found on gumtree (Aussie kijiji). He told me to come to his apartment in the CBD. When I arrived I found a very interesting arrangement. 3 bedroom place, 2 bunk beds in each bedroom and 2 more in the living room. 16 people living in a 3 bedroom flat with 1.5 baths. Seemed to all be students/young workers from China.

The guy told me they pay $500/mth each. Landlord bringing $8k month rent on a dated 3 bedroom worth maybe $2700 max. He said it was worth it for them as any full room in the CBD is $1000+ and none of them were home that much. Seemed horrific to me.

Yep, very common here with international students etc. Multiply the situation in Calgary probably by 10.

We've got two world class universities within the CBD, and immigration seems to be a free for all these days. A newspaper should probably do a proper investigation on this, people would be surprised how widespread it is. When people my age (late twenties) are paying $2000/month for a basic one-bedroom within a reasonable distance from the city, you can see why some do it.

[T-Dog]

That many people living in a small bungalow who are all cooking, bathing, etc can create humidity problems in an older house in the winter too.

[Geraldsh]

This house was on the news last night. They didn’t know much about it other than some neighbours were concerned about who lived there. One interviewee said it was people she didn’t even know.