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Design of the Month Reviews :

There is plenty of activity here, now that roads have been completely cut through the wooded areas surrounding Kizell Pond and leading to Kanata Estates, a new community shared by several leading and smaller Ottawa home builders. It therefore provides home buyers with plenty of variety in the types of homes and designs they can choose from - whether large families, retired couples, or more discerning buyers who want and can afford more luxurious appointments and finishes in their home. There are also smaller homes for younger singles and couples.

Among the embarrassment of riches in Kanata Estates is a respected custom home builder not often featured on this site. We decided to see what Cardel have to offer at the present moment...

Mattamy has introduced a handsome new 2 Storey detached home in their Half Moon Bay community in Barrhaven and also in Fairwinds, Kanata.

Evidently introducing somewhat smaller home designs or less luxurious ones is a new trend by some of Ottawa's home builders as prices of existing designs shoot up out of reach. The new Forestlane is built on a 34ft lot and has a one-car garage.

The brick-fronted Elevation'A' features three dramatic gable ends including one above the front porch, and a tall arched window that illuminates a front staircase. Elevation'B' provides a balcony above the front porch. This is quite a spacious home for 2,075 square feet of finished living room; just enough for a small family with children and Nanny or Granny...

Minto has released The Hudson, a neat new design for a single family home. The builder's strategy typifies a current trend to create new and more compact homes to replace larger ones that have risen in price beyond the means of many buyers in this most important market sector.

The Hudson is available in the communities of Avalon, (Orleans), and Chapman Mills (Barrhaven). It includes just about everything that a young couple with small children might require (or an older couple downsizing, for that matter).

Most of the finished space is allocated to the main level, with a master suite that identifies it as having been designed particularly for the retiring boomer generation. That also distinguishes it from all too many 2-story plans in which wasted and costly space is distributed haphazardly across unnecessarily large upstairs bedrooms which home buyers are obliged to pay for.

The Almonte in Phase 11 of Hidden Lake Estates is a distinguished 2-storey detached house with an elegant front elevation and floor plans that separate it from many other Ottawa homes consisting of 2,314 finished square feet.

Most of the finished space is allocated to the main level, with a master suite that identifies it as having been designed particularly for the retiring boomer generation. That also distinguishes it from all too many 2-story plans in which wasted and costly space is distributed haphazardly across unnecessarily large upstairs bedrooms which home buyers are obliged to pay for.

In short, this is a better-balanced design than most, because Holitzner's planner is a master craftsman who understands "harmony in the home".

Despite the fact that this is the smallest, and therefore the lowest-priced home in Hidden Lake Estates, its designer has not stinted on his imagination and care to design a beautiful home that anyone would be proud to live in...

Ottawa-Gatineau New Homes Coverage