Whitby Estates, West Vancouver Real Estate Guide

Updated November 2026 · By Jared Gibbons, REALTOR®

Quick answer

Over the last three years, houses sold for a median of $6,380,000, townhomes $2,562,000 and condos $2,325,000.

Jared’s verdict: Whitby Estates suits luxury buyers who want privacy, a large home and panoramic views. The catch is that covenants on title can require British Pacific Properties’ approval to build or alter, on top of District permits.

Quick facts · Whitby Estates

Typical sale price, 3 years: Houses $6.38MTownhomes $2.56MCondos $2.33M
Sold, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026: 9 condos, 7 houses, 6 townhomes
Typical house sold: Built 2006 · 10,968 sq ft lot · 5 bedrooms
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Median prices from closed MLS® sales (Paragon).

In my words

Jared’s take on Whitby Estates

Who it suits: Luxury buyers who want privacy, a large home and panoramic views.
What I’d tell a friend: The catch is that covenants on title can require British Pacific Properties’ approval to build or alter, on top of District permits. The MLS® area has both freehold homes and strata townhomes, so confirm the tenure and fees.

Jared Gibbons, REALTOR® · 604-928-1361 · Ask me about Whitby Estates

What works and what doesn’t in Whitby Estates

What works

Views over Burrard Inlet, downtown and Stanley Park. Jared
Chartwell Elementary and Sentinel Secondary are close by. Confirm the catchment for the address. Jared

What doesn’t

Not walkable, and little transit: shopping is a drive. Jared
Few sales, which makes pricing and resale timing harder to judge. Jared

Whitby Estates is a small, defined subdivision pocket inside the Chartwell neighbourhood of the British Properties, District of West Vancouver, on the slope above Taylor Way — its streets include Whitby Road, Folkestone Way, Kadlec Court, Garden Court and Highgrove Mews.

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This guide covers Whitby Estates's condo buildings, townhome complexes and land: what each source verifies, the local rules, and what buyers ask. Seniors housing has its own page.

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Whitby Estates real estate: your questions answered

Are there any condos at all in Whitby Estates?

No apartment condos — the honest answer is zero. The pocket's only strata supply is two townhome pockets: Aerie II at Garden Court (2575 Garden Court) and Highgrove (2559 Highgrove Mews); everything else is detached freehold estate homes.

How is Highgrove different from a detached house?

Highgrove is strata townhomes, not freehold detached: 18 luxury townhomes completed December 2013, roughly 3,282–3,569 sq ft, terrace homes in concrete with private garages and exclusive elevators — strata title, strata fees and bylaws apply, where a detached Whitby Estates house is freehold.

Why do I need to search two sub-area names?

Some Whitby Road homes are marketed under Chartwell and others under Whitby Estates, so a search or comp set built on one name only will miss sales.

What is the building-scheme approval step?

Confirm the Whitby Estates subdivision's specific covenant set per property, on title.

Do wildfire or environmental development permits affect a purchase here?

Potentially: work within 100 m of an undisturbed forest interface needs a Wildfire Hazard DP, and work within 15 m of the top of a watercourse bank needs an Environmental DP — check both before promising a rebuild or major addition on a forest- or creek-adjacent lot.

Are there townhouses in Whitby Estates I can actually buy?

Yes — two small strata pockets: Aerie II at Garden Court (2575 Garden Court, 8 residences, built 2010) and Highgrove (2559 Highgrove Mews, 18 townhomes, completed December 2013).

Are the Garden Court homes condos or townhomes?

Townhomes, on the listing evidence: the unit listing classifies them Row / Townhouse.

Strata or freehold — what am I buying in the two pockets?

Strata. Aerie II and Highgrove are strata townhomes inside a detached estate subdivision, so strata fees, bylaws, a Form B and a depreciation report apply where the neighbouring detached house is freehold with no strata at all.

What am I actually buying on a Whitby Estates lot — freehold or strata?

Freehold, for the detached estates: Fee-simple title, no strata, no Form B, no strata fees. But the British Properties building-scheme covenants ride on the title — British Pacific Properties plan approval is required before building, extending, altering or fencing.

Is everything in Whitby Estates a detached mansion?

No. Detached estates dominate, but the sub-area also has the Garden Court strata pocket (Aerie II, 8 homes, 2010) and the 18 Highgrove townhomes (completed 2013). Neither pocket is duplex stock.

Any special permits for building here?

Potentially two District permits — Wildfire Hazard DP (within 100 m of undisturbed forest interface) and Environmental DP (within 15 m of a watercourse bank) — plus the British Pacific Properties building-scheme approval for any new home, extension, alteration, fence or structure.

