From CTV News (Bell Media):

“It might seem pretty rare to find a house with an elevator, but chances are higher you might find one in Calgary these days.”

  • kandoh@reddthat.com
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    2 hours ago

    It must be nice to have so much money that they can indulge their sentimentality like that.

    Imagine having to move into a new house without stairs, they’d lose the will to live and die after a month

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      It might be a purely financial decision of “we want to keep living independently but we can’t afford to buy a different house than the one we locked in 40 years ago, so lets spend a few thousand putting in an elevator instead of spending hundreds of thousands changing houses” since some major cities have housing markets that are simply that extreme

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        1 hour ago

        My googling tells me:

        The typical cost to install a home elevator in a two-story house ranges from $30,000 to $60,000 on average

        Minimum cost: Around $20,000

        Maximum cost: Up to $100,000 or more

        National average: Approximately $48,000