Edgewood Gate proving to resonate with ‘move-up buyers’
Simon Brault
The Vancouver Sun
Edgewood Gate
Project location: 2113 166 Street
Project size: 96 four- and five-bedroom single family homes. Homes start at 2,360 square feet and prices start at $1.1 million.
Developer: Foxridge Homes
Interior designer: First Impression Design
Hours: noon — 5 p.m., daily
Telephone: 778-294-9077
Website: http://www.foxridgehomesbc.com
In October this year, Lisa McJunkin and Bill Reny will be moving into a new home at Edgewood Gate, Foxridge Homes’ new development of four- and five-bedroom single-family houses in South Surrey.
The couple are local to the area and are moving in together for the first time. They were looking for a place that works for both of their sons and found it in a four-bedroom home with a finished basement suite.
“My son is 21 so that will work really well for him,” McJunkin said. “What we really liked about it was that in five or 10 years when the kids are gone and on their way, it will still work really well for us. It’s not too big. We didn’t want something that has a huge yard and needs lots of maintenance so that you can’t travel.”
“We just fell in love with the house really and we love the location,” McJunkin added. “It’s not far from Bill’s son’s high school. We live really close so we’ve been driving by it and it’s exciting to see the progress they’re making on it.”
Foxridge is well into the construction process at Edgewood Gate and the first row of houses out of a total of 96 is almost complete. Buyers will begin moving in this month and Diane Zarola, the company’s director of sales and marketing, said there’s been no shortage of interest, particularly from locals.
“Most of our buyers are coming from Surrey, generally South Surrey,” Zarola said. “It’s amazing how people seem to like to stay in their own communities. At Edgewood Gate, they are move-up buyers for the most part – people coming out of townhouses or apartments.”
“This development has very similar floor plans to another community that we’ve just finished,” Zarola added. “A lot of people didn’t get to buy there because we sold out so they’ve been coming here instead. We actually have some views of water from the site. The big appeal here is that it’s a country setting with everything right at hand. There’s absolutely nothing missing in South Surrey in terms of shops, restaurants and amenities. It’s also super easy to get to the border from here.”
Homes start at 2,360 square feet and all of them have detached, double-car garages in the back ,plus a parking pad in case the owners decide to have the suite finished.
“Interestingly enough, we have sold very few homes without suites,” Zarola said. “Almost everyone is taking a suite, either for visiting family or as a mortgage helper. The cost of having a suite completed by us is about $28,000. We include a finished basement in the price of these homes so it’s really an upgrade to a legal suite. A great deal of that basement has already been paid for so it’s a much smaller figure than if you were to do it from scratch.”
Edgewood Gate homes start at $1.1 million including GST. For that you get 10-foot-high ceilings and oversized windows throughout the main floor, designer-selected light fixture packages and laminate flooring throughout the main level, including the powder room.
The kitchens feature open-concept layouts with centre islands, abundant storage and large pantries. There are Shaker-style maple cabinets with soft-close doors and drawers, quartz countertops and full-height backsplashes, double bowl sinks and Samsung stainless steel appliance packages.
In the ensuite bathrooms, there are five-inch frameless glass showers and double vanities, while main bathrooms have deep soaker tubs. All bathrooms have quartz countertops, ceramic tile flooring, and shaker style maple stained soft-close cabinets.
In keeping with the company’s previous developments, Foxridge includes a multitude of customization options with a dedicated colour and design room, where buyers can pick everything from the colour of the carpets to the type of stone on the outside of their house to the design of the railing on the stairs.
It’s really nice that there are so many options for the interior,” McJunkin said. “There’s a whole bunch of decisions to be made, but it was a really fun process to be able to go through and look at all the different samples. That way, when we move in it really will be ours because we tailored and personalized it. It was also amazing to find out we had such similar tastes. We’re really happy with how it has all worked out.”
Zarola said that the company tries to do something a little bit different in every show home – there are three to walk through at Edgewood Gate – so that buyers can see different finishes and colours.
“We take a lot of care with our homes and we refine them every time we build more of them,” she added. “In 2017, we won Single Family Production Home Builder of the Year at the Georgie Awards, which was a great honour for us.”
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