Unique and beautiful lakefront estate…sunny pastoral acreage…your private dream awaits!

This dramatic home enjoys the allure of a solid English castle experience…an amazing rendering of rammed earth construction and flair.

Open, sunsplashed interior spaces that invite one to relax…lake and garden vistas from all principal rooms…a sense of calm pervades this enfolding home.

Welcoming formal entry/foyer, entertainment living with feature fireplace, spacious custom cook’s dream kitchen, inviting dining with a view, adjacent family/media room…easy access from all main level areas to patio, lawn, paths to orchard and to lakeside dock.

Office and guest bedroom/bath, plus large separate laundry, pantry, generous storage, guest powder room, & inviting spacious mudroom/entry complete the main level floorplan.

The upper level is reached by a beautifully curved staircase, showcasing the design elements that create the allure of the rammed earth construction technique.

Open gallery/office space, plus two ensuite master bedrooms…and all with delectable vistas over lake, garden, meadow, orchard…an energizing and peaceful experience.

The plus? Lovely separately sited guest cottage. A luscious fenced veggie garden & orchard. A superlative studio space…artist? Musician? Home occupation? Yoga retreat? You decide!

Adjacent property with tenanted rancher style home is part of this package…resulting in an inspiring lakefront pastoral holding on the jewel of the Gulf Islands…special Salt Spring Island!

24 hr notice for all appointments. Here is your lifestyle opportunity…look forward to your call!

Price: $4,280,000

Here is a magical 7+ acres, dramatic oceanfront, with exquisite crafted and authentic Japanese designed home.

The spacious dwelling lends itself to a professional couple, working from home…it would also be a very pleasing family retreat, offering both privacy and proximity. A luxury eastern inspired country inn style B&B would also be graciously possible here. Many opportunities, and the buyer may suggest others.

The home is sited on a rock outcropping, beside a sweep of sandy cove, with panoramic ocean/islands/mountain vistas…views to inspire the soul. The fineness of design and construction, the simplicity of the landscaping…the allure is evident from the moment of arrival.

Lovely walking trails through stands of fir, cedar, hemlock, maple, alder, arbutus…a fern enclave that suggests an Emily Carr painting…a natural pond with gazebo to encourage tranquility…open meadows…this private property is wonderfully sited at Salt Spring’s peaceful “south end”, and enjoys a varied topography.

A true estate style oceanfront property holding, with a Zen/Scandanavian allure. Here is that sculptural spareness of true minimalism.

Totally unique. Totally beautiful.

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Panoramic ocean view, sunny private acreage in 2 titles, in one of Salt Spring’s prime Pringle Farm area. First title offers a superbly designed and custom built, light-filled residence. This fine home displays an exemplary blend of function and style, with many special features, both interior and exterior, to promote ease of living and enjoyment. Attention is paid to ensuring high quality in finishing, appliances, and sustainable eco-friendly building materials.

Perfect for family living and entertaining, this beautiful home exudes a sense of warmth and welcoming natural luxury. First title is 1.8 acres.

Second title offers 6+ acres, adjacent to huge swath of park reserve (with hiking/walking trails), and with excellent all day sun. Zoned for main home, separate guest cottage, and upto 5000 sq. ft. barn, plus multiple agricultural accessory buildings. Property’s arable land would also allow for gardens and one could happily keep some sheep!

Make this a “must see” in your search for your Gulf Islands dream property!

Second Title Ocean and Property Views:

The Perfect Beach

Well, it’s Chesterman’s Beach, on the spectacular west coast of Vancouver Island…of course!

This baby point of land, at mid-point along this amazing beach, has been enjoyed by the same family since the 1970s…yes, there is a hand-hewn summer/weekender retreat home on the property, which has mainly been a rental option in past years, but the value is in the location, the sun exposure, the privacy, the topography, the natural scape, as this land has not been “developed” with someone else’s ideas…this beauty awaits your pleasure!

