FEELS LIKE HOME
Spacious and stylish living on offer at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge
There’s something about a newly built home. Everything is shiny and untarnished, the stylings are modern, the appliances are efficient and — if you’ve picked a good home builder — the construction is solid.
For Dean Scott, who with his wife has bought a home at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge, it’s that new-home feel he’s most looking forward to when they take possession in March.
Hillcrest is the third and final development by Marathon Homes in the Sullivan area of Surrey, collectively known as Sullivan Ridge. With a total of 29 homes ranging in size from 3,119 to 4,100 square feet, Hillcrest features architecture by Tyan Design and interiors by Creative Design Works.
“We’re selling a home in Richmond and the biggest thing for us is the fact that we’ll be moving into a new house from an older one where we raised our kids,” Scott said. “The finishing work in the home is tremendous. My father-in-law has been in the design business his whole life and he spent two hours in the show home and said we’d be hard pressed to find better construction and finishes anywhere else. It’s going to be great to have air conditioning in the summer too.
“I’m also really looking forward to our new kitchen,” Scott added. “The layout of it is perfect, the quartz countertops are beautiful and there’s a gas stove. I do the cooking in our household and I love it. It’s a hobby for me.”
Jas Gill, Marathon Homes’ managing director, said that the company has tweaked the floor plans and updated the design for this latest collection of five- and six-bedroom single-family homes, most of which will have views of
the North Shore mountains.
“One thing to note about Hillcrest is that the style is more contemporary and we’ve also updated all the finishes along the way,” Gill said. “The nice thing about this last phase is that I feel like the homes have a much better indooroutdoor flow. You have a covered deck area, which wasn’t necessarily available in previous renditions and the garages are also larger in these homes. We’ve always offered functional plans, but I think now they ’re not only functional, they ’re really efficient as well.”
The homes come with completed basements with all the rough-ins included and there’s an option to turn them into suites, which Scott intends to go for. All homes feature “family-sized” laundry rooms with side-by-side Whirlpool washers and dryers, natural gas fireplaces with stone surrounds, nine-foothigh ceilings in main living areas, designer lighting fixtures and custom chandeliers in the cathedral staircases.
Kitchens feature walk-in pantries, ceiling-height Shaker cabinetry with glass displays, chrome hardware on soft-close doors and drawers, plus under-cabinet task lighting. There are polished quartz countertops as well as ceramic tile backsplashes. The stainless-steel appliance packages are by Whirlpool and kitchens also include built-in waste disposal units, single-lever Delta faucets and pullout vegetable sprays with flex lines.
As for the bathrooms, they include large-format ceramic tile flooring, contemporary faucets and vanity mirrors. The master ensuites come with oversized walk-in glass showers, his-and-hers vessel sinks and quartz countertops. Main bathrooms have soaker tubs with ceramic tile surrounds and glass accents.
In addition to enjoying his new luxury home, Scott is looking forward to getting to know the area better. “My wife knows Surrey better than I do, but once I did drive around the neighbourhood a bit I began to appreciate how many things were nearby,” Scott said. “There are a lot of restaurants and banks and grocery stores and pretty much everything you need. There’s also plenty of parks around there and we’ll be a little closer to the border and to White Rock, which is an area we like very much.”
A map of the area around Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge is jampacked with amenities. It includes no fewer than six parks and two golf courses, as well as a listing of 33 dining and shopping outlets, 12 educational institutions and nine leisure facilities.
Gill said that Marathon Homes has had a wide variety of buyers visiting the Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge show home and several homes have already been sold. Homes are priced from $1,249,900 including GST and the show home at 6119 146 St. is open from noon until 5 p.m. every day but Friday.
“Our buyer pool has been younger families for the most part,” Gill added. “We’ve had a nice mix of families from either the Surrey area or Richmond that are moving up from townhouses or coming out of older homes in search of something more modern.”
For Dean Scott, the best bit about moving in will be that new-home feel. “The overall esthetics of the place are incredible,” he said. “I find it quite beautiful.”