How do I get anywhere from Whitby Estates?

Treat the sub-area as car-oriented: No frequent transit runs into the Estates themselves; the nearest major service is at Park Royal Exchange via Taylor Way, and Highway 1 access at Taylor Way connects east across the Second Narrows and west toward Horseshoe Bay / Highway 99.

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Condo buildings in Whitby Estates

Whitby Estates is a defined subdivision pocket inside Chartwell in the British Properties, District of West Vancouver — not a separate municipality and not a condo area.

Streets, schools and transit near Whitby Estates condos

British Properties history: the Properties were developed from the early 1930s by a group of British investors led by the Guinness family, which purchased most of the municipality's Upper Lands and built the Lions Gate Bridge (1937–38) — the venture behind the area's master-planned, large-lot layout.
Schools (SD45): the catchment pair sits side by side on Chartwell Drive — Chartwell Elementary (K–7, 1300 Chartwell Dr) and Sentinel Secondary (8–12, 1250 Chartwell Dr). Catchments are address-based — confirm the exact address with West Vancouver Schools.
Recreation context: Cypress Mountain is reached via Cypress Bowl Road off Highway 1 to the east — context for the slope, not a Whitby Estates amenity claim.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Whitby Estates

Building scheme: Whether the Whitby Estates subdivision's specific covenant set matches the general pattern is a per-property title check.
Development permits: a Wildfire Hazard Development Permit applies to work within 100 m of an undisturbed forest interface, and an Environmental Development Permit applies within 15 m of the top of a watercourse bank — both live checks on this slope.
District taxes and utilities: District of West Vancouver property taxes were due Thursday July 2, 2026, with a 5% penalty on unpaid current taxes on July 2, 2026 and a further 5% on September 2, 2026; roughly half the bill is collected for other taxing authorities, and water/sewer utilities are metered and billed quarterly.
Additional school tax: 0.2% on the residential portion assessed between $3M and $4M and 0.4% on the portion above $4M for 2026, rising to 0.3% and 0.6% on January 1, 2027 — a routine line at this pocket's price points.
No Vancouver Empty Homes Tax: this is the District of West Vancouver, not the City of Vancouver — the Vancouver Empty Homes Tax does not apply here.

Good to know about Whitby Estates condos

The Chartwell/Whitby MLS overlap will hide sales from a single-name search. Some Whitby Road homes are listed under Chartwell and others under Whitby Estates, with no published precise boundary between the two sub-areas — a comp set built on one name only is incomplete by construction.
The pocket's origin is the Guinness / Lions Gate venture. The British Properties were developed from the early 1930s by Guinness-family-led British investors who purchased most of the Upper Lands and built the Lions Gate Bridge (1937–38) — the master-planned, large-lot layout Whitby Estates sits inside is that venture's product.
The BPP approval step catches renovators after subjects. A new build, extension, alteration, fence or any structure in a British Properties subdivision needs British Pacific Properties plan approval under the registered covenants, in addition to District permits — a step listing text never mentions and renovators discover late unless it is in the subjects checklist.
Car dependence and winter driving on the slope belong in the conversation before subjects. No frequent transit runs into the Estates, the nearest major service is Park Royal Exchange via Taylor Way, and the sub-area is car-oriented — buyers should hear that, and the winter-driving reality of the slope, before subjects, not after.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC condo buying rules.

Sources for the condo notes on Whitby Estates

Townhome complexes in Whitby Estates

Streets, schools and transit near Whitby Estates townhomes

Setting: the British Properties were developed from the early 1930s by a group of British investors led by the Guinness family, which purchased most of the municipality's Upper Lands and built the Lions Gate Bridge (1937–38) — the venture behind the area's master-planned, large-lot layout. The District's OCP treats the British Properties as an established existing neighbourhood; growth is directed to the town and village centres, not into the Properties.
The balance of the sub-area is freehold detached estate homes on large lots; attached stock is the minority.
Schools (SD45 West Vancouver, Ministry-listed names): Chartwell Elementary (K–7, 1300 Chartwell Drive), described by West Vancouver Schools as situated in the British Properties overlooking Vancouver and Burrard Inlet, and Sentinel Secondary (Grades 8–12, 1250 Chartwell Drive) next door.
Confirm the Whitby Estates subdivision's specific covenant set per property.
Transit and district context: no frequent transit runs into the Estates themselves; the nearest major service is at Park Royal Exchange (R2 RapidBus plus Blue Bus routes) via Taylor Way — treat the sub-area as car-oriented. West Vancouver's 2021 Census population was 44,122.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Whitby Estates

Form B diligence (both counted pockets are strata): Strata Property Act s. 59 — the Form B states the lot's monthly strata fees, amounts owing, approved special levies still payable, the CRF balance and an insurance summary, with the rules, current budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, maximum $35 plus up to 25 cents per page. At Highgrove's scale (18 concrete terrace homes with private elevators) and Aerie II's (8 homes), the Form B and depreciation report are where envelope, elevator and landscaping costs show — read them before the view.

