The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 9

OUmwm Journal Page 9 Real estate tmeiit starts rise in Saturday, Juty 8, 1978 Apar j. Greater Ottawa I w-win nil" Tj nnr, IgMNMaB fsa v' 'iuiMiniii i mm Roof lines relieve monotony I I 3 1 1 1 is the Assaly approach How does a builder decide how many houses to build in a given project, given the current state of the housing market? Thomas C. Assaly Corporation Ltd. thinks it has the answer to this riddle in its approach to the development of Westcliffe Estates. John Harte, director of marking, says the company is developing the 100-acre-plus tract which is bounded by Moodie Drive and Richmond Road, and.

NCC parkland on a. ''piecemeal" basis depending on the market demand. For example, Assaly now has three distinctive semi-detached models on display on one side of Westcliffe Road, and graden homes on the other, as well as more conventional-type garden homes dubbed "freehold gardenvillas" along Seyton Drive facing the NCC parkland. Harte says "we are not planning to build until we know what the customer is going In other words the company will focus on "where the heavy demand is whether it is for "the more luxurious, more customized garden villas" the semi-detached houses, or the conventional type of garden homes. As a result of this market approach one geared to which type of house is "the big seller" there could be more semi-detached units.

built on Westcliffe Drive, and possibly more garden homes on Seyton perhaps 142 units in all. This is probably the first time, Harte says, that "the customer has been considered In this way." The philosophy of "let the consumer choose for himself reflected the rising tide of consumerism that has been swelled by competition. The model homes on display vary considerably not only In price but also In amentlties and architectural features. For instance, the Kingston "freehold garden villa" priced at $54,469 has a master bedroom 18 feet three Inches by 11 feet one-inch with walk-in closer and full in-sulte bathroom, and double garage. Across the street, the Monarch "Parade of Homes" award-winning semi-detached home sells for $63,500 and up.

It has a wood-burning fireplace in the 28-foot three-Inch livingdining room area, with a patio door to the backyard. This home also has a family room, a breakfast corner in the 10-foot by 11-foot nine-inch kitchen with pantry, garage with covered entry, and 2 12 bedrooms in all. The semi-detached homes run in price from $58,600 for the Diplomat, which has a split-level entry, and a 10-foot by 14-foot one-inch master bedroom on the main level, having a walk-in closet and full ensulte bathroom. On the ground level is -an 11-foot by 12-foot eight-Inch second bedroom or family room, with patio door to backyard. This three-bedroom house also has an eat-In kitchen with pantry a separate side door leading to Uhe laundry, sewing or mud room, and a 12-inch cedar veranda in the front courtyard.

4 The Ambassador priced from $60,200 is the third semi-detached three-bedroom home. It stands mid-way In floor area at 1,478 square feet between the Monarch and the Diplomat. Like the Diplomat it has a laundry on the main floor. This model has a wood burning fireplace but no family room. Ranging in price from 40,600 for the three-bedroom Niagara, with 1,103 square feet to the $54,469 Kingston, the garden home models number six in all including the two-bedroom, 968-square-foot Pembroke, priced at $49,925.

Some of the features of these homes Include the 15-foot four-inch guest bedroom or finished recreation room at the lower level in the Niagara; the 23-foot nine-Inch by. 15-foot three-Inch L-shaped area In the" Windsor priced" from and ground level powder rooms in the Hamilton ($52,747 and up); the Windsor, from $51,730, and the Cornwall, from $49,410 Thomas C. Assaly completed its Greenbank -Village AHOP 56-patlo home project in 1976 and it sold out before it was finished. Greenbank Square, comprising 60 patio home was also sold out before completion in 1977. -Actually, Westcliffe Estates is at its sixth stage of development.

Thomas C. Assaly has been in the development business for 23 years in Ottawa-Hull. He did not expand into project housing until 1960 when he developed the first all-electric subdivision In Canada at Glenwood Domanine in Aylmer, Que. After development of several senior citizen and family housing projects for the Ontario Housing Corporation, he launched into Woodroffe on the Green in 1963 and Trend Village in 1967. Recognizing the need for a Spanish type suburban villa, he then created a new development in Westcliffe Estates in 1969.

Right now, at the far end of the development, Assaly Is building a new rental community called Bell's Court. These 150 three-bedroom garden homes. occupancy, is planned for August-September rent for $375 a month, Including indoor parking, wall-to-wall carpeting, and four major appliances. For example, Model Is a corner unit with a side door as well as a front yard. The guest bedroom or den Is located on the lower level and has its own powder room.

