The Terrace

Addresses at this 30-home development can be confusing as most are on Eleventh Street but eight homes front onto Fifteenth Avenue. Built in 1996-97 as condo homes, these one-level and two-level townhouses largely sit atop a concrete assigned-parking secure open-for-ventilation parkade. Only the eight homes facing Fifteenth Avenue drop below this level, having their bedrooms at street level and the entrances and living areas accessed by individual stairs rising off the sidewalk.

Atop the parkade and the Fifteenth-Avenue suites are 22 stacked townhouses without basements. Six of these are single-level homes and these have nine-foot ceilings, while above are 16 two-level places with larger floor areas. All homes either face onto or back onto the courtyard, so all homes here have windows facing both north and south, giving lots of light. Residents come up one of the stairwells from the parkade and enter their suites via the courtyard, plus there's a large double staircase off Eleventh Street looking across to the Good Earth Cafe. All suites have a balcony, but residents can also use the large secured courtyard space.

The smallest floor plan at The Terrace is 642 square feet, while the largest is 1,238 square feet, with a range in between, but many are 1,100 square feet or larger. All suites have stacking laundry equipment and indoor parking. End-unit suites are choice as they receive light from three sides, and the pick of the litter will be those in the south row of homes, as they back onto the Calgary Lawn Bowling park and playground that are across the alley.

Exterior windows and doors here are common responsibility for maintenance and eventual replacement. I have the Condo Plan on file.