8 Rue d'Ovesta, Cantley, QC J8V3B2    $548,000

Custom open concept massive square log home in the coveted Mont-Cascades neighbourhood, with 3 bedrooms + guest room, perched on a private wooded lot, featuring beautiful custom rustic wood, barn board & timber features, an efficient wood-burning fireplace insert framed by an authentic fieldstone hearth & chimney with multiple strategically positioned vents throughout the house for passive heating, cathedral ceilings in the bedrooms, main floor laundry, an expansive veranda & deck & nature views from all windows, herbs, berries, fruit trees, 500ft² fenced garden, 288ft² wood/equipment shelter & 1000ft² 2level workshop, this haven has it all!

RENOVATIONS & IMPROVEMENTS:

WINDOWS & DOORS
-3 upstairs windows replaced -- triple-glazed aluminum-clad
(Jeld-Wen)
-5 downstairs windows replaced -- double-glazed
aluminum-clad wood
-Entry doors replaced -- full-glass triple-glazed ponderosa
pine

HEATING, COOLING & VENTILATION
-Daikin Aurora MXL 3-head heat pump -- 18 SEER, 12.5 HSPF,
rated to -25 °C
-Crawlspace heat pump head provides under-floor heating
-Sinopé smart thermostats on baseboards
-Woodstove removed; fireplace insert installed with new
chimney liner
-Fireplace insert and shop woodstove both professionally
installed and certified

INSULATION, ROOF & ENVELOPE
-New metal roof on house with new skylight; matching metal
roofing on workshop and woodshop
-Attic fibreglass insulation removed and vacuumed out; R60
blown cellulose installed
-Crawlspace fibreglass insulation removed; encapsulated
with closed-cell spray foam on walls and floor
-North gable end re-clad with wood board-and-batten siding
-Crawlspace siding under decks rebuilt with
pressure-treated plywood, Blueskin membrane, and pine
boarding

WATER & PLUMBING
-Well deepened 150 ft and hydraulically fractured to
restore flow and increase storage; new pump and pressure
tank -- capacity suitable for irrigation or pool
-Hot water tank replaced
-Water softener, sediment filter, and UV filter installed
-Toilets replaced
-Glass shower door added

ELECTRICAL & CONNECTIVITY
-Outlets, switches, and much of the lighting replaced and
upgraded
-Fibre optic internet connection installed

APPLIANCES
-Washer and dryer replaced
-Gas range replaced with induction cooktop
-Fridge, dishwasher, and oven replaced/included

INTERIOR
-New hardwood floor in primary bedroom
-Second closet added in master bedroom with passive
ventilation cavity
-Loft bedroom finished with pine tongue-and-groove paneling
and built-in desk; new timber ladder and landing
-Fresh paint throughout interior walls

DECKS & OUTBUILDINGS
-Front and side decks replaced; polycarbonate roofing
fitted to preserve living room light
-New 288 sq ft timber-frame woodshed
-Office space over shop gutted to studs, prepped for
finishing as office or guest house

SITE & LANDSCAPING
-Driveway graded and resurfaced with 14 tonnes of 0--¾"
gravel
-Stone-walled raised walkway built to front door
-8' fence around vegetable garden
-Metal figure-8 address light installed
-Tree canopy opened for full sun on vegetable garden
-Established plantings -- fruit: cherry, plum, raspberry,
blackberry, blueberry, black raspberry, currant,
gooseberry, mature ~10-year Concord grape vine; herbs:
lemon balm, mint, thyme, oregano; perennials and edibles:
rhubarb, day lilies, purple iris, bleeding heart,
daffodils, tulips