Waikiki Condo Tour: Canal House 1BR/1BA — $425,000 (Rare 2-Car Parking)

Rare in Waikiki: this renovated one-bedroom, one-bath at Canal House comes with TWO parking stalls, mountain views, and an opened-up floor plan most units in the building don’t have. Listed at $425,000.

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Canal House sits right on the edge of the Ala Wai, short distance to Kapiʻolani Park, Diamond Head, and Waikiki Beach, but on the cooler, Mauka-facing side of the building, away from the tourist crush. In this walkthrough, we cover why the seller renovated to keep this unit forever, why he ended up trusting Core Team Hawaii with the sale, and the small building details: elevator placement, noise and security.

What you’ll see in this tour:

- Opened-up living room (most units in this building wall off the lanai, which shrinks the living space — this one didn’t)
- Fully renovated kitchen with new cabinets and appliances
- Primary bedroom that fits a king bed, morning sun, partial ocean view, new ceiling fans
- 2 parking stalls, extremely rare for a Waikiki one-bedroom
- Building amenities: sauna, pool, surfboard storage, secure fob access
- Why this location beats fighting Ala Moana/Kakaʻako traffic for freeway access

📍 Canal House, Waikiki, Oʻahu — 1 Bed / 1 Bath — Listed at $425,000
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Listing intro — Canal House, $425,000, the Ala Wai location
0:23 Can you swim in the Ala Wai? (No. Don’t.)
0:47 9th floor views — the cooler, Mauka-facing side of the building
1:22 Why this spot on the Ala Wai beats living toward McCully
1:38 Arriving — parking, jaywalking, building access
1:53 How secure the building actually is
2:08 Surfboard storage, sauna, pool — heading up to the unit
2:23 Fob access and entering the unit
2:40 The seller’s story — why he trusted Core Team Hawaii
3:10 Why he renovated to keep this unit forever
3:29 Staged and opened up — first look at the living room
3:48 The opened-up lanai advantage vs. other units in the building
4:28 Indoor-outdoor Waikiki living
4:44 Living room size — room for a dining table or WFH setup
5:01 Open concept: condo living vs. single-family
5:37 Primary bedroom walkthrough
5:56 Morning sun and the partial ocean view
6:13 Window placement — privacy without feeling closed in
6:28 King bed fit and room to spare
6:46 New ceiling fans
7:27 Neighborhood — UH Mānoa, Monsarrat, Kahala Mall, Waialāʻe Ave
7:48 Freeway access vs. getting stuck in Ala Moana/Kakaʻako traffic
8:30 The rare part: 2 parking stalls for a Waikiki one-bedroom
9:00 Elevator proximity — why it matters
9:34 No street noise, even in Waikiki
10:07 Sauna aside — and the case for buying above asking
10:45 Wrap-up — building community and final thoughts

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