With 450 homes already built and another 750 on the way, participants and observers of sohowest are bullish about its potential to rewrite the rules for how we live and work.
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We were proud to learn that a resident of our young neighbourhood is already giving back to the community. Chantal Vandereems, one of Monarch's first homebuyers, recently held a fundraiser to benefit the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Vandereems was herself recently diagnosed with the disease and while her symptoms have stabilized, many Canadians aren't as lucky and are among the majority of the 4,000 people waiting for an organ transplant.
A new study reports that twice weekly telecommuting could save the Canada $53 billion a year or the equivalent of taking 385,000 cars off the road. Smart Communities like sohowest provide effective and reliable tools like high-speed fibre optic network connections, in-home networking and great floorplans that provide for functional home offices for distance workers.
Tartan adds semi-detached homes to it's portfolio at sohowest. The new homes will feature Craftsman style elevations and great standard features like finished basements and hardwood & ceramic flooring. Like their Connected Singles, the semis will be Energy Star certified.
Tartan's Bruce Nicol and other Ottawa housing experts discuss the next 10 years of Ottawa's new homes market. Among emergent trends like energy use & green building, sohowest is mentioned as an example of the ways technology is already changing the housing industry in Ottawa.
It was a fantastic day—the weather complied—and some guests left with amazing prizes.
Home office, entertainment, and control technology makes life easier in innovative housing project.
Homes with a direct connection to fibre sell for an average of premium of 4.5% over homes without.