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Edited · lawn regenerated, daylight to dusk 3491 West 40th Avenue from the street at dusk, the windows lit

Dunbar · Vancouver West

3491 West 40th Avenue

A 1996 house on a corner lot, taken back to the studs inside in 2019: four bedrooms and five bathrooms over three levels, 3,891 square feet, with a theatre and a wet bar below and a double garage off the side.

$4,280,000 MLS® R3155819, listed 14 August 2026 by RE/MAX Crest Realty. Gross taxes $17,875.50 for 2026. Price and availability subject to change.
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The house

Three floors, one long renovation

3491 West 40th Avenue stands on a corner in Dunbar, 250 metres east of Dunbar Street and one block north of West 41st. The City of Vancouver’s local planning area for this address is Dunbar-Southlands; the MLS® listing files it under the sub-area Dunbar. The front door faces south, onto West 40th.

The house was built in 1996 and the listing records it as completely renovated in 2019. What that bought is visible in the photographs: white oak floors throughout, a kitchen of pale wood and white stone, marble bathrooms, new windows, and Hunter Douglas coverings on them. The exterior is stucco over a wood frame on a concrete perimeter, under a concrete tile roof.

There are 3,891 square feet inside over three levels. The main floor holds the living and dining rooms, the kitchen and breakfast area, the family room, an office and the laundry. The three bedrooms are on the upper floor, each with a bathroom of its own. The lower floor adds a fourth bedroom, a full bathroom, a theatre, a recreation room and a wet bar with a glass-fronted wine store beside it.

Heat is forced air on natural gas, there is air conditioning, one gas fireplace, and parking for four with two of those covered in the double garage. MLS® records the suite field as None: this is a single-family house and the page does not describe it as anything else.

Address
3491 West 40th AvenueVancouver, BC V6N 3B5
Neighbourhood
DunbarCity of Vancouver local planning area: Dunbar-Southlands. MLS® sub-area: Dunbar.
Type
Detached houseTwo storey with basement, freehold, not strata
Built
1996As listed on MLS®. Renovated 2019.
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
5Four full, one two-piece
Floor area
3,891 sq ft1,506 main, 1,259 upper, 1,126 lower, as listed on MLS®
Deck
139 sq ft17′7″ × 7′9″, off the breakfast area
Lot
61.62 × 101.50 ft6,254 sq ft, 0.14 acre. The listing describes it as a corner property, and the photographs show streets on two sides.
Zoning
R1-1Residential Inclusive, on the City of Vancouver’s 2026 assessment roll for this parcel. The MLS® field says only RES. What R1-1 permits here is a question for the City.
Heating
Forced airNatural gas. Air conditioning. One gas fireplace.
Parking
4Two covered in the double garage, accessed from the side
Roof
Concrete tile
Floors
Hardwood
Suite
NoneThe board’s own field
Basement
FullThree levels, eighteen rooms, one kitchen
Services
CityElectricity, natural gas and water connected; municipal sewer and water
Title
FreeholdNot strata
PID
003-149-145Lot 29, Block 13, Plan VAP3175, District Lot 2027, Group 1, New Westminster Land District
Gross taxes
$17,875.50For 2026, as listed on MLS®. Utilities not included.

Outside

The corner, the deck and the lane

10 photographs

Three of the fifty-eight photographs on this page were digitally edited, and each one carries a label saying which edit it was. Two had the lawn regenerated, because the grass was dry when we photographed in August. The picture at the top of the page is one of those two, and it was also converted from daylight to dusk.

Before any of them was placed, every frame our AI returned was laid beside the camera original it came from. Five lawn frames came back and we rejected three. Two had deleted the clipped boxwood hedges along the front retaining walls and put plain grass in their place. The third had re-laid the tiles on the garage roof, tidying away a disturbed patch near the ridge. Those three views are published as photographed instead, dry grass and all — a brown August lawn is a fact, and a repaired roof is not.

Nothing was added to any room, and no furniture on this page is virtual. Everything you see indoors was in the house on the day.

Edited · lawn regenerated The south front of 3491 West 40th Avenue in daylight, the entrance steps rising between clipped hedges
The south front by day. The same elevation as the photograph at the top of the page. The lawn here was digitally regenerated; the house, the hedges and the stonework are as photographed.
3491 West 40th Avenue from the east, showing the corner and the terraced front garden
From the east, along West 40th. The front garden is terraced in two levels of block wall, each topped with a clipped boxwood hedge.
3491 West 40th Avenue from the west, a mature Japanese maple in the foreground
From the west, under one of the two mature Japanese maples that stand either side of the walk.
Edited · lawn regenerated The side lawn and path running along the flank of the house toward the street
The side lawn, looking back toward the street. The grass here was digitally regenerated; the planting, the path and the stone edging are as photographed.
The double garage and its driveway, seen from the lane
The double garage, reached from the side. Four parking spaces in total, two of them under cover.
The back of the house with its raised deck and glass railing
The back of the house, with the deck off the breakfast area.
The rear elevation from the far side of the paved yard
The rear elevation from across the paving.
The back garden, paved terrace and lawn, with the garage beyond
The back garden: a paved terrace, a run of lawn, and the garage at the end. Published as photographed — the AI version of this frame was rejected.
Seating on the rear deck beside the sliding door
The deck measures 17′7″ by 7′9″ and opens off the breakfast area.
The deck looking out over the fenced back garden and its trees
Looking out from the deck. The garden is fenced on all sides.

