North Star

The starting price covers the home built to spec, delivered and installed on a prepared foundation. Foundation, site preparation, servicing, permits and development charges sit outside it and are quoted separately against your lot. On a home this size that gap matters more than it does on a small model — the North Star’s main floor spans 69′-6″ by 68′-8″ at its outer extents, so excavation, servicing runs and driveway work are all larger jobs than they would be for a compact cottage.

The primary suite is on the main floor and the other two bedrooms are upstairs, which is the defining decision in this plan. The main-floor suite runs 13′-8″ x 13′-0″ with two walk-in closets and a 13′-8″ x 8′-0″ ensuite, so the everyday rooms — kitchen, great room, dining, primary bedroom — are all on one level. Upstairs holds bedrooms at 13′-8″ x 21′-0″ and 13′-8″ x 15′-8″, both larger than the primary, along with a full bath and the bonus room.

Not quite — on the plans it’s two full bathrooms and a two-piece. The main floor has the 13′-8″ x 8′-0″ ensuite off the primary bedroom, with a tub and a separate shower, and a separate 8′-0″ x 5′-0″ bathroom near the mudroom with a toilet and sink only, which is the one guests use. Upstairs, a single 13′-8″ x 5′-0″ bathroom serves both bedrooms; there’s no second ensuite on that floor, so the two upstairs bedrooms share.

The main floor measures 69′-6″ wide by 68′-8″ deep at its outer extents, including the attached garage and the verandah. The building is L-shaped rather than a full rectangle, so it doesn’t occupy that whole footprint — but setbacks are measured to the outermost walls, so that’s the envelope to work with. What actually governs is your municipality’s lot coverage limit and setbacks, which vary by zone, and those are worth checking before you settle on this model rather than after. If your lot already has a house and you only need the garage, we also build attached or detached garages on their own.

Yes — the North Star is a starting point, not a fixed drawing. The bonus room at 16′-8″ x 21′-6″ is the most commonly reworked space, since it can take a fourth bedroom, an office or a media room without touching the exterior walls. Changes that move plumbing or exterior walls cost more than changes that don’t, so it’s worth raising them before the drawings are finalised rather than after.

The crawlspace option is a drawn alternative, not just a pricing note, and it changes the back of the house. It adds a 6′-2″ x 6′-2″ mechanical room to house equipment that would otherwise sit below, and the mudroom shrinks from 13′-0″ x 9′-0″ to 9′-8″ x 7′-10″ to make room for it. The lockers and the garage connection stay. It’s the kind of trade worth seeing on paper before you choose a foundation, because it’s the only option that alters a room you use daily.