For most of its 40 years in operation, Guildcrest has filled the pre-fab niche, sometimes with bungalows and two-storeys, but often with recreational homes for rural landowners. There have been occasional forays into subdivision development, but never on Ottawa’s doorstep and not on the scale of its just-launched project Russell Ridge Estates.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“We’ve had a lot of excitement around this,” says sales specialist Mattie Fulcher. “It’s a nice area, very quiet, but with city amenities.”To simplify the building process, Guildcrest has chosen to offer three floor plans — all three-bedroom bungalows with double-car garages — that were designed for the site and that have been assigned to specific lots.
Kelly sees the homes appealing to both young families and empty nesters who like to have elbow room to enjoy a garden or to add a home workshop.The homes are “all main-floor living that have open concepts, two to 2.5 baths, main-floor laundry and some upgrades throughout them,” says Fulcher. They also include basements and large windows to bring the outdoors in.