A West Vancouver waterfront home has sold for $17 million — the highest price ever paid for a residential property in B.C.

The five-bedroom house, at 3330 Radcliffe Ave., took only three days to sell after it hit the market with an asking price of $18 million.

However, the identity of the purchaser remains a mystery, amid real estate industry rumours the new owner could be someone like entertainer Justin Timberlake or rock star Bryan Adams, who has a house nearby on Mathers Avenue. One person who does know is realtor Malcolm Hasman, who represented both the vendor and purchaser in the sale, but he isn’t talking.

Allan Angell, co-owner of Angell Hasman & Associates, said Thursday Hasman is bound by a confidentiality agreement to keep mum.

“I have no idea who bought the property,” Angell said. “Everybody’s speculating, but Malcolm can’t even tell his own partner.”

Hasman — who bills himself as the “realtor to the stars” — has previously sold homes to such celebrities as Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.

The 3 1/2-year-old Radcliffe house was put on the Multiple Listing Service on June 16 and sold June 19, when an all-cash, no-subject offer was accepted. However, when The Vancouver Sun first inquired about the listing on June 23, Hasman did not return calls, while Angell said he was told by Hasman that no offer had been made up to that point.

On his website, Hasman described the view property as being situated on almost one acre on a private, cul-de-sac setting, with about 200 feet of natural shoreline, offering approximately 11,000 square feet of “world-class” living space.

Designed and built by Russell Hollingsworth, the fully-gated and secured residence makes extensive use of concrete, giant timbers, stone and glass, with an open spacious floor plan, featuring Italian limestone floors, high ceilings and walls of floor-to-ceiling glass.

There are five full bedroom suites and maids’ quarters, a media room, office and wine cellar. Other amenities include an outdoor pool with waterfall, boat house and ramp and four-car garage.

Previously, the most expensive property ever to change hands in B.C. on the MLS was a Whistler estate home on a 4.8-acre lakefront site that sold in December 2001 for about $9.346 million.

The priciest home ever sold in Vancouver was a six-bedroom Shaughnessy mansion that fetched $8.3 million.

© The Vancouver Sun 2004