RareBirds Housing Co-operative
Contact Us at rarebirdshousing@gmail.com
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PROPERTY DETAILS

  • Year Built: 2014
  • Land Size: 1/2 Acre
  • Floor Space: 6000 Square Feet
  • Number of Floors: 3
  • Bedrooms: 8 (6 member suites and 2 guest bedrooms)
  • Bathrooms: 9
  • Other Rooms: Large Kitchen + Living Room + Dining room (Great Room), Multi-functional spaces, Cold Room, Storage rooms
  • Laundry: 2 Laundry Rooms
  • Patios: South Patio with shade cover and upper East patio with sunrise view 
  • Parking: 9 total parking spots including garage
  • Back Yard: Outdoor shed, large organic vegetable garden with raised beds and a small espalier apple orchard, and fenced yard
  • Other Features: Custom design, solid open fir staircase, loving upkeep and high quality finishing work 

UNIQUENESS OF THE HOUSE

​The RareBirds house was designed to lessen our environmental footprint and improve health and well-being. We are recognized by the Global Ecovillage Network as an eco-community project. The Canadian Home Builders' awarded RareBirds with 3 Keystone Awards for Best Multi-Family Development, Best House Design, and the FortisBC Award for Building Energy Efficiency.
 
The house includes:
  • 27 solar panels (7kw energy and expandable to 45 panels or 11kw- solar array and wiring expansion ready)
  • Closed loop solar hot water system
  • Heat recovery ventilation system
  • 5 ton heat pump and forced air furnace
  • Double insulation (Styrofoam and fiberglass)
  • Engineered windows by orientation
  • Jora Rotary Composter and Rainwater Recovery System
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