Fairview Real Estate & Houses for Sale

Fairview is a "jack-of-all-trades" when it comes to the ambience of this part of Vancouver. Fairview is quiet overall, as there isn't a lot of street noise or city clamour. Accessing parks, like Douglas Park and Vanier Park, is easy from most locations within the neighbourhood since there are over 50 of them nearby for residents to visit. Lastly, there are numerous things to do in this part of the city to discover. The streets are almost always busy with people, there are many nearby entertainment venues, and with its around 50 bars, it is very easy to find a place to grab a drink since they are generally located very close by. Broadway in particular offers a broad selection of places to go out at night.

Transportation

This area does not demand use of a car because several other methods of transportation are available. Home buyers can count on public transit to get around in Fairview due to a multitude of nearby rapid transit stations on the Canada Line and Expo Line, and around 30 nearby bus lines. Traveling by walking is also very practical for residents in Fairview; most common errands can be run without a vehicle, and a variety of businesses are very close at hand. Fairview will attract physically active home buyers because it is very suited for cycling. More precisely, the bicycling infrastructure is good, and a bike share station is always located nearby.

Housing

In Fairview, the majority of dwellings are small apartment buildings, whereas the remainder are mainly large apartment buildings. This neighbourhood offers mainly two bedroom and one bedroom homes. Roughly 60% of the units in the neighbourhood are occupied by renters while owners occupy the remainder. About 30% of homes in this part of the city were built between 1960 and 1980, while the majority of the remaining buildings were constructed pre-1960 and in the 1980s.

Services

In this part of Vancouver, parents and their schoolchildren will typically be able to reach schools and daycares by walking. Concerning eating, a general and a specialty grocery store is always only a very short distance away in Fairview. Cambie Street is among the best streets for groceries. Moreover, owing to over 400 restaurants and over 50 coffee shops, this neighbourhood is a great place in which to go out to eat, for example on 4th Avenue. It is also especially easy to reach a variety of clothing stores on foot, for example along Granville Street.