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Miniseries - Baltar's House

9/9/2011

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Bottom of the hill, Tidewater Way, Lions Bay, BC
Travel Tips: A total of three different houses were used as Baltar's house over the course of the series. This created some hilarity as Anne and I were travelling. During our first visit to Lions Bay in 2010, we had the fun of trying to figure out which house was Baltar's. We felt we might have found it when we saw the house, pictured above, at the bottom of the hill (to the right of public parking). Then, when we saw the house at the top of the hill from the beach, we considered ourselves idiots for even considering the first house. 

It turns out that we were doubly right! The house at the bottom of the hill was used for the Miniseries only. It's gated, but can be seen from the public parking lot. The house on the hill was used for the bulk of the series (with the exception of Daybreak). That house was one designed by the same architect as the house on the hill, but is located in West Vancouver.
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Park in the public lot near the water (click on the adjacent map to see a larger view). Many of the parking spots are labelled 'residents with permits', but there are visitor spots.  Use the public beach access to view the house from the series. Please note that the area near the beach access is a tow-away zone.

PicturePath to view Baltar's house. Photo courtesy of Steve Fenwick.
Near the washrooms is a raised grassy area where you can enjoy a spectacular view of the house and the water, perfect for a picnic (we've had two--one on each trip :D). Even the drive from Vancouver is amazing (~35 min), with a postcard view around every turn.

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Stanley Rarick
1/21/2014 02:12:04 pm

Architect? The door motive appears to be a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
http://www.therpf.com/f9/baltars-door-59924/

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Mo link
3/6/2014 07:18:00 am

Nice! We don't know the architect of this home. The only tidbit we do have is that the same architect built the house on the cliff (the one used during the regular run of the series) and the one that was used in the last season in West Vancouver.

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Ryan Soo
7/21/2018 04:51:31 pm

The architect is Brian Hemingway.


http://www.brianhemingway.com/portfolio/project.php?name=TIDEWATER

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Mo link
8/10/2021 06:33:33 pm

Thank you - this is a great site, and a great look at the miniseries house.

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don
9/5/2020 07:57:01 pm

we watched this series when it was originally broadcast. we lived in a townhouse in Lions Bay, BC for many years previosu tomoving to West Vanc. It took me ages to place where Baltars house was located - so a BIG thank you for your website. :)

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Mo link
8/10/2021 06:36:40 pm

Awesome - you're very welcome! What a beautiful place to live.

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