A property to savour…a vista to inspire…a beach to both energize & to soothe the soul.

Arrive by private jet, or regular flight (airport near Tofino). Come in by floatplane, into Tofino’s Harbour. A drive through Vancouver Island’s unspoiled “middle” delivers you to this majestic west coast lifestyle…a two hour drive through this scenic wonderland connects Vancouver Island’s east & west coasts.

Don’t delay…when this is gone, there isn’t another one like it…totally unique & very alluring.

Family retreat, corporate get-away, private enclave just for you? You decide!

A WOW, waiting for your discovery….

Price: $2,580,000

Oceanfront and Beach 1

Oceanfront and Beach 2

Oceanfront and Beach 3

Superlative opportunity!   In the heart of the Fulford Valley/Burgoyne Valley, with excellent sun exposures and dramatic valley, mountain, and ocean viewscapes…a short stroll to beach and to miles of riding and walking/hiking trails…this land is superb.

The gift?   This almost ten acres is the home of renowned Garry Oak Vineyard…award-winning wines, often showcased at Hastings House and other luxury venues, and featured in fine dining establishments.

The home is a custom architect designed gem (Osborne & Clark, from Vancouver…famed for their country ethic)…you will be immediately eased into the Salt Spring lifestyle as you enjoy this stellar property.

The Fulford Valley/Burgoyne Valley are at the same latitude as the Loire Valley in France.    The micro-climate enjoyed by Salt Spring Island is known as “cool Mediterranean”.

Salt Spring features as an artistic haven, with painters, writers, musicians, fabric artists, potters, sculptors, actors, dancers all calling this Island beauty “home”.    The slow food movement is also alive and well on amazing Salt Spring Island: a sustainable farm ethic is a part of the Island culture.    Farmers markets are an almost year round feature of our temperate climate zone.

The Island also offers all services/amenities required in our 21st Century lives, and yet also enjoys that wonderful sense of being “apart”.    Close to major centres (Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle), and with a year round lifestyle…easy to do daytrips to other regions, and yet not necessary to leave the Island unless one wishes to.    Hospital, three elementary schools, a middle and a state of the art senior school, seniors activities, a growing digital network of the tech culture, the voice of the artist well represented, a sense of sanctuary without being isolated…it is a premier location for either a seasonal or a year round experience.

The Garry Oak Vineyard acreage offers an alluring retirement opportunity…be the hands on person you’ve always dreamed of being, or retain the qualified helpers in the vineyard.   Charming cottage home for these accomplished helpers…plus auxiliary buildings dedicated to the wine-making.

Always dreamed of France or Italy?    Here’s the delectable reality to that dream…the stability and the innovative and the creative Canadian lifestyle awaits your pleasure on very special Salt Spring Island!

Here is your dramatic and warm hued home, with exceptional views to rest the soul…here is the detached garage for your classic cars…here is the privacy and the calm that enfolds one…here is the interest to pique one’s mind, to open a door to a creative experience…call me, and let’s view this gem together, very soon.

Please, do not disturb owners or vineyard staff…appointments to view are essential.    24 hour notice requested.

Price: $3,200,000

Here is your future….

Superlative 5 acre point, with easy access oceanfront, private coves and bays, warm ocean swimming, dramatic & panoramic views, deep water dock in protected bay, sunrises and sunsets…this truly is the very best waterfront opportunity on special Salt Spring Island!

Beautiful home, the best of the country home design ethic, an Osborne & Clark imagining of an authentic country property retreat.

Be inspired by the interior charm, by the ocean, islands, & mountain vistas offered from all principal rooms…a lovely blurring of interior and exterior spaces…this appealing home says “welcome”, immediately!

Dream kitchen, welcoming living with inglenook style feature stone fireplace, country dining, casual lounge with a forever view, cosy den/library (could be a guest bedroom, if desired), and a wonderful private master “suite”, in it’s own tranquil wing…enjoy shimmering water, wide angle sky, mountain frame…forest & meadow privacy…ahh…breathe in the perfection of a true retreat!

