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Nutmeg Homes Ready to Build Eco-Friendly Living Roofs

Nutmeg Homes Ready to Build Eco-Friendly Living Roofs

The Comox Valley features a showpiece example of an environmentally friendly green roof on top of the newly-opened Vancouver Island Visitor Centre in Cumberland. The innovative roof was installed by Comox new home builder Paul Witt of Nutmeg Homes. Witt is an enthusiast for green roofs – or ‘living roofs’ as he prefers to call them – and [...]

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Cadillac Homes Offers New Rancher Style Home in Park Place at Cowichan Bay

Cadillac Homes Offers New Rancher Style Home in Park Place at Cowichan Bay

Park Place at Cowichan Bay has a new 2-bedroom rancher design floor plan available in this Vancouver Island residential real estate development. The new rancher will be priced at $339,9000. Featuring an open floor plan, this single-storey home offers 2 bedrooms, with a full ensuite for the master bedroom. The home also comes with a [...]

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Specialty Batteries Sold, Rebuilt and Recycled at The Battery Shop

Specialty Batteries Sold, Rebuilt and Recycled at The Battery Shop

The Battery Shop is Vancouver Island’s one stop shop for batteries and battery services. The Battery Shop in Courtenay sells batteries of all styles – from camera batteries to RV and golf cart batteries. The Battery Shop also repairs and rebuilds specialty batteries for construction tools, home appliances, specialized trades equipment, security systems and more. The [...]

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Oak Bay Beach Hotel Launches Phase 4 of Hotel Vacation Suite Sales

Oak Bay Beach Hotel Launches Phase 4 of Hotel Vacation Suite Sales

Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria, Vancouver Island has sold out Phase 3 of its vacation hotel suites, and is now offering special incentives to the first 10 buyers in Phase 4. The developers of this luxury ocean front hotel and residential condos are offering investment options to keen buyers. Phase 4 gives the first ten [...]

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New Single Family Homes at Kettle Creek Station Offer Affordable Luxury

New Single Family Homes at Kettle Creek Station Offer Affordable Luxury

Own a new home near Victoria, B.C. for as little at $289,000. With 10 different floor plans to choose from all priced under $420,000, owning a home – and one with luxury touches – is easy at Kettle Creek Station. Nestled between Langford Lake and Goldstream Provincial Park, near Victoria, new custom homes are available at Kettle [...]

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Luxury Waterfront Condos Now Selling at Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria

Luxury Waterfront Condos Now Selling at Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria

The Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria on Vancouver Island is nearing completion of its oceanfront hotel, Victoria hotel vacation suites and luxury waterfront residential condos. Looking back on 2011, the resort had its best sales year yet, with more than $20 million in sales on the books when the year ended, according to the Oak Bay Beach [...]

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Nutmeg Homes Building New Eco-Friendly Homes on Vancouver Island

Nutmeg Homes Building New Eco-Friendly Homes on Vancouver Island

Nutmeg Homes is a Comox Valley based builder of Insulated Concrete Forms homes. The company has been building new homes  on Vancouver Island since 1999. Nutmeg Homes custom home builders strive to continually improve their product, with energy efficient and eco-friendly products. An ICF home by Nutmeg Homes uses up to 40% less energy than the [...]

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Comox real estate development

New Commercial and Residential Project Presented for Comox

A new development proposal featuring a mix of single family homes and commercial development in the northwest corner of Comox has been presented to town council. A rezoning/development permit application was submitted by for 2310 Guthrie Rd., near the intersection of Guthrie and McDonald Roads. “The proposal allows for the appropriate transition between compatible land [...]

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New Two-Bedrooom Home Featured at Park Place in Cowichan Bay

New Two-Bedrooom Home Featured at Park Place in Cowichan Bay

Park Place at Cowichan Bay  has a new 2-bedroom home design available in this new Vancouver Island residential real estate development. The new home will be priced at $339,9000. Featuring an open floor plan, this single storey rancher offers 2 bedrooms, with a full ensuite for the master bedroom. The home also comes with a [...]

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Final Vancouver Island Ocean Front Homes Now Selling at Qualicum Landing

Final Vancouver Island Ocean Front Homes Now Selling at Qualicum Landing

Qualicum Landing, an award-winning new community of beachfront homes near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island has only 16 homes left for sale, and only a few oceanview lots still available. With the communities amenities, including a clubhouse and swimming pool, now complete and more than 40 new owners enjoying their new homes, the developers are building [...]

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