Fraternité-sur-Lac:100 three to five-bedroom 130-334sq m (1,400-3,600sq ft) lakeside townhouses and detached log cabins, costing from €300,000 to €839,000 (Cdn$475,000-$1.3 million).
Real log cabins with high-spec interiors, wide plank wooden floors, slate countertops in kitchens, elegant state-of-the-art bathrooms, and wired for internet, TV and so on. Complete furniture package costs around €32,000 (Cdn$50,000). Owners guaranteed a 5 per cent rental return for one year. The developer expects rentals for about 15 to 20 weeks; owners get 60 per cent of the rent; 65 to 70 per cent mortgages at about 5 per cent interest can be raised locally.
Fraternité is being launched from plans in Dublin on Tuesday, March 20th, in Jurys, Ballsbridge, D4.
Blueberry Lake:Development of 60 232-307sq m (2,500-3,300sq ft) lakeside and woodland log cabins being built on one to two acres of which a handful are left for sale. The three to five-beds cost from €293,000 to €478,000 (Cdn$454,000-$700,000) and have high-spec interiors - stone log-burning fireplaces, balconies with excellent views; outside some, there's a hot tub in the garden. A residents' clubhouse on site with bar, restaurant, spa, 40-seat cinema and kids club is nearly finished. Three tennis courts, three swimming pools being built. Owners are offered a 7 per cent rental guarantee for a year; the developers manage rentals for owners. There's even an Irish connection - Gillian Porritt, wife of Alex, one of Blueberry Lake's developers, is from Ballymena.
Pointe Heron:54 woodland and lakeside homes on at least 1.5 acres each. Adjacent to Domaine St Bernard, a 1,500-acre nature reserve where swimming, hiking, cross country skiing, snow-shoeing and bird watching are available. Mont Tremblant is a seven-minute drive. Four-beds from €150,800 (Cdn$234,000).
Lac Desmarais:three to four-acre plots for sale from €259,000 (Cdn$399,000); average houses being built are 465sq m (5,000sq ft) and cost €973,000 (Cdn $1.5m). Mont Tremblant Real Estate Agency connects buyers with architects, builders. Not rented except perhaps as executive seasonal rentals.
All the developments are for sale through Pure International
www.pureintl.com