Similarly, Model A has the same lower level den and washroom, but also has a staggered front'elevatlon to vary the streetscape. Features of the Model include the large, 17-foot by 11-foot one-Inch living room and the 14-foot 10 inch by 11-foot one-Inch master bedroom (on the upper floor), and a powder room on the ground floor near the entrance. An entirely new development Is Assaly's Confederation Glen single family home project on Flan-nery Drive and Confederation Crescent in the Hog's Back-Confederation Heights area. The road is in And basements, for display models completed In this "cluster home" development the home designs being named after Macdonald, Cartier, Tupper and their compatriots. With average prices running from $79,200 to $86,500 these homes will have cathedral ceilings, raised living rooms, open staircases and entrance halls the full height of the building.

They have an electric forced-air furnace, and some models have a wood-burning fireplace In the living room or family room. iSEEr Jzf mi Garden 'villas' along Seyton Drive Armantf Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Ontario region office reports apartment units under construe-Jtloo In the Greater Ottawa area at the end of March- reached 2,593 or approximately 50 per cent of the total. Up 156 units from the January-February total, apartment construction reflects the "spill-over" of Assisted Rental Program (ARP) units begun In the latter part of 1977. But both semi-duplex units and row housing-unit starts, 278 and 375 respectively, were higher in the first three months than apartment starts at 208 units. In April, the Ottawa metropolitan area had only 189 starts, down 37 per cent from the same month last year.

Single-detached starts were off at 24 against 27 last year, while "all other types" were down about 39 per cent to 165 units in April, 1978. The cumulative total of starts to the end of April was 1,224 units for Ottawa, an increase of 13 per cent over the same period last year. Single-detached units were up 77 per cent to 200, while other types totalled 1,024 units for an increase of 6 per cent. Ottawa had the highest Increase for single family starts in the four-month period of any of the 10 census metropolitan areas in Ontario. In the first quarter of 1978, Ottawa had 1,035 starts which was an increase of approximately 32 per cent wmgffierii land.

township, 63, (2 township, 195 (against 42); Goulbourn township, 149 (4); Nepean township, 322 (114). Completions for the Ottawa area in the 1978 first quarter totalled 899 units, an increase of about 7 per cent from the 1977 first quarter. More than 80 per cent Savitong yoiui uncostly KAL KAN DOG FOOD 14 oz. tin 250 WAS 39 COTT SOFT DRINKS CASE OF 24 $3. 29 LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER WAS 3.99 MAX FACTOR BONANZA YOUR CHOICE OF LIPSTICKS.

PANCAKE MAKE UP. EYE LASHES 390 VALUED UP TO $3.75 Prices in effect Sunday, July 9 only. 2948 Baseline Rd (between Richmond Rd. Greenbank Rd.) Mon-Fri9to9 Sat 9 to 6 Sun 10 to 5 1624 Mertyale Rd. '(opposHeMcbonatds) Mon- Sat 9 to 10 Sun 10 to 6 LIMITED QUANTITIES comprised "all other types" 352 completions for row units and 215 for apartments.

Houuesrduplexeg-and apartments newly-complet and unoccupied at the end of March, 1978 comprised 284 houses and duplexes, up from 123 at March, 1977; 937 apartment and row housing units, against 564 units a year earlier. CMHC also reports approved lenders financed 156 units under the ARP program in March, 1978, com- pared with 206 units a year earler. Total NHA financing accounted for 283 units this March, against 639 units in March, 1977. But non-NHA financing dropped 356 units-: to 283 units In March, 1978. Thus, total financing in March this year amounted to 371 units, compared with 1,035 units a yeatago.

There were only 40 units financed under the AHOP program in March this year, as against 169 units in March, 1977. Nepean township reports building permits Issued from January 2 to May 31, 1978 aggregated 422 with a value of $19,136,299. This compares with 442 permits worth $22,384,465 a year earlier. Permits Issued in the five-month period this year for both double dwellings and row housing units showed a sharp acceleration. For the doubles, permits numbered 81 (162 units) for a value of $5,657,000 this year, against 66 permits (132 rperiodr ralue of I For row housing units, seven permits were issued for 217 units worth $4,751,000, against three permits a year ago for 170 units, valued at $3,464,000.

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