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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:
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