Interiors
Featuring high-quality, environmentally friendly materials and innovative, sustainable design, Balance’s interiors promote healthy living while offering luxurious comfort and cost savings to residents.
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Interior Design
- Suites are open, bright and flexible, designed to take advantage of views and natural sunlight
- Contemporary blinds on all exterior windows
- Two natural colour schemes to choose from
- Honey-coloured, rapidly renewable, carbonized bamboo floors (in main living areas)
- Soft-weave, premium carpet (in bedrooms) made from environmentally friendly recycle-linked, precision-cut, stain-resistant, colour-fast materials rated with a CRI Green Label
- High-end Interface carpet tile in central corridors to save ongoing maintenance costs
- Acoustically engineered, insulated walls between suites
- Modern, lever style polished chrome interior door hardware
Open Kitchens
The kitchen is a central gathering space in just about any home, so we’ve designed ours to provide maximum flexibility, while creating a sense of energy, vitality and wellness
- Open plan with large storage drawers and a multi-function eating and cooking area in some suites
- Warm cinnamon or dark ebonized bamboo veneer cabinetry with brushed nickel hardware
- Countertops made of thick polished granite stone slab
- Polished solid granite back splash
- Full-size, double-bowl, European-style, stainless-steel sink
- Contemporary single-lever faucet
- Recessed, energy-efficient, compact-florescent pot lighting.
- Energy-efficient Whirlpool™ stainless steel appliances including:
- Whirlpool Gold® Energy Star® 19 cu. Ft. top mount refrigerator
- Whirlpool® Energy Star® self-clean, built-in oven with gas-on-glass ceramic cook-top
- Whirlpool® Energy Star® microwave with hood fan
- Whirlpool® Energy Star® tall tub, super-capacity dishwasher
Spa-Luxury Getaway Bathrooms
Emanating tranquility and calm, Balance’s bathrooms provide the sense of having your own personal spa.
- Warm cinnamon or dark ebonized bamboo veneer cabinetry with brushed nickel hardware
- Polished travertine slab countertops
- Square under-mount washbasin with single-lever faucet
- 12-inch by 24-inch matte finished porcelain floor tiles
- 12-inch by 24-inch unglazed porcelain wall/tub surround
- 1-inch by 1-inch custom travertine mosaic tile accents
- Maax® deep soaker tubs retain heat for long baths
- Environmentally friendly, low-volume, dual flush Toto® toilets
- Shower heads with Vacuum Booster Technology deliver high pressure while saving water
Other Offerings
Suites individually metered for hot and cold water use, electricity and heat with internet computer based connection to monitor usage and control heat remotely
- Entry phone system in lobby (leased)
- ASKO®, condensing dryers and front load washing machines
- Underground parking with one parking stall and storage room included with each suite
- Fire protection system
- Secure common bike storage
- Wireless ready for in-suite security system
- “Technology ready” with additional telephone\cable\data outlets and CAT 5 wiring
Unique Upgrade Options
- Caramel freckled cork flooring where bamboo is provided
- 100% woven-wool carpet in bedrooms
- Bamboo or cork flooring in bedrooms
- Hanging shelving unit above kitchen island
- Soft-close doors and drawers in kitchens and bathrooms
- Frameless glass shower enclosure in most suites
- Energy-efficient Miele® and Kitchen Aid® Architect Series® stainless steel appliances including:
- Kitchen Aid® Architect Series® 21.8 cu. ft. top mount refrigerator
- Miele built-in oven with four burner gas cook top
- Kitchen Aid® Architect Series® microwave with hood fan
- Miele Energy Star® Novotronic dishwasher
- Outdoor gas fireplaces for some suites
- Closet organizers in bedrooms
- Sliding Lutron switches throughout
- Gas outlets for barbeques
- Barn doors for dens
- Hand held sprays for bath units
- Kayak storage
- Motorcycle and scooter parking