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BACK-LANE HOMES
“It has a very modern feel with a bright interior throughout and a focus on lifestyle.”
– JASON JAQUET
PHOTO BY DARCY FINLEY
eight-foot height. “When you add six inches height to the basement, your ductwork is not coming down as low, so you can have more space when you finish it off,” he says. “We put extra large 27-inch deep windows in the basement, which bring in a lot of light.”
that corner into a barbecue deck, which is fully enclosed with a railing and covered with a roof,” he says. “A door leads directly onto the deck, making it like an extension of the kitchen. It saves you from going through the house, down the stairs and out to the grass area to do your outdoor cooking.” Jaquet says that once homebuyers tour a back-lane show home, they quickly become accustomed to the idea — and interest has been growing for the last couple of years. “The back-lane home is a very progressive approach that is becoming more mainstream.”
“The 1,695-square-foot show home we’ve built in Sage Creek at 339 Robert Bockstael Dr. (called the R–1695) is a two-storey model with nine-foot ceilings on the main floor and an open concept plan,” he says. “It has a very modern feel with a bright interior throughout and a focus on lifestyle. The main floor has an office/lifestyle room. It has three bedrooms, an upstairs laundry, which is very popular right now, and the owner suite has a private ensuite and walk-in closet.” The foundation is higher with the basement walls at eight-foot- six-inches instead of the typical
He describes the private barbecue deck, which is a very unique feature.
“It’s a new twist. Where the back door is on one side, on the other side of the home there is a little deck. What we’ve done with our back-lane home is we’ve turned
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