HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-08-12, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1987.
DECORATING & FLOORING
ROBBIE LAWRIE
Continued on Page 18not to mention
Christian Ji. Kiar
Limited,
CALL DAVE OR GWEN
(519) 482*7869
BLYTH, ONTARIO
(519) 523-4525
WINDOW
& PATIO DOOR
SALES, SERVICE
& INSTALLATION
INDUSTRIAL • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL
Mike
Siertsema
Steve
Siertsema
&
Dave
Souch _
Size is one of the first things you
notice in the apartments. There is
no waste space for hallways as you
enter directly into one corner of the
large 11 foot by 14 foot kitchen.
There is enough room to put a
good-sized table in the kitchen and
still leave plenty of room for work
area.
The feeling of size and bright
ness of the kitchen is increased by
an open counter area to the 12 foot
by ISfootlivingroomwith large
patio doors fronting on a patio on
the groundfloor units or the
balcony in the second-floor units.
Each of the bedrooms is 12 foot
by 12 foot and features a large
closet. The bathroom is also large.
An added feature is a large
storage room with room enough for
a small freezer with plenty of shelf
space still left.
Location is also high on the list of
attractions of the building. “You’ll
never get a nicer setting” Robbie
Lawrie says. The building is set
amid poplar trees on the west and
north sides with a terraced hill to
the south. Northern apartments
overlook the nearby Lions park and
tenants will be only a few steps
STEVE
MCDOUGALL
CONSTRUCTION
from the Blyth bowling green and
it’s just across the street to the two
ball diamonds for those who want
to take in a ball game on a
summer’s evening.
Since it’s on Gypsy Lane it’s
quiet, he says, and yet it’s only two
blocks from downtown.
Because of the mature clientelle
the Lawries are trying to attract to
their building, they’ve concentrat
ed on more services that would
probably be included in apart
ments aimed at young people
starting out on their own.
All the cupboard and vanities are
oak, for instance. The spacious
bathrooms feature tubs with at
tractive tub-surround with built-in
shelves. The kitchens feature large
13.5 cubic foot frost free refrigera
tors. Carpeting in the living room is
deep and plush. The closets are
outfitted with closet organizers.
There’s a space for the tenants to
install their own air-conditioners.
The units arepartof the wired
modern world with four outlets for
both telephone and cable televi-
The 8-unit Gypsy Lane Apartments which opens this weekend is one of the largest privately-owned
building projects in Blyth in recent years. The public will have a chance to see inside the building this
weekend when an open house is held Saturday and Sunday.
LTD.
RR2, Wingham
357-3107
We supplied the railings
for the Gypsy Lane
Apartments.
FORGE
Benmiller
524-8096
HATS OFF
TO YOU!
Robbie & Carole
Size and location are the two
biggest attractions to the eight
/: apartments in the new Gypsy Lane
Apartments which open this week-
« end according to developer Robbie
Lawrie.
The apartments are all two
bedroom units and run at 865
square feet per unit. That’s nearly
as large as a small house, he points
|||| out. It fits into the market he was
/ aiming at when the building was
planned: what is often referred to
as the “empty nester’ ’, people
|||| whose children are grown up and
S;? they’re looking for a place to live
BO that doesn’t take up so much of
their time to maintain.
'y-:-' The building is aimed at this
, more mature tenant, he said,
; because there just isn’t a market
for so many apartments for
|||younger people.
The apartments can be an
</'alternative for people who are
; /usually looking at a small house,
'.'and, he says, a person can’t
//'/maintain a house for the same cost
/' of living in the apartment given the
' extra cost for taxes, maintenance,
/<• lawn cutting, etc.
//snowblowing.
Concrete work for the
Gypsy Lane Apartments
of the Gypsy Lane
Apartments. We were
pleased to do the
surveying.
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It was our pleasure
to do the brick work.
Best wishes
Robbie & Carole
MORTARCRAFT
MASONARY „3 9373
RR 2, BLYTH
/?. J. Lawrie
Decorating Ltd.
Size, location big attractions
for new Blyth apartment project
Best Wishes!
SHARP’S CREEK
on the Grand Opening of the
Gypsy Lane Apartments
Robbie & Carole
Itwasapleasuretosupply
the mirrors foryour new venture.