Evolv35 35 four bedroom townhomes at 312 Moody Avenue North Vancouver by Guildford Brook Estates
Evolv35 homes come with an extra: the ‘lock-off suite’
Mary Frances Hill
The Province
Evolv35
Where: 312 Moody Ave., North Vancouver
What: 35 four-bedroom townhomes situated in Moodyville, a new, award-winning master-planned community
Residence sizes and prices: Homes range from 1,554 to 2,070 sq. ft., with legal suites, from $1.3 million; built to Passive House Canada standards and 2032 energy codes, which will help homeowners reduce their energy usage by 90 per cent annually
Developer: Guildford Brook Estates
Sales Centre: 100 E. 3rd St., North Vancouver (3rd and Lonsdale)
Hours: Previewing by private appointment
A home that promises to be comfortable and sophisticated indoors and responsive to the wider community can be a rare find. At Evolv35, Guildford Brook Estates’ townhome community in Moodyville, a burgeoning community in North Vancouver, buyers can be assured their well-designed contemporary family homes will meet the needs of their bottom line, as well as the broader environment.
Interior designer Theresa Yoon, principal of I.D. Lab, offers three finishes at Evolv35 to enhance warmth and create a clean, modern look in the interiors. Those same finishes, made of durable materials such as porcelain tiling and engineered stone on the countertops, can be found in the homes’ “lock-off suites,” studio or one-bedroom units, which can be used as rental units. Each has its own private entrance.
All homes will be built to Passive House Canada standards and 2032 energy codes, which are designed to reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent annually, courtesy of super-insulated exterior walls, triple-glazed windows and a fresh air ventilation system.
A display kitchen in the presentation centre is laid out in a horseshoe shape, a design that provides plenty of preparation space over three countertops. The finishes and design options, including a walnut scheme, a warm rift white oak cabinet option and a grey painted cabinet scheme, offer a modern look to appeal to universal tastes, Yoon says. Open shelving interrupts the upper cabinetry on two sides, breaking up the uniformity, while a chimney hood fan adds to this appeal.
“The chimney fan allows us to extend the splash tile up behind it, which is a great feature,” Yoon adds.
“The open shelves allow the homeowners to display particular items or to simply have easier access to kitchen accessories used daily. The higher backsplash height gives the kitchen a larger appearance visually and shows off the stone splash.”
Visitors, meantime, have been attracted to the flexibility of Evolv35’s lock-off suites. The city of North Vancouver’s 2016 figures place the vacancy rate at 0.3 per cent, (a healthy vacancy rate is said to be between three and four per cent), and the addition of these suites in the homes is seen as a thoughtful gesture on the developer’s part to ease that tension, with no compromises. Residents in these suites will enjoy the same high-quality finishes that grace the main home.
“We did not use inferior or more cost-effective finishes for these units, as projects typically do [in suites designed for extended family and renters],” Yoon says. “These units can be easily furnished as they are spacious. With an open-concept plan within the kitchen and living areas, they are flexible in terms of furniture space planning.”
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