After delay, home lotto ticket spree begins
The Medicine Hat Kinsmen lotto home may be opening later than usual for public viewing, but organizers of the house involved in the fundraising giveaway say it will impress.
“It’s my first time seeing it finished and I’m blown away,” said lotto chair Adam Thompson on Thursday.
The house, at 59 Sierra Road in the community of Saamis opens today for dropin public viewings.
After the construction start was delayed until January while the service club secured the lot, a compacted four weekend ticket selling spree begins now.
Sales will be cut off on Sept. 10 with the draw following on Sept. 15. Funds, as always go towards providing free-of-charge swimming and skating, as well as dollars toward larger projects.
The house itself measures 1,800 square feet, with a finished basement adding about a third more living space.
The light grey colour scheme, flow, finishes and features say classy, but not extravagant or outrageously modern.
Isaac Dyck, of Bravada Homes, said the custom design fits with the goals worked out with the club and designer, Robert Dyck Home Designs. The idea was to create appeal for a variety of possible homeowners with various needs — young, old, with or without children.
“We designed the home to show what you can do with a narrow lot but still have a good-sized family home,” said Isaac Dyck.
“It’s something that everyone could walk into an say ‘I could live here.’”
Three good-sized bedrooms are upstairs, including a master with five-piece ensuite bath and separate walk-in closet. They open on to a sitting area and the roomy top storey also includes secondfloor laundry and a main bathroom.
The basement features a large living room, fourth bedroom and bath, along with the mechanical room and office nook.
Main floor mudroom leads from two-car garage to the open-concept kitchen, dining and formal living room.
More than two dozen local firms or suppliers contributed to the home, which is valued at $500,000.
The area itself is also showing well.
The group negotiated with city’s land department on the basis that the foot traffic to the newest phase of Saamis would stir interest in the subdivision.
Five homes are underway or finished, including two for the upcoming Canadian Homebuilders annual Parade of Homes. Options on eight other lots could mean the onethird built out in one to two years.
The public is invited to view the home and buy tickets on site between 3 and 9 p.m. on weekdays, and between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Thompson suggests online at www.mhkinsmen.ca, to avoid lines at the house, or through vendors in the city, including Co-op food stores, Sobeys, Richardson’s Jewellers and Budget Blinds.
Only 8,400 tickets are printed.
The fundraiser is the largest staged by the service club each year, with proceeds going to provide free swimming and skating time in Medicine Hat and Redcliff.
Money also pays for part of maintenance costs on Kinsmen-sponsored projects under long-term agreements with the city of Medicine Hat and the local YMCA.