At Foxridge Homes’ Parkview Estates, homebuyers can select from dozens of finishing touches
Barbara Gunn
The Vancouver Sun
Parkview Estates
Project address: 16525 — 103 Avenue, Surrey
Developer: Foxridge Homes
Architect: In-house
Interior designer: First Impression Design
Project size: 64 single-family home lots
Unit size: four-, five- and six-bedroom homes; 3,300 — 4,300 square feet
Price: from $1.38 million
Sales centre: 16525 — 103 Avenue, Surrey
Hours: noon — 5 p.m., daily
Telephone: 604-427-1803
Website: www.foxridgehomesbc.com
Have it your way. That may well be an appropriate catchphrase for Foxridge Homes’ new singlefamily residential community in Surrey’s Fraser Heights neighbourhood.
As is typical of the offerings by Foxridge, the Parkview Estates single-family home community will offer buyers a plethora of options.
And that’s putting it mildly.
The 64-unit development has more than 14 plans on offer, and buyers have the ability to choose finishes for everything from exterior stonework to paint colour to flooring to backsplashes and cabinet knobs and handles.
That’s courtesy of the project’s ‘Colour Room’, an on-site area in one of two handsomely outfitted show homes, where all the options are on display. It’s here where buyers are able to sit down with Parkview Estates sales staff and sort through the offerings, which also include countertops, mirror frames, handrails and dozens of different carpet colours.
“Everyone picks their own finishes, inside and out,” says Diane Zarola, Foxridge’s director of sales and marketing. “It sets us apart and always has. No one else does it. No one. There will be colour schemes A and B, or sometimes A, B and C. But most builders are going down to two colour schemes now — light or dark, sun or moon, whatever you want to call it.
“So this is heaven for people…Our staff have been doing this for years, and are excellent at helping (with finishing choices.)”
Parkview Estates is near Tynehead and Surrey Bend regional parks, and minutes from urban amenities that include restaurants, retail outlets, Guildford Town Centre and the Fraser Heights Recreation Centre. It is also within walking distance to the Pacific Academy private school.
Homes, which have four, five and six bedrooms and range to a spacious 4,300 square feet, have been attracting families, and the private school has been a significant factor, according to sales manager Trinity Sanchez.
They’re predominantly from the immediate area “or wanting to be in the area because of the school,” she says, adding that proximity to Highway 1 is also a big draw.
“All the buyers (so far) have children. They want more space for their families,” says Zarola, adding that “there’s been nothing (new) in Fraser Heights for years and years.”
Outside, the residences have what Foxridge describes as “West Coast-inspired architecture”, with fibre-cement board, painted wood and/or stone trim and details, double-car garages and landscaped yards. Double-glazed windows will have Energy Star Low-E glass with black exterior frames.
Zarola notes that while buyers will be able to choose some of the exterior finishes, the developer has design guidelines in place to ensure that the community has a cohesive feel.
Inside, residences will have 10-foot-high ceilings, oversized windows and engineered hardwood flooring on the main levels.
Great rooms, many of which have ceilings that soar to 19 feet, will be fitted with natural gas fireplaces with stained wood mantels and ceramic tiles, while laundry rooms have quartz counters and ceramic flooring.
Kitchens have open-concept layouts, centre islands, ample storage and walk-in pantries. They include Bosch stainless steel appliance packages, undermount double-bowl sinks, Shaker-style soft-close cabinets, quartz counters and full-height ceramic tile backsplashes.
Most master suites have vaulted or coffered ceilings, while ensuites will have free-standing soaker tubs, frameless walk-in showers with ceramic tile surrounds and quartz countertops with porcelain undermount sinks. Heated floors are an optional upgrade, but the closet organizers in the roomy walk-in closets are standard in all homes.
All bathrooms have maple-stained soft-close cabinets, wood-framed bevelled mirrors and ceramic flooring, except for powder rooms, which have wide-plank hardwood.
Basements have nine-foot-high ceilings and are fully finished. A legal suite with a separate entrance in the lower level is an optional upgrade on offer to homebuyers.
Meantime, Foxridge has this year received five finalist nominations in the coveted Georgie Awards, a program that honours excellence in provincial residential construction and renovation. One of those nominations is the Grand Georgie for Single Family Production Home Builder of the Year.
Winners will be named at a gala on March 9 in Vancouver.
Zarola says Foxridge has found it “really rewarding” to be on the receiving end of the industry recognition.
“We’ve been here for over 30 years now, but two years ago was the first time we’ve ever entered,” she says, noting that Foxridge was then honoured with three awards. “And this year we entered and we have five finalist (nominations).”
Today marks the grand opening of the two new show homes, one with a suite in the basement. To mark the splashy occasion, all visitors will be able to enter a couple of draws, one of which will be for a $1,000 Fairmont Hotels gift certificate.
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