Main floor · 1,506 sq ft

Nine-foot ceilings, front to back

23 photographs

Living and dining across the front, kitchen and breakfast area through the middle, family room at the back beside the fireplace. An office off the foyer, a two-piece bathroom and the laundry behind it.

The entrance hall with the front door and the staircase rising to the right
The foyer, 13′2″ by 10′4″, with the coat cupboards built into the wall opposite the door.
The hall looking past the wood-panelled partition toward the living room, staircase on the right
Looking through from the foyer. The oak-panelled partition separates the hall from the living room without closing it off.
The living room with a bay window to the front garden and the front door beyond
The living room, 13′2″ by 15′7″, looking toward the front door. The bay window faces south over the garden.
The living room from the far end, showing the staircase and the hall beyond
From the far end of the room, with the staircase and the hall beyond.
The living room looking back at the panelled wall and the stair
The panelled wall carries the room’s only built-in shelf. The stair runs up behind it.
The living room looking west along the front of the house toward the piano
Living and dining run together across the front of the house. The dining room is at the far end.
The dining room at the front-west corner, windows on two walls, currently holding a grand piano
The dining room, 11′8″ by 10′9″, at the front-west corner with windows on two walls. It is staged as a music room; the plan names it the dining room.
The family room with a gas fireplace flanked by oak built-in shelving
The family room, 16′3″ by 12′11″. The one fireplace in the house is here, gas, set between oak shelving.
The family room looking through to the breakfast area and kitchen
Looking through to the breakfast area and the kitchen beyond.
The bay window in the family room with a window seat and shelving beside it
The bay at the back of the family room, with a seat under the window.
The family room from the fireplace end, the breakfast area visible beyond
From the fireplace end. Nothing on the main floor is closed off from anything else.
The breakfast area with a round table, windows and doors to the deck
The breakfast area, 18′0″ by 12′11″, with the doors to the deck on the left.
The breakfast area looking across to the family room and its fireplace
Across to the family room. The back of the house is one room in three parts.
The breakfast table laid, the fireplace beyond
The table sits between the kitchen and the fireplace.
The kitchen island in white stone with the tall cabinet wall behind
The island runs the length of the room, in white stone with a waterfall end.
The kitchen from the far end, looking through to the breakfast area
From the far end, looking through to the breakfast area.
The kitchen with its gas range, wall hood and island, the family room beyond
The kitchen, 18′4″ by 13′0″. Gas range under a wall hood, integrated fridge and freezer, dishwasher, and a run of tall cabinetry in pale oak.
The kitchen island with bar stools, the tall oak cabinet wall behind
Three stools sit along the island. The tall wall behind hides the pantry and the fridge.
The kitchen sink under its window, worktop running to the corner
The sink sits under a window on the west wall.
The office off the foyer, a desk under two windows
The office, 11′11″ by 10′0″, off the foyer at the front-east corner.
The office from the doorway, windows on the far wall
It has a door of its own and windows on two sides.
The two-piece bathroom on the main floor, marble walls and a black basin
The two-piece bathroom on the main floor, 4′4″ by 4′8″, in book-matched marble.
The laundry room with a full-size washer and dryer under a run of cabinets
The laundry, 8′1″ by 6′11″, with a sink and a full-size washer and dryer.

Upper floor · 1,259 sq ft

Three bedrooms, three bathrooms

15 photographs

Each of the three bedrooms up here has a bathroom of its own. Ceilings run from eight to ten feet, with skylights over the landing and the primary bathroom.

