Project Description
Ground-floor suites with their own street entrance are rare in this part of East Van — and the ones that come up tend to be in older buildings, with smaller layouts, or on louder blocks. Not this one.
This 2-bed, 2-bath corner suite is in Vintage Eastside, a low-rise concrete-and-frame building on a quiet stretch of East 16th, set between Main Street and Fraser Street. You come and go through your own door at street level — not a lobby, not a hallway, not someone else’s floor — and the home opens onto two of the best food and coffee corridors in the city.
First impressions
The entry opens onto a bright, open living-dining-kitchen, anchored by a natural-gas fireplace. Laminate floors run throughout. The building is set back from 16th and fully rainscreened, which together make the home noticeably quieter than the address might suggest.
It’s 784 square feet, and the layout uses every foot of it. Nothing feels wedged in, nothing feels wasted.
The suite
The primary bedroom is a proper retreat: walk-in closet and full ensuite. The second bedroom is a real second bedroom — not a den-with-a-window — and shares the second full bath. A flex nook does double duty as storage or a small workspace, depending on what you need.
A small detail worth flagging: natural gas is included in the strata fees. That means the fireplace and any future gas appliances are essentially free to run — the kind of thing that quietly adds up over a year and that buyers rarely think to check.
Why Vintage Eastside
The building was built in 1999 — old enough to have proven itself, recent enough to have been built with modern construction standards. It’s 45 units across multiple storeys, on a concrete foundation, fully rainscreened.
What you get with the suite:
- One underground parking stall
- Shared EV charger
- Bike room
- Elevator
- In-suite laundry
Strata fees run $610.62 a month and include natural gas. The strata itself is proactive and well-funded — the kind of thing you only really appreciate when you’ve seen the alternative. Pets are welcome (up to two, cats or dogs). Rentals are permitted with some restrictions; no Airbnb.
The neighbourhood
This pocket of East Van has done something unusual in the last decade — it’s grown without losing itself. Savio Volpe, Bells & Whistles, and Earnest Ice Cream are all walking distance, along with the wider catalogue of independent shops, bakeries, and restaurants that have given this part of the city its current identity. Main Street is on one side, Fraser Street on the other, and the suite sits on the quieter residential stretch between them.
Transit is a block away, with direct bus service downtown. Families on the block, kids on the sidewalks, weekend lineups for coffee, and a real sense that people who move here stay.
Come see it
If the idea of a Main-and-Fraser address with your own front door sounds like the right next step, we’d love to show you through. Reach out to book a private viewing.
Contact Naomi at 604-781-0207 or naomi@naomimorrison.com to arrange a viewing. Listed at $739,000. MLS® R3130535.