Beautifully sited guest cottages, positioned at seaside, splendid panoramic views, sunrise and sunset locations…five guest spaces, self-contained for the privacy & pleasure of visiting family and friends.

Games “cabin”, studio, separately sited garage, deep water dock (keep your boat at home), private trails through your own forest, patio spaces that follow the sun, adirondack chairs discovered in special places, inviting one to sit & ponder & to experience true relaxation…a lovely winding drive off a very quiet country road introduces you immediately to peace, beauty, ocean delights….

The word retreat is an interesting one…it implies not an escape but rather a restorative and energizing experience…that is what this unique waterfront estate offers you.

With the allure of a private island, and yet with the connections of a location on special Salt Spring Island, the largest & best serviced of the Canadian Southern Gulf Islands, this gem enjoys a calm appreciation of our natural world.

Welcome to your Island retreat home!
Price: $7,500,000

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A most spectacular ocean view acreage (26 acres), in a prime area of Salt Spring Island, and with an amazing architect designed home (Blue Sky Architecture dream) executed by Salt Spring’s best builder…this is “the best”!

The dramatic panoramic views take in the Lower Mainland mountains, from Sunshine Coast, past Vancouver, and into the U.S. (Mt. Baker’s majesty, and Mt. Rainier on a clear day, soar to meet your gaze)    The Canadian Gulf Islands and the U.S. San Juans array themselves for your pleasure…the ocean vistas are “right there”, and the ferries and pleasure boats plying our waters are always entertaining.    Sunrises and sunsets from the expanisve deck/patio areas….all of them blurring the line between interior and exterior enjoyment of this natural landscape.

Many unique and irreplaceable features, here….ask for brochure.

Formal entry/foyer…master “wing”, expansive living, dream kitchen, entertainment style ocean view dining, guest bed/bath offered on main level…garden level enjoys family/media room, two further guest bed/baths, craft room.    Easy access to exterior spaces.   Radiant infloor heat, stone flooring, cherry wood flooring, dramatic windows (Loewen custom windows), window wall that slides to open onto spectacular view patio (pizza oven and outdoor kitchen, here, too!).

Easy care natural landscaping, ponds, a lovely meadow/forest mix…your own walking trails throughout this majestic land.

Zoned for main home, plus separate guest, plus separate studio…develop further as you desire.

With homage to the organic and natural designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Blue Sky Architecture team created an amazing home…a citadel concept, with natural materials that blend with the land itself.

This is a home that would be premier anywhere in the world…it just happens to be on special Salt Spring Island, with all its unique amenities and strong artistic flair.

Don’t delay on this one.   It is, truly, “one of a kind”.

Price: $6,900,000

Here it is…a very special oceanfront property on prestigious Old Scott Road…and it’s waiting for you!

Private, sunny (s/sw/w exposures…sunsets!), with an amazing beach…sand and crushed shell stretch of beach to laze on, to beach-comb on, to swim from…and to consider going for a foreshore licence and to building your dock/keeping your boat at home.

Custom “west coast contemporary” home, a one owner opportunity, full of flair and artistic appeal. Approximately 20 years of family lifestyle has enjoyed this eclectic home…now, it’s a moment for new ownership. Orchard, easy access to spectacular beach, sun splashed patios, arable areas for gardening, if desired….

Three bed, two bath, dramatic living with feature stone fireplace, country kitchen with breakfast area off, entertainment-size dining, den/studio (writer’s retreat?), lots of storage….

Bring your ideas and create your story on this unique property…

24 hour notice for viewings.

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Superb waterfront living on Salt Spring Island! Walk-on beach with sheltered cove, boat-launching ramp, beachside float-plane / boat-house with power and water, and swimming float.

