Attainable luxury

Prairie Pointe two-storey posh yet practical

Coming up with a fresh design for a family-friendly home is no easy task. Especially with active families typically looking for three things in a home — affordability, livability, and style. Getting all those attributes under one roof is easier said than . . .

Posted: 2021-04-10

As good as new

Sometimes you can drive by a spectacular enclave of homes without ever knowing it. A prime example is St. Vital’s Pulberry district. Driving down St. Vital Road — which essentially serves as the area’s entrance — the homes on either side . . .

Posted: 2017-08-26

Big and bold in Prairie Pointe

Large two-storey ready for a growing family

When you step into the foyer of 18 Firestone Drive — Ventura Custom Homes’ king-sized show home in Prairie Pointe – you immediately feel the urge to head upstairs. And that you do, as an artfully designed staircase, with its . . .

Posted: 2023-12-30

Ample room to breathe

Spacious bare-land condo offers exceptional value, livability

It’s only natural families looking for a move-up home — or empty-nesters looking to down-size — would prefer to live in a single-family home. However, desired specs don’t always match up with home-buying budgets. With prices of single-family homes now starting . . .

Posted: 2025-02-01

Style and substance

Bungalow condos have loads of appeal

If there’s one key to making the successful transition to being an empty-nester, it’s feeling like you’re not settling for less when you sell your longtime home. And that means having to make few — if any — adjustments to . . .

Posted: 2026-05-16

Standing the test of time

Forward-thinking design makes for one-of-a-kind home

It’s a simple fact of home design: some homes age well, while others don’t. Then there are those homes that age exceptionally well, owing to forward-thinking designs that defy the unrelenting march of time. One of those homes is 1 Dunbar . . .

Posted: 2026-07-18

As you like it

Bridgwater Trails two-storey teeming with options

When Spencer Curtis of Hilton Homes set his eyes on a compact lot at 136 Cherrywood Rd. in Bridgwater Trails, he knew he was in for a challenge."The lot was narrower than normal at 36 feet wide by 118 feet . . .

Posted: 2015-10-17

Green from the ground up

Dueck home environmentally friendly from top to bottom

In today's ballistically hot housing market, it's all too easy to find an infill lot, erect a good-looking home (at least, from the outside) and run off having made a quick profit. That's not Cal Dueck's building philosophy -- not by . . .

Posted: 2008-04-27

Distinguished digs

Check out this elegant and efficient Bridgwater Trails two-storey in the MHBA Spring Parade of Homes -- ON NOW!

In years gone by, a lot at least 50 feet wide would have been required to accommodate a 2, 046-square-foot, two-storey home. That’s no longer the case today, says Dave Mick, new home sales consultant for the Hampton, Randall Homes’ 2021 . . .

Posted: 2021-03-06

Time to dust off those meal-planning skills

It’s that time again, when summer freedoms are swapped for structure. Late bedtimes were fun for a spell, but they lose appeal when the kids must arrive at school awake and alert. And although ice cream every afternoon sure felt . . .

Posted: 2017-08-26