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As the B.C. real estate market continues to heat up and people start to look farther afield for property to invest in, one Lower Mainland real estate company is offering a rural escape that could see you be the owner of your own island.
From tiny parcels of land for $40,000 to semi-remote 10,000-acre cattle ranches, LandQuest Realty bills itself as "The Source' for Oceanfront, Lakefront, Islands, Ranches, Resorts & Land in British Columbia."
Among its listings is a two-and-a-half acre private island a few minutes from Saltery Bay on the Sunshine Coast, just 30 minutes from the town of Powell River.
Listed at $1,089,000, Dragonfly Island has what LandQuest is calling a small "starter cabin" and a dock, and more than enough room for a nicer, more permanent structure.
It has "panoramic seascapes" looking out onto Texada and other islands, as well as lots of trees, including one "beautiful gnarled mature Arbutus tree... found outcropping on the ledge of the south eastern tip bordering this site."
"Presenting various resourceful attributes, the Island's surroundings gift abundant oyster beds, clams, salmon, cod and prawn fishing," the listing adds.
In the heady atmosphere of Vancouver real estate, $1 million puts buyers in teardown territory, making this island an attractive option.
