AWARD-WINNING DEVELOPER GOES SOUTHSIDE
Miracon shows off single-family-home community in Surrey
Louise Roos couldn’t stay away from the South Surrey site where her new home was going up. As a former welder-turned-structural engineer, she couldn’t resist dropping by — almost daily — to see how Miracon Development and its crew were doing in building her single-family home.
“They told me ‘Well, you can go inside, Louise, but just don’t start giving orders to workers,’” she laughed. “I was able to look at everything, from geotechnical aspects and the foundations, to work by their different trades — everything.”
As a consulting engineer, she says she has seen her share of homes that are poorly constructed, “but I was very impressed and very happy with Miracon’s work.”
Those kind of kudos should come as no surprise to buyers or people in the business. Miracon is a frequent finalist in both of the development industry’s major awards: the Georgies and the Ovation Awards. In fact, the company won a Grand Ovation award for “Single Family Builder of the Year” earlier this year.
Jas Rai, Miracon’s in-house interior designer and spokesperson, says the company had an amazing response when it opened its show home to the public earlier this month. “We probably had more than 100 groups through the first day,” she said, “and we really didn’t advertise it; people really love the feel of the homes.”
Rai said the homes, which will be ready for occupancy by next spring, range between 2,418 and 3,600 square feet, and feature 10-foot-high ceilings on the main level and nine-foot-high ones in the completed basement.
What distinguishes Southside from Miracon’s other developments in the area — the sold-out Westside and the still-for-sale Southcrest developments — is their comparatively lower price, Rai said. With homes starting at $1.18 million, she said Southside is well suited for young families looking to move up, perhaps from a town house, into a single-family home.
She described the subdivision as quiet and on top of a south slope, with some homes having a view of White Rock’s Semiahmoo Bay in the distance. At the same time, Morgan Crossing with all of its shops, and the new Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, are both walkable. Southside is also an easy drive from several local golf courses.
“It is really a peaceful and serene pocket that is tucked into an urban area,” she said.