FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Ardrossan offers both options. If you navigate through our LOT MAPS section, you can click on different lots to see whether they are sold, for sale through a builder, or for sale to the public.

Yes, there is nothing stopping you to inquire with a builder about purchasing a lot that they have committed to from them. However, the majority of the builders working in Ardrossan are custom builders, so we strongly suggest you meeting with them first to see if there is a fit in potentially having them build your house. These builders have a great reputation throughout the community for being able to execute whatever dream house design you can come up with.

To put a lot on hold, please contact us. We do not require a financial deposit, but do require all the information needed to prepare a draft purchase agreement (your name or company name, the corresponding civic address, phone, email). Holds are valid for 4 weeks. Since there is no financial deposit, a hold can be challenged at any time. This means that someone that is prepared to purchase the lot can execute a purchase agreement, which will trigger a 48-hour first right of refusal for the individual that has the lot on hold to do the same. If the individual with the hold does not purchase within that 48-hour window, the lot is sold to the individual challenging the lot hold.

Yes. To challenge a hold, you must execute a purchase agreement on that lot and provide a 20% deposit cheque. At that point we will give the individual with the existing hold 48 hours notice to either provide us with a 20% deposit cheque and enter into a Purchase Agreement or lose the hold. Once you challenge a hold, if the original party does not exercise their first right of refusal, your Agreement and deposit will become a binding sale.

When purchasing a lot, it is important to first recognize the approved zoning of that lot, and then read the corresponding requirements in Strathcona County’s Land Use Bylaw. In addition to those requirements, our subdivisions have architectural controls that outline the requirements for house size, exterior treatments, choices available for private fencing, and allowable front/side landscaping. These architectural controls can be found on the corresponding Ardrossan Estates, and Stage 10 pages.

The purchase agreements specifies that building must commence one year from the purchase. If a purchaser continues to maintain their lot from weeds, garbage, and other dumping, we are fine extending that timeframe until the purchaser is ready to build. However, we intentionally keep that clause in our purchase agreement as a means to take legal action if someone is not building on their lot and also not maintaining it. In a situation such as that, we will use the proceeds of your deposit to clean up your lot for you, and then proceed with further legal action once those funds are “used up”

The architectural controls specify that front landscaping must be completed by the year after your house is completed. If there is a reason that a person cannot complete their landscaping within that timeline but is still maintaining the front of their lot to be tidy, we have no problem extending that timeframe another year. Backyard landscaping is not a requirement and therefore there is no time frame where you must complete your backyard landscaping.

Please note that we can only return a deposit to the party that paid it to us, meaning the purchaser of the lot. If you are a homeowner that purchased from a builder, you must contact them to let them know that you have completed landscaping, and they must coordinate the return of the balance of their deposit directly with us.

The deposit covers three requirements: any infrastructure damaged during the construction process, building to the approved plans, and completion of the front/side landscaping.

Front landscaping must be completed as per the requirements in the architectural controls. Once complete, the lot owner is to fill out the Landscaping Inspection Request Form that was part of their purchase agreement, which will trigger an inspection.

As soon as a lot is purchased, the purchaser is responsible for ALL 3rd party damage adjacent to their lot, not just activity that is proven to be caused by construction activity on their house. After 2 years of warranty, Strathcona County completes an inspection and determines what deficiencies need to be repaired before they assume responsibility for that infrastructure. Once we complete these repairs, lot owners are invoiced for any costs associated with their lot. If that invoice is not paid, it is deducted from the deposit.

Even if the landscaping is completed and approved, no deposits can be refunded until Strathcona County has assumed ownership of ALL infrastructure within the stage. This is typically 3-4 years after construction. The reason for their “delay” is because once a deposit is returned, there is no way for the developer to pursue repayment for damages that are later identified by Strathcona County.

'Estates' is a branding term to differentiate the housing product types within sections of Ardrossan. Estates is the area located North of Main Street that exclusively features large single family lots, utilizing the R1A and RE zonings. The areas South and East of Main Street feature large (R1B) and small (R1C) single family lots, as well as duplex (R2A) lots. Both areas and seamlessly integrated into the Ardrossan neighborhood, but help identify where certain product types are, and what future adjacent stages may feature.

Ardrossan Village was a one-off project by Cona Homes. It was a 28 lot enclave within Ardrossan that featured free-hold duplex lots with a Homeowners Association to cover onsite snow & lawn maintenance, and an age restriction covenant that requires occupants to be above the age of 55. The project is sold out with no current plans for a similar concept.

There are two active show homes in Ardrossan:

Coventry Homes located at 17 Coppice Hill Way
Daytona Homes located at 21 Coppice Hill Way

There will be a new show home from Cantiro Homes opening in Fall 2024 at 13 Coppice Hill Way

Development, and the rate of development, is driven by market conditions. It is impossible to accurately predict the timing and size of future stages because it is often a 2 year process to prepare a new stage for construction, and in that time market conditions can fluctuate greatly.

All questions about timing should be directed to the development manager. Do not rely on information from 3rd party individuals about the details of future development.

In addition to approved zoning & subdivision plans, the best resource to see what future development may look like is the Area Structure Plan.

A new commercial development opened in 2024 directly adjacent to the Recreation Center (at the SW corner of the intersection of RR 222 & 3rd Avenue).

The complex includes Ardrossan Pizza, A Step Ahead Childcare, Co-Operators Insurance, Ardrossan Veterinary Clinic, Tibb Pharmacy Clinic, Petro Canada, Subway Restaurant, A&W Restaurant, & Ardrossan Liquor

Future commercial development will be located along RR222 adjacent to Main Street.

In 2019, Strathcona County approved the expansion of Ardrossan by two quarter-sections.

The build-out population of Ardrossan is now around 6000 residents, with the hamlet boundaries extending all the way down to the intersection of Baseline Road & RR 221.

This will allow for decades or new development in Ardrossan feature all types of housing products.