Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa’s Top Selling Singles- Urbandale’s Menlo Park!
The Menlo Park model has been so popular for Urbandale that it’s now sold out in two of the three communities where it’s offered.
“It is a versatile floor plan with many different optional configurations,” says general manager Matthew Sachs. “You can get versions of the Menlo with three, four or five bedrooms, two or three full upstairs bathrooms and even with either a two-car or three-car garage.”
It’s also very green and very stylish. Featuring a sweeping central staircase, two-storey family room and 3,200-plus square feet, it’s elegant and spacious while still being an energy miser.
Sachs says most purchasers are opting for the five-bedroom layout, “which seems to be popular among those with extended family staying with them” such as in-laws.
The Menlo Park represented 16 per cent of Urbandale’s single-family homes last year and is still available in Riverside South.
Heating Smarts
Urbandale’s Matthew Sachs has long been an advocate for greener building of tract homes, like the company’s demonstration home in Bridlewood. His own home uses experimental insulation panels and geothermal heating.
Urbandale’s 2012 R-2000 demo home in Bridlewood gets recognized by Natural Resources Canada
Urbandale Construction, in collaboration with Carleton University, has completed a model home built to the new standard in Ottawa, Ontario. The partnership used computer modelling to create innovative design concepts and pushed the boundaries of home building technology.
Ottawa Citizen: Urbandale ups green building ante
Leading green builder Urbandale has raised the bar in home construction with new commercial-grade foundations that will help to prevent cracks, reduce energy costs and improve living comfort.
Matthew Sachs, Urbandale’s general manager, says this approach to foundations is particularly important in Ottawa’s fluctuating climate, where foundations expand and contract throughout the year. “Typically, foundations in residential construction are (only) insulated on the inside,” says Sachs. “And this causes problems because the concrete foundation freezes every winter and when it freezes and thaws, it’s more likely to crack.”
Urbandale Commended for Building Canada’s First Home to the New 2012 R-2000 Standard
Read the Citizen’s coverage of the official launch of the new 2012 R-2000 Standard unveiled at Urbandale’s demonstration home in Bridlewood, Canada’s first 2012 R-2000 home.
The president of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association Ron Olson, who attended the launch, said participation in the R-2000 program is voluntary, an approach that “has a strong sense of ownership for builders. They offer it to customers with passion and enthusiasm, and Matthew has shown that today, which comes from knowing that they are building the best houses in the world.”
Urbandale noted as an industry leader multiple times in The Ottawa Citizen’s special report on GOING GREEN
Making R-2000 standard fare
Urbandale’s demonstration home in Bridlewood set to be the first home in Canada built to the new R-2000 standard.
Accidental energy misers
Thanks to Janna and Andrew Holmes for sharing the energy cost savings they’re enjoying in their new R-2000 Urbandale home in Bridlewood.
Then & now
Urbandale’s General Manager quoted as a leading proponent of energy efficiency in the home building industry in this article reviewing how energy efficiency in homes has changed over the past 50 years.
Best bang for your buck
Urbandale highlighted as a ‘forward-thinking builder’ for use of superior Energy Star Zone C windows.
Code green: What does ‘green’ mean for your home?
Urbandale described as being ‘ahead of the pack’ for the launch of our demo home built to the new R-2000 standards taking place in Bridlewood next month.
Menlo Park III – It’s spacious and contemporary
Urbandale’s Menlo Park III model will move you in terms of its size, contemporary style and overall appealing look.
The Menlo Park III is part of Urbandale’s Horizon Collection and with its 3,289 square feet of space, it’s a home meant for large living. It’s located on a 60-foot wide lot in Kanata Lakes and has a base price of $663,900. It has a three-car garage and is a R-2000 home.
Urbandale teams up with Carleton U to build to the next step in energy efficiency
The Ottawa Business Journal highlighted Urbandale Construction’s involvement with Carleton University Engineering students. See how we combined Urbandale eco-friendly technologies with Carleton’s latest research to gain insight on design ideas for the future in eco-friendly homebuilding.
The Ottawa Sun writes about our Horizon Townhome models in Kanata Lakes
Come explore the new model homes from the Horizon Collection in Kanata Lakes.
Check out the article in this weekends Ottawa Sun in regards to our new model homes.
http://www.ottawasun.com/newhomes/2011/02/03/17143536.html
General Manager’s Letter to Customers in Regards to KNL Development
Below is a copy a of a letter our General Manager sent to all Urbandale Customers in regards to the KNL Develpment in Kanata Lakes.
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