This 3-bedroom, 2800 sq. foot vacation home, located on the South end of Sidney Island, includes an office/guestroom and has an outstanding southward-facing view of Victoria, Darcy Island, the Olympic Mountains, and San Juan Island. Its location is ideal for the solar panel array and passive heat gain for the house.
This off-grid home has a diesel backup generator, 24 solar panels and a wind turbine. A propane-fuelled boiler heats the home with in-floor hot-water radiant heat; a Rumford open fireplace heats the living room; and a propane fireplace keeps the master bedroom cozy.
The roof is metal and the siding and exterior trim is clear vertical-grain cedar. Windows and exterior doors are from Loewen. Flooring includes engineered rift-cut five-inch-wide White Oak boards and Pennsylvania Bluestone in the bathrooms and service rooms. VG DFir cabinet fronts complement the granite countertops in the kitchen. Elegant glass tile was used in the showers and on the kitchen backsplash. A substantial water-harvesting system includes a total storage capacity of nearly 35,000 gallons, providing potable water, irrigation water for the gardens, and enough water for firefighting requirements. Three strategically-placed tankless propane water heaters provide domestic hot water.