This 3-bedroom, 3-bath custom farmhouse with European-inspired contemporary details, complemented with smart home wiring, is designed for an active family. the well-considered layout offers easy access to numerous outdoor amenities, including covered outdoor kitchen/bar, dining areas, pool, sport court and vegetable gardens, and custom built-ins throughout for easy, elegant organization. Charcoal coloured, wide-plank oak flooring extends throughout open-plan main floor living space with bedrooms up. Warm, West Coast tones provide a natural transition to landscape shared through many windows and French doors.

Smart-home wired for full connectivity, features include heat pump with efficient propane furnace, Low-E, energy-efficient windows, high-R value insulation, propane-fired on-demand hot water, range and pool heating, augmented with a solar blanket, and Energuide rating of 83.

Previously undeveloped 4-acre rural property required extensive site preparation and blasting to accommodate the new home; careful siting meant removing few trees and blasted shale was re-used to build a base for the long driveway, pool and sport court.