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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Price: $1,695,000
MLS# v738499
Taxes: $4702

Street Address: 131 Hillgrove Road
Island: Salt Spring Island
Province: BC

Type: Custom built
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3.5
Square Feet: 4782
Lot Size: 6.79 acres
Year Built: 1992
Exterior Finish: Wood Siding
Roof: Wood Shingles
Site Features:
  • Landscaped
  • Mountain View
  • Ocean View

Heating / Cooling:
  • Forced Air

Sewage Disposal: Septic Installed
Water System: Well

Approximate Room Sizes:
Main Level: 2893 square feet
  • Entry 19x19
  • Living room 20x21
  • Dining room 15x10
  • Kitchen 15x18
  • Library 12x18
  • Solarium 10x21
  • Laundry7x17
  • Bathrooms 2 and 4 piece
  • Master bedroom 18x19 plus 4 piece ensuite and 12x17 sitting area
  • Bedroom 9x13
  • Bedroom 12x11
  • Main level decking 1068 square feet

Upper Level: Loft 12x14
Other Levels: Garden Level 1808 square feet
  • Billiard room 13x20
  • Rec room 15x20
  • Proposed Sauna 7x7
  • Wine cellar 14x16
  • Workshop 18x23
  • Bathroom 3 piece
  • Master bedroom 14x16 with 4 piece ensuite
  • Master study 19x16
  • Garden level decking 1295 square feet