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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011
Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald
Lynn Donaldson, president of Lynn Donaldson and Associates Design and Contracting, stands in front of the duplex the company is building in Mount Pleasant.
Duplex boosts
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inner-city living
MARTY HOPE
CALGARY HERALD
s an interior designer,
Lynn Donaldson approaches each project
with the end result in mind.
So it made sense that she would
do the same when it came to planning her company’s initial foray
into housebuilding.
Lynn Donaldson and Associates
Design and Contracting is about
a month away from completing a
Project in Mount Pleasant marks
designers’ foray into homebuilding
side-by-side duplex in the innercity community of Mount Pleasant. “We started designing these
homes from the inside, starting
with the best use of space and
natural light,” she says.
On this day, crews are busy
on both interiors, cutting trim
moulding, laying hardwood flooring and installing cabinets as the
seven-month construction period
begins to wind down.
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ony Trutina’s philosophy about developing his company’s
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Homes. “Anything in our
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leader, Trutina was in
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CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN
Mount Pleasant is an inner-city community in
northwest Calgary.
Annexed in 1910, development began in 1912,
making the area one of Calgary’s older communities. Confederation Park runs through the northwest portion of the community.
The area also offers convenient access to
downtown, which is only four kilometres away
via 10th Street.
The community hall, a sportsplex and the com-
munity swimming pool are all located in the same
area, forming a triangle around a popular playground.
The community is currently in the process of
establishing a community garden on the grounds
of the North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre.
The population is almost 4,800, with nearly 25
per cent ages 25 to 34.
There are about 2,200 homes, with more than
half of them detached single-family homes.
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Kids play in Mount Pleasant in the ’40s.
We have design and construction staff, a millwork shop and real estate professionals
in-house, so we can effectively cut out the middle man.
Lynn DonaLDson, Lynn DonaLDson anD associates Design anD contracting
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Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald
Site supervisor Daryl Bailey and Lynn Donaldson of Lynn Donaldson and Associates Design and Contracting in the duplex.
From Page J1
PROJECT: Side-byside duplex. The
homes each contain about 2,000
square feet on the
main and upper
levels, and another
1,000 square feet
on the basement
level. They each
have three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths
and ample storage.
The homes have
been built to high
specifications and
include sustainable
building products.
BUILDER/DESIGNER: Lynn Donaldson
and Associates
Design and Contracting.
AREA: Mount
Pleasant, in the
inner-city area of
northwest Calgary,
at 434 and 436
26th Avenue N.W.
PRICE: The homes
will be priced at
$725,000 when
completed in about
one month.
INFORMATION:
Call 403-6511500, or e-mail to
johnriseborough@
gmail.com
DUPLeX: Flex area
With almost a quarter
of a century spent in the
renovation, design and contracting sectors, Donaldson
says the decision to try new
construction was a natural
evolution for her team.
“We have design and construction staff, a millwork
shop and real estate professionals in-house, so we
can effectively cut out the
middle man,” she says.
The two homes in the
duplex each have almost
2,000 square feet of space
on the main and upper
floors, with about another
1,000 square feet on the
basement level.
Each has three bedrooms,
2 1/2 baths, a great room
and a flex area that could
be used as a dining room
or office. There is also a
second-floor laundry.
“The homes were created
to ensure the space will
work in real life,” says Donaldson.
See SPaCe, Page J3
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As an established area dating back to 1910, Mount Pleasant
has numerous amenities for residents to enjoy.
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Breaking news at calgaryherald.com
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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ALL IN ONE
Lynn Donaldson and Associates is a
23-year-old company that specializes in
custom residential renovations and interior
design services.
The company employs designers, project
managers, administrators, site supervisors
and carpenters, as well as operating an in-
house custom millwork shop.
The corporate goal is to make the renovation and construction process as easy as possible by resourcing and managing the entire
project from conception, through construction to final completion.
— Marty Hope
FROM PAGE J2
SPACE: Natural light
“They have been thoroughly thought out to allow
for comfortable furniture
arrangements, as well as
practical and generous storage.”
The design also maximizes natural light, he says.
It was about four years
ago that Donaldson bought
a 850-square-foot, Second
World War-era home and
lot, which she had been
renting out.
Just as she had decided to
knock the house down to
make way for the duplex,
the market slowed dramatically, putting the brakes on
her plans for a new project
on the site.
With construction where
it is currently, Donaldson
is optimistic the innercity marketplace will have
strengthened enough that
selling the homes will be
successful.
“We’re hoping to bring
them to the market in about
a month and are asking
$725,000,” she says, adding
that a few people have visited the duplex while it is
being built.
While there are less expensive homes for sale in
the neighbourhood, she
says the duplex is larger
and has been designed with
higher specifications.
These include white mahogany hardwood, wool
carpet, quartz countertops,
ebilling
marble tile backsplashes
and ensuites with a tiled
shower, double vanities and
a soaker tub.
Being a certified member
of the BuiltGreen Society
of Canada, Donaldson has
also included ICF foundations (insulated concrete
forms) to better insulate
the homes.
Other features include
staggered stud construction
to reduce noise, along with
low-E argon-filled windows, and low-flush toilets.
E stands for emissivity, a
measure of heat loss.
“Our design team created
the plans and collaborated
to come up with an ideal
space that is space-efficient, attractive, and functional,” says Donaldson.
Originally, the thought
was that a professional
couple would be the likely
buyers of the homes.
But with community amenities close at hand — two
schools, a sports centre,
arts centre, parks and shopping — the buyers could
well be a professional couple with children.
With just a couple of
weeks of construction left,
Donaldson is asked if she’d
do it all again.
“Sure we would, but not
until after we’ve sold these
two,” she says.
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