The property features a panoramic viewscape, stunning sunsets, privacy, access to shell-fishing, trails, ponds & creek. Notably, it is fully fenced, with a cosy courtyard, heated swimming pool, 1200 sq. ft. workshop, and separate studio. Zoning allows for a cottage.

Well sited along a stately driveway, the custom-built, 4 bed home (1991 addition designed by H. Schubart) features a level entry, lavish master bedroom suite on main floor and lower-level guest accommodation.

This is an exceptional oceanfront acreage in a sought-after area of Salt Spring!

Forested, pastoral, private acreage with custom design home, quality built and outfitted.

Energy efficiency features, extensive decking with outdoor kitchen, landscaping with pond, wrap-around drive, cathedral ceilings, pocket views of the ocean, zoning allowing additional accessory and agricultural buildings.

The fine home is complemented by a 600 sq.ft. well appointed and fully serviced guest cottage.

Land and residence are appealing and offer several options for enjoying a Gulf Islands lifestyle – perfect for family and entertaining, opportunity for “hobby-farm” agricultural pursuits, a B&B, and certainly relaxing.

This one is a “must see” in your search for a Salt Spring dream property!

Vendors comments:

Main House

Garage

• 2 – car bays w/ 11′ ceilings, each with separate 9′x7′ O/H wood doors, incl.
• Electronic Door Openers
• Insulated @ R20 in the attic; R12 in the walls
• Drywall finish interior

Mechanical

• 200 Amp. Service w/ multi-circuit back-up generator panel
• High efficiency air to air heat pump w/ cooling unit and variable speed fan
• 2 supplemental propane fireplaces w/ blowers, wired to back-up generator panel 220V
• Electric floor heating systems in kitchen and ensuite
• Complete central vacuum system
• 2 – 40Gal. Hot water tanks
• Multi-media/television rough-in to 6 locations, including bedrooms
• High efficiency washer and dryer
• 4 – Exterior water spouts

Master Suite

• Walk-in closet
• Walk-out to deck
• 6 piece ensuite complete with Jacuzzi tub, his and her vanity sinks,
• 5′x4′ tile shower w/custom glass enclosure and 3 function showerhead system,
• and low profile toilet

Kitchen

• Custom shaker style edge grain fir cabinets w/ pantry
• Granite counter-tops
• Appliances include cobalt blue colour 48″ Viking dual fuel
• convection oven w/ 2 electric oven bays, gas range and griddle,
• 42″ refrigerator, dishwasher, stainless steel Viking range hood w/ powerful 900cfm fan,
• and stainless steel inverter microwave
• Multi-station lighting package
• 16″ x 16″ imported slate tiles
• Walk-out to outdoor kitchen and deck
• Large eating area

Outdoor Kitchen

• Appliances include beverage refrigerator and stainless gas fired Vermont Casting barbeque
• Wet bar with granite top
• Stamped concrete floor

General Features

• 4.25 acres of forested pasture land in upscale subdivision
• w/ pocket views of the Georgia Strait
• 2 – 500 sq.ft. decks w/ stamped concrete floors
• 9′ daylight basement w/ walk-out
• Edge grain fir, European tilt-and-turn windows w/low e
• Edge grain fir exterior door package w/low e
• Exterior cladding includes a combination of local sandstone, horizontal cedar siding, and cedar shingles 40 yr. Fibreglass shingles
• 5+1/2″ long plank, fir flooring
• Solid wood interior door package
• Edge grain fir trim package
• Skylights
• 14′ cathedral ceilings
• Post and beam porch and deck roofs
• Landscaping incl. Extensive tiered sandstone retaining walls, gardens, pond and wrap around drive
• Zoning allows for the addition of 2000 sq. ft of accessory buildings
• and 5000 sq. ft. of agricultural buildings

Cottage

Mechanical

• 100 Amp Electrical service
• 40 Gal. Hot water tank
• In-floor hydronic heating throughout Propane fireplace w/ blower
• High efficiency, stacking washer and dryer