Good to know about Whitby Estates townhomes

The townhouses are estate-scale, not entry product. Highgrove's 18 terrace homes run roughly 3,282–3,569 sq ft in concrete with private garages and exclusive elevators, completed December 2013 — strata title at detached-house scale, which is why their fee and reserve diligence reads more like a small luxury building than a townhouse row.
Freehold here still needs a private approval. The British Pacific Properties building-scheme step (plan approval for any new build, extension, alteration, fence or structure) sits on top of District permits and binds every subsequent owner — renovators should flag it in the subjects checklist, not discover it at permit stage.
The view is not guaranteed by the address. At this elevation, neighbouring rooflines and tree growth decide whether the panorama over Burrard Inlet, downtown and the Lions Gate Bridge is permanent — verify the view corridor lot-by-lot and do not rely on dated listing photos.
No transit story to sell. No frequent transit runs into the Estates; the nearest major service is Park Royal Exchange via Taylor Way. Buyers should hear the car-dependence plainly before subjects, not after.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC townhome buying rules.

Sources for the townhome notes on Whitby Estates

Lots and land in Whitby Estates

The subdivision and its fee-simple lots

The pocket's signature product is the large custom estate home: multi-level view houses on big lots, built and rebuilt from the 1960s through the 2020s, holding freehold (fee-simple) title. The view is the product — elevated lots look south and east over Burrard Inlet, downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridge.

Development areas nearby

Rodgers Creek — outside the pocket, upper British Properties: British Pacific Properties' Rodgers Creek area, off the Cypress Bowl Road side of the upper Properties, is the first apartment-scale development aimed at the upper Properties market. Under the District's CD3 (Rodgers Creek) zone, Areas 5 and 6 — the undeveloped upper areas — are capped at 354 and 620 homes respectively, 974 combined, with apartment buildings up to 16 storeys permitted; the District approved a 354-unit development permit for Area 5 (3900 Cypress Bowl Road) on July 8, 2025.

Streets, schools and transit near Whitby Estates lots

What and where: Whitby Estates is a small, defined subdivision pocket inside the Chartwell neighbourhood of the British Properties, District of West Vancouver, on the slope above Taylor Way — its streets include Whitby Road, Folkestone Way, Kadlec Court, Garden Court and Highgrove Mews. The MLS® sub-area name as the board (Greater Vancouver REALTORS®) uses it is Whitby Estates; some Whitby Road homes are also marketed under the neighbouring Chartwell sub-area. Nearby areas: Chartwell (surrounding), Chelsea Park (south), Westhill and Canterbury (west), and the Taylor Way corridor (east). Search and alternate names: "Whitby Estates," "Chartwell," "British Properties," "Lower British Properties," and street searches around Whitby Road, Chartwell Drive and Folkestone Way.
Setting within the British Properties: the British Properties were developed from the early 1930s by a group of British investors led by the Guinness family, which purchased most of the municipality's Upper Lands and built the Lions Gate Bridge (1937–38) — the venture behind the area's master-planned, large-lot layout.
Planning framework: the District's OCP (Bylaw 4985, 2018) treats the British Properties as an established existing neighbourhood within its "individual, unique neighbourhoods" structure; growth is directed to the town and village centres (Ambleside, Park Royal, Dundarave, Caulfeild, Horseshoe Bay), not into the Properties.
Schools (SD45 West Vancouver; Ministry-listed names only): the catchment pair sits right on Chartwell Drive — Chartwell Elementary (K–7, 1300 Chartwell Drive), which West Vancouver Schools describes as situated in the British Properties overlooking Vancouver and Burrard Inlet, with extensive grounds and the Properties Family Hub on site, and Sentinel Secondary (Grades 8–12, 1250 Chartwell Drive) next door.
Transit and access: no frequent transit runs into the Estates themselves; the nearest major service is at Park Royal Exchange (R2 RapidBus one-seat to Lonsdale Quay, Phibbs Exchange and Metrotown since September 7, 2026, plus Blue Bus routes) via Taylor Way — treat the sub-area as car-oriented. Highway 1 access at Taylor Way connects west to Horseshoe Bay / Highway 99 and east across the Second Narrows; the Lions Gate Bridge route runs down Taylor Way to Marine Drive.
District context: West Vancouver's 2021 Census population was 44,122.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Whitby Estates

