241 Kenwood Rd. Thetis Island , Thetis Island, BC, V0R 2Y0

Very Rare: Ferry-serviced Gulf Island waterfront residential acreage and home on a sheltered lagoon with exceptional upland privacy, two dwellings each beautifully built and finished, several decks, multiple accessory buildings and recreational amenities, incredible landscaping, gardens and services, including excellent well-water, stream-water and a quarter million gallon landscaped pond. Asking $1,539,000.

Imagine your own private 10-acre waterfront park, with beautiful residence, cottage, gardens, landscaping, trails, and many other amenities and facilities.

Imagine that the waterfront is along a secluded, sheltered, gorgeous, wildlife-abundant lagoon affording year round privacy and tranquility.

Imagine fulfilling your dream of owning a fantastic family retreat, a secure sanctuary, free from crime, a wonderful home for a sustainable, environmentally âgreenâ rural lifestyle, or as a seasonal sanctuary from the rush and push of urban life.

The subject property is a one-of-a-kind, private and pastoral jewel situated on a ferry-and-air accessible southern Gulf Island.

The property has been carefully and lovingly developed over 20 years by the current owners who now seek other adventures in life. Imagine owning this paradise. Imagine sharing it with your family and friends.

Each summer for years, visitors have come to this property for their vacations from their hectic lives. When first time guests arrive they cannot believe the paradise they have come to.

Why not retire from the chaos and crime of the city to the tranquility and peace of your own private estate on an island separated from the cares of the world? Access to the city is easy, yet the contrast is unimaginably vast. What do you imagine: a retreat for your precious family? A retirement sanctuary for your creativity (music, writing, woodwork, art)? A private estate for you and your associates?

The property is located on Thetis Island, which is a quiet, small community with excellent local services and a resident population comprised mainly of highly educated folks who have left cities and chosen this wonderful community as seasonal or full time residents.

Features:

Private Waterfront: Over 800 feet of tranquil lagoon waterfront facing thousands of feet of opposite lagoon-side shoreline that is treed and generally too steep and rugged for development. The property includes about 400 feet of low bank sandstone shoreline, as well as a small beach.

Great Terrain and Parkland: All 10 acres of land consists of usable, rolling terrain, including a forested swale cradling the stream and large pond, a gentle slope down to the lagoon affording a panoramic overview of the wildlife, a diverse forest and meadow ecosystem featuring much local wildlife and 14 tree species, and many special and secluded spaces throughout.

Sunlight Abundance: Main residence and gardens have varied southern, eastern, and western perspectives and solar exposures.

Sheltered from Storms: The property is unusually sheltered from the brunt of the prevailing winds, both northerly and southerly.

Excellent Privacy Buffers: There are buffers of extensive forest from all neighbouring properties. Site design affords a maximum of privacy and exclusivity

Safe Anchorage, Good Swimming, Amazing Marine Ecosystem: Anchorage is secure, safe, private in all weather, all year for vessels able to rest on a clean, sand bottom at low tides or anchor in 2-3 foot depth (east side of lagoon). Depth at high tide is about 8â at dock. The lagoon is excellent for swimming, paddle/row boats and water play, and for exploring at low tide. The lagoon is an extremely clean and productive ecosystem with bountiful clams, mussels, oysters, crabs, moon snails, sand dollars and sea cucumbers as well as diverse marine and shoreline birds and mammals, including eagles, herons, kingfishers, otter, mink and seals.

Great Potable Water: Excellent deep well producing good volume and high quality domestic water supply. Deep sand, gravel and shale deposits afford superb capture, filtration and recharge for the ground water supply.

Bountiful Irrigation: Rare for the dry Gulf Islands, an on-site stream supplies bountiful irrigation water (250,000 gallon naturalized pond with landscaping); stream flow ranges from 100 to 4,000 gallons per minute October to June. Considerable potential exists for creation of additional ponds and water gardens.

Summary of Structures and Potential:

⢠Wood-crafted 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath Home: Much admired craftsman-built âarts and craftsâ custom 3000 sq. ft. home plus two garages and a workshop connected to the main residence. Potential for expansion or re-arrangement of living space.

⢠Timber-frame Cottage: Exquisite craftsman-built timber frame 600 square foot cottage located in private setting (from residence) with separate services.

⢠Guest Cottage Rental: Rare âgrandfather-edâ entitlement to short term rental of guest cottage with near 100% occupancy during the summer season.

⢠Media Connectivity: High speed internet access is installed. Good southern exposure potential for satellite television connection/reception.

⢠Multiple Additional Structures and Built Amenities: private dock/swim floats, waterfront bunkhouse, waterfront gazebo, fenced organic garden with raised beds and 40â cloche and apple trees, garden supplies shed, art/stained glass studio, wood storage, 3 equipment storage sheds, two garages, workshop, water tower, lane network, trail network, waterline network, irrigation system, buried and mapped grid power supplies, solar electric installation, solar hot water installation, fire suppression system (pump, line, hydrant), micro-hydro installation.

Future Potential: private heli-port, tennis or sport court, house expansion, extended gardens, extended decks, ponds, additional utility buildings to suit needs, hobby farm or specialty livestock. Zoning allows 10% site coverage (by built structures); present structures occupy about 1.4% of the property.