Interior

• 13′ x 13′ bedroom
• 4 piece bathroom c/w Quartz countertops, maple cabinets and tub/shower
• Vaulted ceiling with skylights
• Maple kitchen cabinets w/ Quartz countertops
• Stainless steel appliances include Refrigerator, Stove and Dishwasher
• 18″ x 18″ Imported Italian Porcelain tile flooring throughout
• Edge Grain fir trim w/ solid wood interior door package

Exterior

• Twin post and beam porches
• Horizontal cedar siding w/ cedar shake accents
• Landscaping includes sandstone retaining walls and gardens
• Garden shed

Wow! Terrific “as new” custom home, an award winning renovation/rebuild, with one of Salt Spring’s top builders. Oceanfront, easy access to deep water moorage (dock in place; keep your boat at home!), and with exceptional panoramic ocean and mountain vistas! Sunny (s/sw/w exposures), pastoral vistas at entrance to the private property, and ocean views, too…very unique!

Home offers main level dramatic open plan living/dining, superb cook’s dream kitchen, feature stone fireplace, a “green” design ethic, library/den, separate laundry, mudroom entry plus formal entry/foyer. Loft office space enjoys the same dramatic views as the living spaces! Master ensuite (steam shower!), plus two guest beds/bath, and family room on lower (garden) level. Patio areas, plus oceanview decking (to expand summer living pleasures), with custom windows that “disappear” to allow that seamless blending of inside/outside. Double garage, plus double carport. Easy care “natural” landscaping! Hot tub with a view.

So many unique features here — must be seen to be appreciated. Truly, one of Salt Spring’s best oceanfront opportunities awaits your pleasure.

Price: $2,600,000

Vendors Comments:

This lovely home shows with many “green” design, environmentally friendly aspects. Extra expenditure has focused on reducing energy consumption and annual service costs.

Important to Note:

• Insulation
• Heat recovery unit
• Heat pump/air condition unit
• Solar domestic water heat
• Low-e argon Pella windows
• Tight-fitted replacement large doors Fireplace insert
• Testing and high rating for reducing heat loss!

The home presents with both bamboo and cork flooring, low Voc paint, and is on site with a greenhouse, organic gardens, and is completely deer-fenced.

Boaters will recognize the value in a dock with water and electricity and a concrete float of extra strength with 5 ton anchors to accommodate a bigger, heavy yacht.

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Standing on the oceanside decking, one is transported to Italy…perhaps that’s what Salt Spring is? Portofino of the West?

Enjoy this elegant oceanfront home, located in a premiere area of Salt Spring Island!

Dramatic and wide-angle panoramic ocean vistas, with South / Southwest / West exposures (wonderful sunsets from here), the walk on beach is easily accessed by path & stairs or by marine elevator. Keep your yacht at the terrific dock, right in front of the home.

Home’s main floor (level entry) offers formal living / dining & a super solarium, all with easy access to expansive oceanview decking. Home also offers a country kitchen, mudroom / laundry, formal foyer, guest bedroom & bathroom, exceptional master bedroom / study with ensuite, and a hot tub on the deck.

The garden level enjoys expansive games room, bathroom, workshop, 2 guest bedrooms/bath, and access to a separate suite (suitable for a potential B&B or guest / inlaw option). The garden level enjoys its own sun splashed decking.

There is a fun beachfront summer house to expand summer living pleasure, at dock side!

A casually elegant lifestyle awaits you, here — just move in and enjoy!

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Exceptional oceanview custom designed & quality built home, by one of Salt Spring’s premiere custom builders, offers many unique features, plus sunny decks & patios to expand summer living pleasures.

The property is a beautiful 6.79 acres, and gets year round all day sunshine, and also enjoys both spectacular sunrises & sunsets. On a sunny ridge, one can enjoy the Lower Mainland mountains and Trincomali Channel ocean vistas, plus see the Vancouver Island mountains and the hills of Salt Spring’s west side.

