The youngest company of Regen Homes in the Chickade Lane offers units with three bedrooms near the city center.
Eight new town houses with three bedrooms and eight nesting boxes for chickadees flies in the Chickade Lane.
The birdhouses on the south-facing side of the Chickade Lane Townhouse complex in 1165 Wilson Crescent are just one of the touches that the building contractor Cameron Cope highlighted on a recently carried out Squamish boss tour through the sub-preparation houses.
There is also an outdoor seating area and a wooden pirate ship structure that Copes had children by hand while testing.
“We can build houses that have a positive effect”
Cope is the founder and managing director of Regen Homes.
With this and other project and others that he has on the road, the goal is to make the houses as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible, he says.
In the Chickade Lane, the units of EV chargers, solar panels have on the roof of the complex, pollination systems, rainwater collection and garden boxes.
The company only builds infill projects, which means that it does not delete a country that was previously forested for its houses.
“[ReGen] It was founded on the conviction that we could build houses that have a positive effect on the climate and the biological diversity and play a role in the regeneration of the planet. So we really focus on building houses because the future world needs. For this purpose, all houses are built zero emissions and also certified as a green platinum, ”he said.
Each house has its own built -in air conditioning system to deal with the squamish Summers Summers.
“Zero emissions means that no additional carbon or emissions get into the atmosphere during the entire operation of the building, as we need the amount of energy that we need as much as possible on site [all units] Have electric heating and cooling systems and airtight windows and very thick insulation. Each house is delivered with solar collectors on the roof, so that the non -renewable energy runs out of the network, “said Cope.
The units are all three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms with a garage next to each other. They are approximately 1,100 square foot plus the additional almost 500 square foot of the garage.
The chickade nesting boxes were built by long-time local Carl Halverson, and the company consulted with Nature Squamish to ensure that the boxes ensure that the boxes for local bird species offer a suitable habitat.
“We actually contribute a new habitat by increasing the biological diversity in urban areas,” he said.
The location in the city center, near schools and amenities, means that it is a walk -in place, he added, even though he acknowledges the limited frequency of the bus system to get outside the districts.
Space for adventure equipment
When asked how a double garage fits the sustainable plan for the project, Com Cope pointed out the need for the equipment for the adventure for which people switch to squamish.
“We do not expect every garage to be filled with two cars here. I think it could be a car and then a whole range of mountain bikes, toys, crash pads, snowmobiles, sled, what are you,” he said.
“The people in Squamish work hard, play hard and need space for all their things.”
Two visitor parking spaces are also included in the development.
“The operating costs of the building will be less”
With recognition of the increases in construction costs, Cope claims that these sustainable townhouses are still more accessible than many apartments in the city, whereby the prices of less than 1 million US dollars start.
The benchmark price, which is a typical property on the squamish market, was $ 1,678,300 for single-family houses.
After several listing service statistics.
The benchmark town house in the city in May was 1,037,500 US dollars.
“The operating costs of the building will be lower because it is efficient and also the electrical generation on site,” said Cope, who grew up on Salt Spring Island and moved to Squamish outdoors 14 years ago.
Cope listed his favorite outdoor activities on – including kayaking, skiing, mountain biking and climbing – as reasons from which he decided Squamish, and noticed a Cubby in the garage of one of the land units of Chickadee that could be used to store skis.
Regenerative living space to satisfy the apartment needs
From the kitchen window of the same unit, future residents can enjoy the Echo Lake Falls in the Tantalus area-a picturesque backdrop, which is opposite some remaining single-family houses in front of the vicinity.
Although several studies have shown that single -family houses are less environmentally friendly than the apartment buildings per residential unit of the living space, Cope knows that there are resistance from some in Squamish against the establishment of a new apartment building, since the community infrastructure and amenities are difficult to rise with the population.
This results in particular from long -standing residents who have moved here, as single -family houses with large shipyards were rather the norm and expectation.
“I grew up on a farm on Salt Spring Island, so I was definitely used to the room and the wilderness,” he said.
“Essentially we have two really big problems. One is the real estate crisis. Real estate prices are very high and reached from many people, so that we have to build more living space. At the same time, the construction of apartments creates a lot of environmental influences.
“We have to build more living space, and in my view it has to be regenerative living space that actually returns more than the environment. This is the reality in which we live today, and especially in squamish.”
On June 28th there will be an opening event by Chickade Lane.
You can find more information on the Regen Regen website.