House and detached garage at dusk seen from the paver motor court, with rock outcrops and planting in the foreground and firs behind.

Chalet Cottage

North Saanich · New Build · 2019

The neighbours are a restaurant to the north, a vineyard across the road, and a stream along the south line with its own belt of trees. Inside the gate none of that is apparent. The house faces west over Deep Cove, where the tide pulls back across a wide sand flat and returns twice a day. Shingle and granite outside; white oak, marble and a live-edge timber mantel within. Rooms stay at cottage scale and take the water one at a time, never all at once.

Builder
Tidman Construction
Photography
Vince Klassen
Shingled entry porch lit from within at dusk, framed by dogwood branches in autumn colour, with a paver walk curving between granite-based columns.
Sitting room in warm grey with a curved steel bar under a live-edge wood counter, three metal stools and an amber glass pendant overhead.
Small room painted deep blue to the ceiling, with built-in shelving, a carved white marble mantel and a portrait hung above it.
Living room with a grey stone fireplace under a live-edge timber mantel, white slipcovered chairs on a jute rug, and tall windows down one side.
Living room looking out through paired doors and transom windows to a stone patio, lawn and water beyond.
Kitchen with white shaker cabinets, a marble-topped reclaimed wood island, three glass pendants and a long window above the sink.
Window above an apron-front sink looking through arbutus branches to a bay and low hills across the water.
Bedroom with a white sleigh bed, a gilded overmantel mirror, and glazed doors opening to a balcony above the water.
Freestanding tub beneath a triple window, a long double vanity in marble, and a glass shower enclosure alongside.
Rear elevation at dusk, shingled with white trim, a covered porch below and a glass-railed deck above, seen across a lawn.
Victoria, BC