Parade of Homes | Spring 2019

GROWING PLACES

HEADINGLEY Beyond the ’BURBS Outer Limits Thinking outside the city box

Homeowners are expanding their horizons in town-and-country developments throughout Manitoba

By Pat St. Germain

>> Home buyers are making a run for the border, and making developments beyond Winnipeg city limits increasingly hot properties in the process. Along with land, lots of land, buyers are leaning toward more natural selections in communities with preserved forests, rivers and abundant greenspace. And many are finding they can adopt a small-town lifestyle without giving up any of the domestic luxuries or conveniences of the city. Hearth Homes design and marketing manager Liam Milne says about 70 per cent of general inquiries of late are coming from people who want to live beyond the Perimeter, and while the City of Winnipeg’s Impact Fee bylaw is having … well, an impact, it’s not the only contributing factor.

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