North Van project offers great location, good variety
Credit to Author: Barbara Gunn| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:55:57 +0000
Easy access to nature has always been one of Metro Vancouver’s most appealing traits. For as long as anyone can remember, homebuilders have touted the ability of residents to live and work in a modern, cosmopolitan setting and within minutes find themselves hiking on a nature trail, sunning themselves on a beach or playing in the snow on top of a mountain.
It’s in this context that Jamie Howard, president and principal of Woodbridge Homes, believes he’s on to a real winner with Ebb & Flow, a 109-home development from Woodbridge and Citimark at Lions Gate Village in North Vancouver.
“The community is on the Capilano River and all the trails that go up and down the river will be seconds from your front door,” said Howard. “They link all the way up to the salmon hatchery, the Cleveland Dam and Grouse Mountain – if you’re feeling energetic enough! On the west side of the river, you’ve got easy trail access to Park Royal, Ambleside Park and the West Vancouver seawall.”
“You can get very quickly into downtown – if you work there, for example – and very quickly back home again and into the natural beauty and recreational opportunities that the North Shore is famous for,” Howard added. “With this location, the value we’re offering here is pretty hard to beat.”
But location is not the only thing that the development has going for it, according to Paul Riches, a resident of North Vancouver who has bought a three-bedroom, two-bathroom townhome with his family at Ebb & Flow.
“The modern, contemporary style of the homes is very attractive,” said Riches. “They’re spacious, well laid-out, well-designed and they’re using good building materials. If you add everything up – lifestyle, location and amenities – there are very few boxes left unticked.”
Ebb and Flow is a project from Woodbridge homes in North Vancouver. [PNG Merlin Archive]
Ebb & Flow offers three distinct types of homes: single-level garden homes, two-storey city homes and three-story townhomes. The homes have one to three bedrooms, range in size from 506 to 1,610 square feet and are priced from $479,900. Howard expects the homes to be move-in ready from the end of 2021 or early 2022.
Ebb and Flow is a project from Woodbridge homes in North Vancouver. [PNG Merlin Archive]
“We pride ourselves on being very diligent professionals,” said Howard. “We spend a lot of time on design so that by the time the homeowner moves in they know that everything is going to work, that the rooms are going to be adequate sizes and they’re not going to have any nasty surprises. It’s pretty simple really, but it does take a lot of effort and professionalism to ensure the homeowner is left with highly functional spaces.”
“Our tagline is ‘feel right at home’ because it has a double meaning of feeling content at home and also that the home itself is built right. We focus a lot on old school quality and integrity.”
Kitchens at Ebb & Flow feature Bosch appliance packages, including gas cooktops, convection wall ovens, integrated refrigerators, stainless steel dishwashers and slide-out hood fans. There are Panasonic microwaves with trim kits, wood-tone cabinetry with soft-close mechanisms and easy-to-clean polished quartz countertops with tile backsplashes.
Bathrooms have polished quartz countertops on ‘floating’ vanities, equipped with deep drawers for ample storage. There are mirrored medicine cabinets with integrated lighting above the vanities in master ensuites, as well as porcelain tiled floors and herringbone accent walls in the showers. Secondary bathrooms have soaker tubs with backrests.
“The biggest attraction for many of the homes are the rooftop decks,” said Howard. “All the two- and three-level homes have them and it allows people to significantly expand their living spaces.”
Ebb and Flow is a project from Woodbridge homes in North Vancouver. [PNG Merlin Archive]
Many of those roof decks will overlook the river and Howard said this tidal waterway is part of the reason why the development is called Ebb & Flow.
Ebb and Flow is a project from Woodbridge homes in North Vancouver. [PNG Merlin Archive]
“But it’s also about growing up on the North Shore, leaving at some point to go to university or to live downtown, and then coming back a bit later in life when you want to raise a family,” Howard added. “A lot of people end up doing that. I know I did and we’re expecting many of our buyers to be following that pattern. Although we know Ebb & Flow will be very attractive for downsizers, if I had to pick a target market it would be the 20-somethings and the 30-somethings who are moving into a new stage of their lives.”
As for Riches, the townhome he’s bought at Ebb & Flow represents the continuation of a love affair with North Vancouver that began when he visited the city from the UK with his family 12 years ago and decided to make it his home.
“I remember looking across from the city to North Vancouver and you could see this wonderful scene of the mountains,” he said. “I could not believe I was in a city – that mountain view across the water, just a few minutes away.”
Ebb & Flow
Project location: Lions Gate Village (at Glenaire Drive & Fullerton Avenue)
Project size: 109 homes with between one and three bedrooms, ranging in size from between 506 to 1,610 square feet and priced from $479,900
Developer: Woodbridge Homes and Citimark
Architect: Ciccozzi Architecture
Interior designer: BYU Design Ltd.
Sales centre: 108-1171 Marine Drive, North Vancouver
Sales centre hours: noon to 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
Sales phone: 604.818.1177
Website: https://ebbandflowliving.ca/