next, then New Brunswick would be third. But I didn’t want to wait. I looked at what’s trending in Ontario, what’s becoming popular.” “I combined that influence with my experience in PEI, where I work with some great builders and some great design teams,” he adds. “I also got some ideas from just my personal experience. I grew up in a small town on the water that reminds me a lot of Hampton. My town experienced some of the same growing pains Hampton is going through now. I lived through those growing pains and I drew from that experience.” When designing the interiors, Michael and his team also thought a lot about the most likely buyers, which were “executive retirees.” To accommodate that demographic, they wanted to make sure their interiors were functional with lots of space. That meant eliminating “wasted space” as much as possible. “That was basically our main focus,” Michael says. “I hate wasted space. A lot of builds, I find, are not really very functional. A lot of space isn’t being utilized. If you think about your old family home, you can probably picture all the space that was wasted.” Within White Pines, the design team incorporated extra-large master bedrooms, extra-large kitchen and living areas, and over-sized garages. Within the master bedrooms, they did some unique designs focused on functionality, For example: “I hate having the closets at the end of the bed, like, between the window and the ensuite, and then you have this closet at the end of the bed,” Michael says. “What that does is it creates this THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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