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Island TimberFrame Ltd specializes in design and build of custom timber frame homes, timber components, including trellises, curved braces, gazebos, custom stairs, railings and interior and exterior doors. The specialty construction company is also very competitive with Glulam structures. Established in 2001, Island TimberFrame now boasts 12,000 sq ft. covered work space on two acres of [...]

More than 200 properties sold for more than $1 million in the Victoria area of Vancouver Island last year. But the large majority of the 5,266 sales registered through the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board were for more modest prices, with the average single-family home going for $613,839. Among the 204 sales that were for [...]

Nutmeg Homes has been building Insulated Concrete Forms homes in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island since 1999. These custom home builders strive to continually improve their product. Energy efficient and eco-friendly, an ICF home by Nutmeg Homes uses up to 40% less energy than the average new home in B.C. Insulated Concrete Forms or ICFs [...]

Western One Rentals and Sales, a one-stop shop on Vancouver Island for equipment rentals and sales, is now also North Vancouver Island’s only authorized Polaris ATV and Ranger/RZR Utility Vehicles dealer, in the Comox Valley. Serving Courtenay, Campbell River, Port Alberni, the North Island and the Sunshine Coast, WesternOne is the only place on Vancouver Island to [...]

Victoria’s Knappett Projects Inc. just barely beat out seven competitors with the lowest bid for the new helicopter base at Victoria International Airport. Knappett’s bid of $103,970,000 beat our Ledcor Group, at $103,987,000. Amounts revealed Thursday are still considered unofficial at this time. The final decision has not yet been made on which company will [...]

Kettle Creek Station now has a new Sales Centre for its micro home development in Langford, Vancouver Island. The sales centre for these new homes located on the corner of Burlington and Kettle Creek Crescent at 2903 Burlington Crescent. Watch for the signs. Starting at $289,000, these new homes near Victoria offer an alternative to condo [...]

Discover your nature at Silver Spray. These Vancouver Island Oceanfront homes and lots, located in the community of Sooke, are among the finest in southwestern British Columbia. Silver Spray offers an exceptional selection of serviced lots in a 174-acre seaside community just 40 kms from Victoria. Phases 1 and 2 are already sold out and a new phase [...]

A new seniors’ facility is being proposed for property located on Cliffe Avenue at 29th Street in Courtenay by Hayworth Communities, a company specializing in the development of independent living for seniors. The company is looking at the possibility of moving forward with plans to construct a 75 unit building one bedroom and two bedroom suites to [...]