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Beautiful, bright, three-bedroom house. A perfect home base, in an excellent location, for exploring Victoria and outlining areas.
House • Victoria BC Canada
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Listed September 2023
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General overview
Bright, three-bedroom, two bathroom house just a 20-minute drive from beautiful downtown Victoria. Condé Nast Traveler named Victoria as the Best Small City in the World 2023. With everything you need, our house is the perfect location for both travellers or families looking for a place to call home while exploring Victoria as well as all the incredible places that Vancouver Island has to offer.
The space
The house is at the end of a nice cul-de-sac in the Strawberry Vale area of Victoria. Open concept kitchen and living area with a wall-mounted heat-pump/air conditioner. Wifi and a 46" big screen TV with cable and Netflix. Large outdoor deck with BBQ grill and table with umbrella and chairs to enjoy outdoor dining. Master bedroom includes a king-size bed and ensuite. Second bedroom with a twin-size bed. Third bedroom includes a twin-size bed.
Guest access
We live on the top floor of our two-level house.
Notes
We have a guest suite downstairs that we rent. The laundry room is in a shared area on the first level and has private access for both you and the guests in the suite so you will not need to interact with the downstairs guests in the laundry area. The downstairs guests will have access to the laundry room only one day per week which will be pre-determined prior to your time in the house.
Please note: there is a severe peanut allergy in our family. If you use peanuts while staying in our home, we ask that you clean up afterwards appropriately, please.
Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Fridge
Iron
Hair dryer
Heating
Air conditioning
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
BBQ
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Tennis court
Travel Styles
Long term
Adventure
Budget
Family
Sport and leisure
Foodie
Relaxing
City
Mountains
Beach
Water
Culture
Hiking
Cycling
Good public transport
Golf
House rules
Unsuitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets not allowed
No smoking
Allergens
Cat free
Dog free
Smoke free
Dates of Availability
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Neighbourhood
Victoria is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Condé Nast Traveler named Victoria as the Best Small City in the World 2023.
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/2014-10-20top-25-cities-in-the-world-readers-choice-awards-2014
https://www.tourismvictoria.com/
Our house is located at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Strawberry Vale area of Victoria. Steps away from Rosedale Park (which includes tennis courts), and Knockan Hill Park. Two nice restaurants within a short walking distance: Crooked Goose Smokehouse and Cherry's Breakfast Bistro. Very close to Highland Pacific Golf Course, Esquimalt Lagoon, Beaver and Elk Lake, Thetis Lake Park, and Saanich Commonwealth Place Recreation Center (weight room, pool, library) https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/parks-recreation-community/recreation/facilities/saanich-commonwealth-place.html
Victoria's world-famous Butchart's Gardens is only a 19 minute drive from our house (13.4 kms).
https://www.butchartgardens.com/
Esquimalt Lagoon, with its beautiful beach, is a migratory bird sanctuary and is only a 10 minute drive from our house.
Thetis Lake Park is 9 minutes away. It has a beautiful loop for walking around the lake through the forest and has swimming in the summer.
Beaver/Elk Lake park is 12 minutes away. It has a 10km flat loop through forest right next to the lakes which is used for walking and horse riding and is also used as a course for triathlon races including Ironman 70.3. I run there often. It's excellent.
Downtown Victoria's inner harbour includes, among other things: the BC Legislature, Royal BC Museum, Harbour Ferry, Fairmont Empress Hotel, and Fisherman's Wharf, Whale-Watching tours.
https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/
https://victoriaharbourferry.com/
https://fishermanswharfvictoria.ca/
Next to Beacon Hill Park, (where also there is an animal petting zoo), you can walk along Dallas Rd. and the waterfront with a spectacular view of the Olympic mountains across the Salish Sea and the Beacon Drive In restaurant has fantastic soft ice cream. https://www.beacondrivein.ca/
Getting to my home
Our house, via highway 17, is a 25-minute drive from Victoria International Airport and a 28-minute drive from Swartz Bay ferry terminal to take BC Ferries to Vancouver and the Gulf Islands.
https://www.bcferries.com/
Nearest airport
Victoria International Airport (YYJ)
Getting around
The house is well located for getting to downtown Victoria or the outlying areas. Via the Trans-Canada Highway no. 1, the house is an easy 20-minute drive south into the heart of downtown Victoria. Driving north on Highway no. 1 will take you up Vancouver Island. Alternative, highway 14 takes you out the west side of the island.
BC Transit bus stops are a 3 minute walk from the house which can take you to the inner harbour of downtown Victoria in approximately 40 minutes.
Day trips to Vancouver or the Gulf Islands are easily possible with BC Ferries. Also, the FRS Clipper can take you directly to Seattle in 2 hours and 45 minutes.
For cyclists who want to access the Galloping Goose Trail, it is a 6 minute bike ride away. A large trail network, it's a 25-minute bike ride to downtown Victoria.
https://www.crd.bc.ca/docs/default-source/crd-document-library/maps/parks-trails/rp_parks_trails_brochure_noparknumbers.pdf?sfvrsn=bfde9fc9_13
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David
Hello fellow travellers! We are a family of three from the west coast (best coast) of Canada in beautiful Victoria, BC. My wife, Mieka, and I are both professional classical musicians (Mieka plays the viola, I play the trumpet) and we're parents of 13-year-old Marcel. We are all originally from Victoria. Our musical activities allow us to travel during the summer which we love to do. We have hosted guests in a suite in our house using Airbnb since 2017. Looking forward to seeing what adventures we can have with PLU.
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