Cedar Ridge townhomes targeting a variety of homebuyers, from young families to downsizers
Michael Bernard
The Province
Cedar Ridge
What: 28 three- and four-bedroom townhomes
Where: 70 Seaview Drive, Port Moody
Residence size and prices: 1,304 sq. ft. — 1,602 sq. ft.; low $900,000s — $1.2 million
Developer: Allaire Living and Headwater Living
Sales centre: 1a – 555 Clarke Dr., Coquitlam
Hours: noon — 5 p.m., Sat — Wed
Telephone: 604-720-5357
Finding a niche in today’s highly competitive real estate market is no mean feat for today’s smaller developer, but it’s a bonus when that developer finds that his housing product is fulfilling the needs of not one but two generations of homebuyers.
That’s the market sweet spot Marc Allaire has targeted in building Cedar Ridge, 28 three-storey three- and four- bedroom townhomes in an area of Port Moody largely devoted previously to single-family homes.
“We are building for young families looking to upgrade from a condo who have built up some equity in the last three or four years,” said Allaire, who has worked 35 years in the industry, including the last 11 years with his own company, Allaire Living. “We are also looking at downsizers who want to sell their single-family home but remain in the area but aren’t necessarily ready for condo living and still want their own garage.”
He adds to that mix, executive couples who want their own home but don’t want a single-family house.
While there are lots of condominiums out there, there are relatively few three- or four- bedroom townhomes, he said.
Cedar Ridge is rendered in a West Coast contemporary style by the Vancouver firm of Integra Architecture Inc. whose principal, Duane Siegrist, makes liberal use of light and mid-brown natural colours to complement the timber and rock details emblematic of that genre.
“The main design inspiration came from the large natural forest, and public park located just 300 metres east of our site,” he said, adding the look was successful.
Notes Allaire: “One thing we have seen is that the outdoor lifestyle is a big concern for people living in this area.”
Cedar Ridge is well located for this lifestyle, offering good access to transit (the West Coast Express and walking distance to the new Evergreen line) and a new nearby grocery store, and good schools and parks while being within a few minutes of the regional shopping centre at Lougheed Mall.
Inside, the developer has focused on an open-concept design with a choice of two colour schemes: white raised-panel painted Shaker cabinets or wood-grain laminate flat-panel cabinets. All homes have nine-foot ceilings on the main level with seven-foot doors throughout.
There is wide plank laminate wood flooring throughout the main living areas including the kitchen and powder room, tile flooring in the bathrooms, and carpet on stairs, bedroom floors and upstairs hallways.
Quartz countertops are used in the kitchen with contemporary under-mount stainless steel sinks.
Ensuite and bathroom cabinetry and vanities are matched with the kitchen materials. The shower-tub surrounds are tiled in the main bathroom while the ensuites have shower units and heated floors.
The homes have spacious exterior decks or patios and feature a natural gas barbecue outlet.
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