The property features a separate carport / storage, a fenced organic vegetable garden & orchard, oceanview gazebo, easy care landscaping, and a forest / meadow mix.

Dramatic living, with feature stone fireplace, dining with a view, and a wonderful “cook’s dream” kitchen, with solarium off. Library, master “suite”, guest “wing”, sep. laundry complete the main level. Lower garden level offers games room, wine room, storage galore, and a dream workshop, plus guest bath. Hot tub with a view!

Located in an area of quality homes, and close to all amenities, plus to lake and beach accesses, this serene property is offering its “own world”.

One of Salt Spring Island’s best oceanview opportunities, designed with flair — just move in & enjoy!

Additional Features

• Foundation footings are tied to bedrock on total perimeter; using rebar drilled two feet into the bedrock every two feet of perimeter.
• Exterior and interior framing all 2 by 6 inch and sheathed with half-inch plywood prior to dry walling, to increased rigidity.
• All beams are Western Red Cedar and milled from local trees.
• R40 insulation throughout.
• Sandstone for fireplace was locally quarried and cut on site.
• Hardwood flooring is Quebec Red Oak.
• Cold storage room for garden produce.
• 1000 bottle wine cellar with thermostatically controlled wine making facilities.
• All cedar gazebo with sandstone fire pit and copper shroud, :
• Large fenced veggie garden and 28 fruit trees; all with programmable, underground irrigation system.
• Well is 360 feet deep and yields four GPM. Fun chemical analysis of water shows safe, soft, potable Water.
• Full hook-up RV site.
• Property has a generator based 6000 watt electrical back-up system. It is hard wired through a transfer switch allowing easy operation of the well pump, hot water heater, fridge and freezer, small appliances and selected lights during any power failures.

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Located right beside the seashore, this Fulford Harbour beachfront offers great walking & beachcombing. There is summer moorage potential via a mooring buoy.

The lovely beachside home offers 4 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms plus office / den. Home enjoys privacy & panoramic viewscapes. There’s a separate guest/inlaw suite, too.

Home would make a super B&B, and current owners are offering this with consistent success.

Property is easy care, with pretty landscaping, & with a “natural” feel. Close to ferry to Sidney & to Victoria.

Summer sunsets are to be enjoyed from the oceanside patios and decking. Hot tub with a view!

See Li soon for more information. Appointments to view are preferred, as owner does a popular B & B business, here.

Superb new home, on 6+ acres, in an area of fine homes, and with a soaring panoramic vista. Ocean, islands, mountain viewscapes and excellent all day/year round sun exposure (sunrises and sunsets, here!).

Close to both Ganges and Fulford Villages, and to lakes, to beach accesses, and to park hiking/walking trails, and to golf, marinas, all services, and yet in its own wonderfully serene and private environment.

Custom designed and construction by one of Salt Spring’s premier builders, the attention to detail here, and the fineness of the finishes, are superlative. Master bed sitting room, with expansive decking off (hot tub with a view!), a dream ensuite (this shower is exceptional), and large walk in closet, is in its own private “wing”. Radiant infloor heating, cherry wood flooring, copper flooring, custom window treatments, dream kitchen with pantry/storage and mudroom entry off, dramatic dining with window wall that totally opens to the outdoor barbecue/decking, thus expanding summer living pleasures, plus expansive living with stone feature fireplace, handcrafted finishes, plus formal entry and guest powder room. Separate laundry, and exercise room completes main level.

Garden level offers gallery/meditation space, guest bed and bath, media room, and a professional office space (could be third bedroom, if desired), plus generous storage. Easy access to patio areas, and that soaring view available to all principal rooms.

Enjoy Mt. Baker’s majesty from here, too. Totally unique, and totally beautiful. The home is ready to just move into and to enjoy. Landscaping (easy care/natural) continues. A home to inspire and to nurture…enjoy!

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