
DESIGN FEATURES AND FINISHES EVERYTHING YOU NEED, AND MORE
Focusing on the way families live today, HN Homes and award-winning architect Simmonds architecture have incorporated many unique design features usually found only in custom homes into our collection of townhomes, semi-detached homes and single family homes in Cowan's Grove.
LOT DESIGN AND MATERIALS
- Ottawa’s newest master planned community, located alongside the National Capital Greenbelt
- Boulevard landscaping and trees as per City-approved landscape plans
- Paved asphalt driveway and unit paver walkway from driveway to the front porch
- Sodded front and rear yards, wood rear step or stairs to patio stone landing
EXTERIOR DESIGN FINISHES
- Exterior colour packages, designed by award-winning architect Simmonds Architecture
- Architectural roof shingles with a limited Lifetime Warranty
- Architectural clay brick facades at both the front and rear of the house, with premium fiber-cement siding and panels, and precast concrete sills
- Insulated metal front door with glazed panel (sidelights and transom panels, model dependent)
- PVC windows coloured at exterior surface, with Low E. Argon filled, sealed glazing units and non-conductive thermal breaks
- PVC patio doors coloured at exterior surface, complete with glazed panels and screens where possible
- Insulated steel door from house to garage
- Pre-finished insulated garage door with Wi-Fi enabled, belt driven overhead door operator
- Linear cedar soffit finish at the underside of all front porch ceiling areas (model dependent)
- Pre-finished aluminium fascia and soffit, as per exterior colour package
INTERIOR DESIGN FEATURES
- 3-1/4" pre-finished, select and better stained or natural solid oak hardwood with no VOC finish in all main floor areas, except for main floor bedrooms and tiled areas (as per plans)
- Tiled foyers, laundry rooms, mudrooms and bathrooms (as per plans)
- Stained or natural oak hardwood stairs from the main floor to second floor with signature glass panels and oak handrails to match
- 9’ ceilings on main floor, excluding dropped ceilings and bulkhead areas (model dependent)
- Smooth finished painted ceilings throughout (except for gypsum board finish in the garage)
- Raised ceiling detail in master bedroom (model dependent)
- Modern linear gas fireplace in architectural enclosure, complete with fan kit
- 3 ½” wood baseboards and 2 ½” wood casings with modern profile and modern flush panel interior doors
- 40 oz. carpet with high density underpad in all upper hallways, bedrooms and finished basement areas
- Laundry rooms on first or second floor include cabinetry (as per plan)
- Swing doors with modern profile on all closets unless shown otherwise
- Finished basement space provides additional multi-purpose living area (as per plan)
- Choice from one of 4 standard designer paint colours throughout the home
KITCHEN DESIGN AND FINISHES
- 1 ¼” thick quartz or granite countertops on lower cabinets and island from builder standard selections
- Selection of kitchen door styles and no VOC stain finishes from extensive collection of builder standards
- Custom designed kitchens with 41” upper cabinets with soft-close hinges, built out over refrigerators and a spacious family-sized island
- Pot drawer and under-counter microwave cabinet in all models
- Bank of drawers and pantry units (model dependent)
- LED Valance lighting and tiled kitchen backsplash
- Stainless steel under-mount double bowl sink with integral single lever pull out spray faucet
ENSUITE AND BATHROOM DESIGN AND FEATURES
- Single lever chrome faucets in all bathrooms, powder rooms and ensuites
- Master ensuite vanities to include quartz or granite countertops complete with under-mount sinks and a bank of drawers (as per plan)
- Main bathrooms and secondary ensuite vanities to include quartz or granite countertops complete with under-mount sinks and a bank of drawers (model dependant)
- 5’ soaker tubs set in tiled tub deck with chrome tub filler, double sinks and molded shower base with sliding tempered glass doors and tiled shower walls in ensuite (model dependent)
- Acrylic bathtubs with tiled surrounds in all bathrooms and secondary ensuite bathrooms (as per plan)
- Pedestal sinks in powder rooms
- Pressure balancing mixing valves and upgraded chrome finish shower heads in all showers
- Low water consumption, two piece toilets with elongated bowls in the powder room, all bathrooms and secondary ensuite
- Dual flush “Right Height” elongated bowl toilet in ensuite
- Floating mirrors and wall mounted linear LED vanity lights in all bathrooms and ensuite
- 3 piece basement bathroom rough-in
- Shut off valves at all accessible plumbing fixtures
- 2 exterior hose bibs, one in the garage and one on the rear wall of the house
- Drain water heat recovery system
ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION FEATURES
- Wi-Fi amplifier for increased performance speed and coverage within the home (ceiling mounted with in-home setup included)
- Rough-in conduit for future car charging station from garage to unfinished basement space
- LED lighting included throughout the entire home
- 200 amp electrical service and panel
- Draft protected electrical outlets at all exterior walls
- Recessed pot lights with LED bulbs in foyer, stairwells, kitchen, upper hall, shower and tub enclosures (as per plans)
- Decora light switches and electrical outlets throughout, with light switches installed at designer height of 43”
- 2 exterior weatherproof electrical outlets
- Fiber optic cable service available to each home
- Rough-in for central vacuum system to basement, piping to underside of ground floor, connection by others
- Interconnected smoke detectors on all floors with carbon monoxide detectors on second floor hallway and in all bedrooms
- Conduit from attic to basement for future solar, electrical, sound or networking use
- Category 6A structured cabling wiring complete with network switch, located in communications cabinet
INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL FEATURES
- 96% high efficiency gas furnace with ECM motor
- Air-conditioning with factory built coil enclosure and 16 seer condensing unit
- High efficiency media filter, 13 MERV rating
- Heat Recovery Ventilator installed in bypass configuration
- Wi-Fi enabled programmable thermostat
- Flow-through plate humidifier
- Gas BBQ outlet rough-in at rear wall of house with quick connect fitting
- Soil Gas and Radon Gas under-slab vent system rough-in
- Single Family Homes & Semi-Detached Homes: Tankless, natural gas, rental hot water heater
- Townhomes: 50 gallon tank, natural gas, rental hot water heater
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- 20 MPA concrete foundation walls with steel reinforcement
- 3/4" enhanced OSB floor sheathing at all framed floors
- All basement perimiter walls fully framed at 16" on center
SUPERIOR INSULATION LEVELS
- R60 attic insulation, blown or batt as required
- R22 wall insulation in all exterior ground and second floor framed walls
- Spray foam insulation at ground floor header locations and around all door and window openings
- R24 batt insulation at the interior side of all foundation walls except as required at interior stairs
- R12 batt insulation in all exterior garage walls, R20 where exterior wall framing consists of 2” x 6” framing
- R40 batt insulation at garage ceiling below heated plenum at underside of second floor finished areas and spray foam insulation at cantilevered floor areas
- R20 batt insulation above all unheated garage ceiling areas
- Air Barrier Membrane System complete with membrane protection at window and doors sill and jamb locations