District plans and zoning (West Vancouver's own bylaws only): White Rock's 2506/2220 bylaw pair belongs to White Rock only and is never used here.
The building scheme — the subdivision's second rulebook: The covenants differ by subdivision — confirm the Whitby Estates set per property — and the District's zoning and building bylaws apply in addition. Budget time and fees for this step in the subjects checklist for any rebuild or addition.
Development permits on this slope: Wildfire Hazard DP (within 100 m of an undisturbed forest interface) and Environmental DP (within 15 m of the top of a watercourse bank) — check both against the specific lot before promising a rebuild or major addition.
Strata diligence (the BC strata block — applies to the pocket's two strata pockets, and to any bare-land strata lot if one is ever met here): Form B diligence under Strata Property Act s.59 (fees, amounts owed, approved special levies, CRF balance, insurance summary; rules, budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, max $35 plus up to 25¢ per page) — at Highgrove's scale (18 concrete terrace homes with private elevators) and Aerie II's (8 homes), the Form B and depreciation report are where envelope, elevator and landscaping costs show; depreciation reports on a 5-year cycle for stratas with 5+ lots since July 1, 2024 (both pockets sit above the threshold); minimum 10% CRF contribution since November 1, 2023; rental-restriction bylaws void since November 24, 2022; only 55+ age bylaws are valid under SPA ss.123.1/123.2 + Regulation 7.01, with the May 1, 2023 exemption expansion — no Whitby Estates strata holds a 55+ bylaw; a 45+ bylaw is void and does not convert to 55+.
West Vancouver property taxes + additional school tax: District property taxes for 2026 were due Thursday, July 2, 2026, with a 5% penalty on unpaid current taxes on July 2 and a further 5% on September 2, 2026; roughly half the bill is collected for other taxing authorities, and water/sewer utilities are metered and billed quarterly. At Whitby Estates price points the Province's additional school tax applies: 0.2% on the residential portion assessed between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4% on the portion above $4 million for 2026, rising to 0.3% and 0.6% on January 1, 2027. Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax (3%) does not apply here — Vancouver only.

Good to know about Whitby Estates lots

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on Whitby Estates

More Whitby Estates real estate

Duplexes and half duplexes in Whitby Estates

Local rules that affect duplexes in Whitby Estates

Plan and zoning (West Vancouver's OWN instruments only): The Official Community Plan is OCP Bylaw No. 4985, 2018, which treats the British Properties as an established existing neighbourhood and directs growth to the town and village centres, not into the Properties; Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010 specifies how land can be used and regulates intensity, height, density, setbacks and lot coverage.
The building scheme — the subdivision's second rulebook: Confirm the Whitby Estates subdivision's specific covenant set per property, and budget time and fees for this step in the subjects checklist for any rebuild or addition — including any proposal to build or split a two-unit form.
Development permits on this slope: A Wildfire Hazard Development Permit applies to work within 100 metres of an undisturbed forest interface, and an Environmental DP applies within 15 metres of the top of a watercourse bank — check both against the specific lot before promising a rebuild or major addition.
A fee-simple split of a duplex parcel would require subdivision approval through that process; party-wall obligations between two fee-simple halves rest on the registered easement / party-wall agreement on the two titles — read both titles.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC duplex and half-duplex buying rules.

What's nearby Whitby Estates

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

254 British Properties / Park Royal (TransLink, West Vancouver Transit): from Park Royal via Taylor Way, Southborough, Eyremount, Cross Creek, Chartwell, Crestwell, Eyremount, Fairmile, Southborough, King Georges Way, Robin Hood, Kenwood, Elveden, St. Andrews and Bonnymuir to Glenmore. It runs via Chartwell Drive around the pocket; the timetable does not name the pocket's streets.
R2 Marine Willingdon RapidBus (TransLink) serves Park Royal, downhill, with a one-seat ride to Metrotown; the TransLink project page states daily service 5 a.m. to 2 a.m., every 6 to 7 minutes in weekday peak periods and every 10 to 15 minutes off-peak.

Parks and recreation

Cypress Park (Cypress Provincial Park), north of the pocket via Cypress Bowl Road; Cypress Mountain Resort is entirely within this park (BC Parks).

Schools

No school is in the pocket; the nearest Ministry-listed schools are on Chartwell Drive, outside the pocket
Chartwell Elementary, K–7, and Sentinel Secondary, 8–12 — School District 45 (West Vancouver); confirm the catchment with the district for each.

Groceries and shopping

Park Royal (shopping centre), 2002 Park Royal South, downhill at Marine Drive and Taylor Way, outside the pocket.

Sources for what’s nearby

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