The upper landing under a skylight, black steel balusters along the stairwell
The landing, lit by a skylight, with the loft beyond.
The loft with built-in bookshelves either side of a window and an armchair
The loft, 10′5″ square, shelved on both sides of the window. It is open to the landing rather than a separate room.
The primary bedroom, a long room with windows at the far end
The primary bedroom runs 25′4″ front to back and 12′7″ across — the longest room in the house.
The primary bedroom from the window end, looking back toward the door
Looking back toward the door, the walk-in closets and the bathroom.
The bay window at the end of the primary bedroom, three tall windows with a seat
The bay at the end of the room, with a seat under the windows.
The primary bedroom from the doorway
From the doorway. There are two walk-in closets, 4′11″ by 7′7″ and a second beside it.
The primary bathroom with a freestanding tub against a black marble wall
The primary bathroom, 10′7″ by 8′7″: a freestanding tub against black marble, under a skylight.
The double vanity and walk-in shower in the primary bathroom
Twin basins and a walk-in shower on the opposite wall.
A bedroom on the upper floor with a bay of three windows behind the bed
A bedroom on the upper floor, with a bay of three windows behind the bed.
The same upper-floor bedroom from the opposite corner
The same room from the opposite corner. It has its own bathroom through the door on the right.
A second upper-floor bedroom with a wall of built-in wardrobes
The second upper bedroom, with a wall of built-in wardrobes down one side.
The wardrobe wall in the second upper bedroom, deep window sill on the right
The wardrobes run floor to ceiling. The window sills on this floor are deep enough to sit on.
The same bedroom looking along the window wall toward the desk
Along the window wall, toward the desk.
An upper-floor bathroom with a glass shower and a wood-framed mirror
One of the two smaller bathrooms upstairs: glass shower, stone vanity, wood-framed mirror.
The second smaller upper bathroom, glass shower beside the basin
The other. Both are full bathrooms, and each belongs to one bedroom.

Lower floor · 1,126 sq ft

Theatre, bar and the fourth bedroom

9 photographs

Eight-foot ceilings, a full-height glass wine store, and a door out to the patio at the back. The fourth bedroom and the fourth full bathroom are down here.

The recreation room with a full-height glass wine store standing in the middle of the floor
The recreation room, 18′1″ by 12′6″. The glass store beside it holds the wine.
The recreation room looking toward the wet bar and its counter
Looking toward the wet bar at the far end.
The lower hall beside the glass wine store, recreation room beyond
The hall runs 15′10″ past the wine store to the stair.
The wet bar with a stone counter, shelving above and the wine store to the right
The wet bar, 11′1″ by 9′1″, with a sink and open shelving.
The bar counter and shelves from the other side of the room
The counter is stone, the cabinetry the same pale oak as the kitchen.
The theatre room, carpeted, with a screen and speakers along the end wall
The theatre, 17′1″ by 12′1″, carpeted and wired for sound.
The theatre from the screen end, looking back to the door
From the screen end. It is the one carpeted room in the house.
The lower-floor bedroom, the bathroom visible through the opening on the left
The fourth bedroom, 10′1″ by 9′7″, on the lower floor.
The lower-floor bathroom with a tub and shower, marble walls and a stone vanity
The lower bathroom, 8′10″ by 4′11″, with a tub and shower. It is reached from the hall.

Floor plan

Every room, measured

Drawn on site

Floor plan of 3491 West 40th Avenue: lower, main and upper floors with room dimensions
RoomSize
Main floor · 1,506 sq ft · ceilings 9′0″
Living room13′2″ × 15′7″
Dining room11′8″ × 10′9″
Kitchen18′4″ × 13′0″
Breakfast area18′0″ × 12′11″
Family room16′3″ × 12′11″
Office11′11″ × 10′0″
Foyer13′2″ × 10′4″
Laundry8′1″ × 6′11″
Bathroom, two-piece4′4″ × 4′8″
Deck17′7″ × 7′9″
Upper floor · 1,259 sq ft · ceilings 8′0″ to 10′0″
Primary bedroom12′7″ × 25′4″
Primary bathroom10′7″ × 8′7″
Walk-in closet4′11″ × 7′7″
Bedroom19′6″ × 10′11″
Bathroom4′11″ × 7′3″
Bedroom12′0″ × 13′8″
Bathroom8′1″ × 4′11″
Walk-in closet4′8″ × 5′1″
Loft10′5″ × 10′5″
Lower floor · 1,126 sq ft · ceilings 8′0″
Recreation room18′1″ × 12′6″
Theatre17′1″ × 12′1″
Wet bar11′1″ × 9′1″
Bedroom10′1″ × 9′7″
Bathroom8′10″ × 4′11″
Storage5′1″ × 8′7″
Mechanical room7′5″ × 10′9″

Room sizes and ceiling heights are from our own measured drawing, made on site on 19 August 2026. The floor areas beside each heading are the board’s, as listed on MLS®. We have not surveyed the lot, and neither figure is guaranteed — measure anything you intend to rely on.

Location

Dunbar Street, 250 metres west

These are straight-line distances from the property to each place, measured from public map coordinates, not walking or driving times. Nothing here is a statement about schools or school catchments; the Vancouver School Board sets those and changes them, so ask the Board directly.

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Tammy Jin, Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Crest Realty
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