House has playroom for Dad, too
“The home is a fair bit higher than the original one, probably two to three feet higher than the previous one, but it is not noticeable. We brought the home up nicely to just street level,” Rodier said.
The older house was salvaged and moved to a farm property in the Comox area.
The flat roof helps the home strike a contemporary pose and the moderate slope leads water to an integrated gutter that sits invisibly behind a clean edge at the top of the roof, said Rodier, a designer for 12 years who specializes in custom single-family homes.
Gill said one of the things he likes most about the house is his separate, detached, office-studio.
“It’s perpendicular to the garage and helps create an outdoor space for the fireplace, barbecue, built-in patio and outdoor kitchen.”
He joked that his daughter has her playroom and he has a playroom for himself too, in the back garden.
Other attractive features include an easy-on-the-feet cork floor in the laundry room, living-room wainscoting that runs two-thirds of the way up the wall behind the sofa, a coffered ceiling and built-in bar and wine fridge.
A glass railing runs along the catwalk that leads to the master suite and creates a separation from the guest and daughter’s bedrooms, which each have their own bathroom.
Gill also loves the master bathroom, with its white marble floors and fixtures from the Ensuite Bath & Kitchen Showroom. It offers loads of storage behind wooden cabinets and white lacquered drawers.
“One my favourite places is the steam shower,” he said, noting the home uses natural gas for all its heating, from clothes dryer and range to fireplace and outdoor barbecue.
“So our hydro bills in the summer are like nothing, and only about $100 in the winter, while the gas bill is about $100 a month, too.”