Feature List

The House

• Huge rooms throughout, custom designed
• 9’ main floor and basement ceilings
• Reclaimed wood mantel above fireplace in great room
• Quarter sawn oak hardwood throughout the main floor; second floor catwalk trim sized to be ready for hardwood
• Custom solid wood door and window trim
• Highest quality carpet underlay
• 5’ wide window (1) in the basement for bringing in drywall
• High-lift garage doors give huge space above each bay, providing plenty of room to easily install lifts; room for up to five lifts if somebody were really determined
• Rear overhead garage door makes life easy for moving things in and out, including the riding lawn mower

Finishes

• Granite countertops in the kitchen (with desk area)
• Travertine kitchen backsplash
• Porcelain tiles in the master bathroom floor and walls
• Travertine master bathroom shower floor
• Granite countertops in the expansive laundry room
• Quartz countertop in master bathroom and jack-and-jill bathroom
• Ceramic floor and bathroom wall tiles elsewhere in the house

Appliances

• Matching Kitchenaid appliances in the kitchen
  • Double-oven (electric)
  • Side-by-side fridge/freezer
  • 5-burner propane cook top
  • Ultra-quiet dishwasher
• Matching LG washer and dryer

Comfort & Energy efficiency

• Electric radiant floor heat in the master en suite, including under the travertine shower floor
• Windows and doors planned to create and take advantage of cross-breezes
• Dashwood windows throughout
• HVAC
  • Geothermal / ground-source central heating and cooling
  • Separate heat exchangers for main and second floors, each with its own air handler (looks like a traditional furnace), HRV unit and filters, and humidifier
  • Separate main and second floor Carrier programmable thermostats
• Small propane tank lasts more than a year, supplying energy only to the gas fireplace, cooktop, and bbq
• Radiant heat throughout the basement floor (excl. cold cellar) on its own (third) geothermal heat exchanger

 Utilities and Service

• Reliable and rapid snow removal from the local roads (due to being on a school bus route)
• Town recycling and green bin collection; third-party garbage collection is available; no garden waste pickup but there’s more than enough place to dump garden debris!
• Perfectly clear and odorless well water – better water than in-town
  • Large pressure tank – can easily run two showers simultaneously
  • Iron and sulfur filters
  • Softener
  • UV filter
  • RO (reverse osmosis) tap in the kitchen (this is what we fill the water jug in the fridge from)
• Several downspouts direct into drain pipes to take water well away from the house
• Drainage in the pool area has been engineered

The Property (more)

• Amazing views overlooking 43 acres of NEC/CVC-protected green space
• Storm water management pond on the property that is the responsibility of the Town of Halton Hills to maintain; they spray for mosquitos most years at no cost to the owner

Control4 home automation system

• Control4 interfaces
  • “Standard” (Control4) light switches
  • 6-button panels
  • Televisions with controller attached (family room, loft)
  • Universal remote (family room, loft)
  • Touch-screen (main floor hallway) (works on WiFi)
• Additional switches, panels, remotes, and touch screens (including larger ones) can be added
• Almost all lights inside and outside the house (and bathroom fans) are connected by the Control4 system
• Except for a few fluorescent lights, all lights are on programmable dimmer switches
• All Control4 switches are programmable
• Light levels programmed to adjust for time of day (based on sunrise/sunset)
• Switch activity can trigger other switches
• Double- and triple-tap actions – eg. master bedroom hall switch can be double-tapped on the “off” side to turn off the lights in the bedroom that are on different switches; all completely programmable
• Timers to automatically turn off lights and fans
• Control4 distributed audio
  • 100 watts per channel
  • 8 distinct inputs can be directed to any one or combinations of 8 zones of speakers
  • Equipment currently exists 8 zones and can be easily expanded to 16 zones
  • Existing equipment provides for the following inputs
    • 2 x MP3 audio stream from the Control4 controller
    • 1 x iPhone/iPod
    • 2 x AM/FM
  • In-wall and in-ceiling speakers are installed in:
    • Master bedroom
    • Great room
    • Kitchen
    • Family room
    • Study
    • Loft
    • Pool area (outdoor backside of the garage, outdoor speakers)
  • In-ceiling pre-wire exists for the second floor bedrooms, dining room, and throughout basement
  • Recommendation: before finishing the basement, run a final pair of speaker wires to the back patio for “rock speakers”
• Equipment
  • HC-1000 main controller
  • HC-300 secondary controller
  • 16-channel (8-zone) audio amplifier
  • 16-zone audio matrix (supplied but not currently utilized in the system, ready for an additional 8-zone amp)
  • AM/FM radio tuner with two outputs (and optional XM module that may be activated by the new owner)
  • 2 x HC-200 interface controllers attached to televisions (family room, loft)
  • iPhone/iPod dock (for 4th generation iPhone / wide connector)
  • “Mini-touch” touch screen (installed in the main floor hallway)
  • Includes a copy of the software used to do basic “programming” (it’s largely done by “drag and drop”) (requires Microsoft Windows)

Home security system

• Can be monitored or standalone
• Integrated with Control4 system – security system triggers (motion sensors and door sensors) may be used to trigger actions within the home automation system such as turning on lights, either for convenience or safety

Other tech

• Wireless internet provided by Firefly with excellent rural reliability and performance
• Most rooms have a minimum of 4 Ethernet network runs (which can also be used for telephone) to the basement and 2 coax cable runs
• WiFi router will be included since it is required to connect some Control4 devices; provides strong signal to the pool area and even as far as the play set
• A network hub will be included since it is required to connect some Control4 devices

Partially finished basement

• Basement 3-piece rough-in plus kitchen drain rough-in and some plumbing rough-in
• ~90% of framing completed providing for:
  • Home theatre with its own foyer
  • Two additional bedrooms
  • Kitchenette
  • Two large recreation areas (separated by a proposed feature wall to include a fireplace) (or one huge room)
  • Utility room and workshop with warm storage area (as opposed to the cold cellar)
• ~90% of electrical completed
  • Data and speaker wiring consistent with the rest of the home
• ~50% of plumbing in place
• Door handles available for finishing the basement; can provide some guidance about locating matching craftsman-style doors should they be desired for the basement
• Can recommend an excellent local electrician to complete the basement hookups – same electrical contractor that wired the house during construction
• A quantity of Control4 dimmer switches that should be sufficient to finish the basement per current owners’ plans may be available

Pool

• Salt-water pool built by Jameson Pool & Spa in late 2009
• If Jameson does the annual closing / winterizing then they will honour a lifetime warranty
• Never had a drop of water in the sump well = excellent drainage and no pool liner issues whatsoever
• Currently only using solar for heat though a traditional gas or electric heater could be added
• Cartridge filters, multi-colour programmable LED lights in the pool

Cabana

• Rough-in for 3-piece bathroom (likely with an “open shower” due to size)
• Drainage connected to the main septic system with “clean out” access plate near the half distance mark
• Second electrical conduit is in place to pull network cable from the house if desired by the new owner