Pacific Lifestyle Homes Blog

Gas Fire Place with Tile Surround and Shaker Mantle

Pacific Lifestyle Homes offers customers several styles of natural gas or propane fireplaces that provide the perfect accent to the great room or master bedroom - particularly during the holidays.  Pacific Lifestyle Homes’ gas fireplaces come standard with a granite tile surround and painted mantle.  Customers can change tile style and purchase full wrap mantles in various wood species, styles and stains.  They’re perfect for warming up during the chilly Northwest nights.  Just don’t expect Santa to come down the chimney!!!

Pacific Lifestyle Homes Construction Manager Russ Tiedeman and Date Enjoy the PLH Christmas Party

VANCOUVER – Pacific Lifestyle Homes celebrated a great year with their 14th annual Christmas Party on December 4th at the company’s 5000 sq ft Design Studio.  Employees, significant others and guest enjoyed  enjoyed a great catered meal and a hilarious White Elephant Gift Exchange.  The gift exchange was highlighted by the second straight appearance of “The Christmas Story” leg lamp.

Pacific Lifestyle Homes also used the company gathering to encourage employees to purchase requested gifts for underprivleged area youths.  Employees responded to the call - delivering dozens of wrapped gifts that will be distributed to needy kids in Clark County.

Pacific Lifestyle Homes wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.  The blessing abound in our great country.

Enjoy friends, family, food, and football!  Cheers!!

Ridgefield City Council members listen about the construction process of the Gee Creek Trail

30 ft bridge installed as part of recently completed Gee Creek Trail

RIDGEFIELD, WA – A key link in the City of Ridgefield’s Gee Creek Trail has been completed by Vancouver-based homebuilder Pacific Lifestyle Homes.

The Gee Creek Trail is envisioned to run 3.5 miles along the Gee Creek corridor, connecting Ridgefield High School with the trail system located in the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. City officials and park advocates see the trail as the City’s “green spine” that will allow residents to see neighbors and access key city locations without using an automobile.

The recently completed section of trail is within the Osprey Pointe neighborhood and was built by Pacific Lifestyle Homes, who also developed the neighborhood. The trail section cost almost a hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars and took several months to construct after years of planning and permitting.

“The City is ecstatic to open this section of the Gee Creek Trail after so many years of planning,” said Ridgefield Mayor Ron Onslow. “I look forward to the day when residents can walk the length of Ridgefield through the woods and amongst the wildlife on the Gee Creek Trail.”

The trail opening will be celebrated this Saturday, November 7th at 11:00 am at the trail head located on S. 13th Circle in the Osprey Pointe neighborhood.

The trail segment was completed nearly five years after it was originally required as a condition of the City’s approval for the Osprey Pointe subdivision in December 2004.

“We had previously built some walking paths by the wetland areas in Osprey Pointe,” said Kevin Wann, Pacific Lifestyle Homes President and CEO. “But the Gee Creek Trail section will be different for the residents. It feels so rustic and remote. There’s a large, wood plank bridge that spans a ravine. You almost feel like you in the National Forest when you walk on it.”

GEE CREEK TRAIL FAST FACTS:

Total Cost: $100,000

Total Length: 1300 Lineal Feet

Trail Width & Surfacing: 4 to 6 ft variable width – Gravel

Bridge Size: 30 ft engineered wood glu-lam bridge spans unnamed tributary

Trail Contractor: Twin Oaks Construction, White Salmon, WA

Permits: Critical Areas Permit, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit, Building Permit

Environmental Mitigation: 25 cedar and 25 dogwood trees were planted and must be monitored and maintained for 5 years.

About Pacific Lifestyle Homes: Pacific Lifestyle Homes is locally owned by Kevin Wann. The company was founded in 1996 and since its inception, has built 2,100 homes throughout the greater Portland area. Pacific Lifestyle Homes is one of the most celebrated builders in Southwest Washington and Northern Oregon, and is a two-time winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award from the Clark County BIA. Learn more at www.pacificlifestylehomes.com

The Building Industry Association (BIA) of Clark County , Washington, announced that Pacific Lifestyle Homes has been honored with two of the association’s Building Excellence Awards in two separate categories.

The first award was in the category of New Homes Under $300,000 and recognized the company’s “Melody” floor plan in the Meriwether neighborhood located in Woodland, Washington. The 2,707-square-foot, two-story plan was designed by the Myhre Group and features four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, a loft area, and formal living and dining rooms. The home was honored for its smartly designed and efficient floor plan. The home has many quality upgraded finishes that are not typically included in a home priced at $254,900. Additionally, the home is located within a master planned community, which has become the trademark of Pacific Lifestyle Homes communities. The Meriwether neighborhood has a spacious community clubhouse, pool, dog park, and walking trails.

The second award, New Homes from $300,000 – $500,000, honored the Taverner Ridge neighborhood, located in Ridgefield, Washington. The home features the Pacific Lifestyle Homes “Vivace” floor plan, which includes a unique 2,834-square-foot layout. The floor plan was also designed by the Myhre Group and has four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. Additionally, the home has a master bedroom on the main floor and a bonus room over the garage. The home was honored for its unique architectural design elements, low price point, and exclusive location next to the 289-acre Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

“We are thrilled to be honored by the BIA with these awards,” said Kevin Wann, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Lifestyle Homes. “Our team has done an excellent job of capturing superior floor plans and designs at affordable price points.”

About Pacific Lifestyle Homes: Pacific Lifestyle Homes is locally owned by Kevin Wann. The company was founded in 1996 and has built 2,000 homes throughout the greater Portland area. Pacific Lifestyle Homes is one of the most celebrated builders in Southwest Washington and Northern Oregon, and is a two-time winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award from the Clark County BIA.