Regarding the unsold 4 bedroom apartment ....
People do not want to pay premium for something they have to finish and put more cash into
It’s ugly. Looks like an office. No warmth. Pics taken in winter make it look like prison in Siberia. And it’s all gray?? depressing AF. The view is nothing to put on a postcard.
There is a $765 a MONTH maintenance fee
The bathrooms are gross and cheap and need to be started over from scratch
At 1600 square feet with one main living area you’ve got a studio apartment with one decent sized bedroom, one kid room, one walk in closet, and a pantry. What single is going to want to live there, what family is going to want to live there? Any childless couple will be looking for something more attractive for that money with a lot less work.
My advice to the seller is suck it up and finish the job. Hire a decorator.
I agree with you that the condo board may have to suck it up and pay people to finish the job in order to sell it.
I don’t know if it is ugly, I don’t know how to quantify that.
I like the open main room, because you have a lot more freedom to organize how you use that room. I tend to be very utilitarian, so a room that is more usable to me is a more attractive room to me.
However, I don’t like the vaulted ceilings, because of the fact that you have to change the lightbulbs. That’s a problem for me because it means getting up on a couple of ladders, with a board between the two of them. That’s unnecessarily dangerous to me. Allthough, I have found light bulb extension poles that are supposed to allow you to change lightbulbs on high ceilings.
The rooftop units could be a problem. They might give off a constant hum. Not everybody can put up with that. I would want to put sound buffers between the unit and my condo, if it were possible.
The $765 is Canadian, not American. It’s about $560 USD. It is offset by heat/air conditioning and water. Where I live, the condo association takes $340/month and I still have to pay for my own heating and water and electricity.