The Martensville Community Recreation Project (MCRP) ‘Community Build’ home is officially complete, as it hit the market on May 10.
Construction of the house broke ground last September in Martensville and MCRP board member Blaine Wotherspoon is very happy with the final product.
“The house is complete, it’s listed online and there have been showings,” he said.
The profits from the house sale will go toward the proposed multi-purpose recreation facility in Martensville.
Even though the MCRP organization was in charge of the project there was a sub committee, which consisted of board members Matt Hale, Joe Garchinski and Wotherspoon, who oversaw the project and were heavily involved with the decision making.
According to Wotherspoon, the house which is located on 196 MacCormack Road, was completed on schedule and that wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the 70 to 80 local companies that were involved in the construction and design of the house.
“It’s just phenomenal how the community got together and everyone banded together to build this. It wasn’t just two or three of us guys it was the whole community coming together and doing it, so it’s been phenomenal,” said Wotherspoon.
The asking price for the two-story, 1,810-square-foot home is at $519,000, which is listed through Wotherspoon’s real estate company WMW Homes. Since 90 per cent of labour and materials were donated to the project, this MCRP fundraiser could make a profit of approximately $460,000 if the house is sold at the asking price.
As soon as the house hit the market Wotherspoon said there was already an offer put in and they are accepting other offers until Friday May 14.
“By Friday (May 14) we’ll have a conditional offer. So usually offers are open for about 10 business days. So around May 20 we’ll know if there is a sold sign on it or not,” said Wotherspoon.
Once the house is sold the owners should be very happy with it as it consists of custom and high end features.
“We have that really large (1,800 square-foot) four car tandem attached garage which is probably the focal point of the house,” said Wotherspoon.
This was a big initiative that MCRP took on as a fundraiser but the rewards from it was definitely worth all of the work. Even though there were contractors and other companies that physically built the house and installed everything, that MCRP sub committee of Hale, Garchinski and Wotherspoon still had to make sure that everything was done right.
“It was a 10 month build, but it was 10 months of making a lot phone calls, putting in their own hours and doing all the small things that many people don’t see behind the scenes,” said MCRP chair Jesse Reis.
There were a lot of moving parts for this fundraiser to be a success and the it was definitely and team effort.
“We’re thankful for the support of the community and businesses at large in Martensville, Saskatoon and surrounding areas and it’s been overwhelming to see all of these people come together to build this house,” said Garchinksi.