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Homes and holdings designed around how people actually live, work, and recharge. From a Fargher Lake retreat where wildlife and views set the pace to a 2022 off-grid sanctuary framed by Cascade panoramas, the emphasis is on privacy and outdoor connection. In town, a historic downtown Baker City loft offers expansive, light-filled versatility, while Seaside’s well-kept eight-plex pairs river proximity with beach access. Bend’s 2024 conservation-community build completes the mix with low-maintenance ease.

Across Oregon, a quintet of homes reimagines luxury as lived experience, from ocean-view calm in Gearhart to true riverfront acreage on the Rogue and lakeside days at Caldera Springs. Each property leans into indoor-outdoor ease with decks, expansive windows, and spaces designed for gathering. Flexibility threads through the collection as well, with dual-living layouts, guest studios, bonus rooms, and an ADU that suits visitors or income potential. Even in Salem and Portland’s Eastmoreland, views, craftsmanship, and comfort remain central.

Privacy, big-sky scenery, and land that works as hard as it unwinds. Minutes from Eugene, Oregon City, Redmond, Ridgefield, and Albany, each property reads like a personal retreat, with architecture and indoor-outdoor living designed to frame views and invite gatherings. Riverfront settings on the East Fork Lewis and South Santiam add a restorative cadence, while barns, guest quarters, and hobby-ready infrastructure elevate everyday utility.

Along Range Road 233 in Strathcona County, a compact rural enclave is quietly defining a particular kind of estate living. This quintet of sold addresses suggests a pocket claimed quickly, where premium lots and custom builds meet a private, country setting. One residence, a 6,700-plus-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms, central A/C, a spice kitchen, and a quad garage, underscores the area’s appetite for ambitious scale. Together, these five properties share a focus on turnkey comfort, entertaining-ready design, and multi-generational flexibility.

Water shapes daily life across this quintet of homes, from the storied shorelines of Okanagan Lake to the Elbow River and a rural coastal setting in Nova Scotia. Several addresses quintet gated privacy and estate-scale land with the ease of stepping directly into paddling, fishing, or sunset walks. Craftsmanship also unites the selection, with timber-frame and hand-hewn log construction that feels rooted in place. Together, these five properties frame luxury as a lived-in retreat, defined as much by nature as by design.

Design that elevates gathering, wellness, and the view outside the window. In Edmonton, river-valley addresses quintet architectural ambition with rare conveniences—from mass-timber craftsmanship to a private elevator and rooftop hot tub. Beyond the city, preserved-nature acreages in Silverhorn frame sunset-facing decks, ensuite-rich bedroom layouts, and lower levels built for recreation. The quintet is anchored by a 13-acre estate that uniquely blends refined living with rural business zoning for events.

Across Saskatchewan, this trio highlights a shared appetite for space, light, and low-hassle living, whether your backdrop is open prairie or an established city crescent. Near Saskatoon, two acreages trio privacy with near-new interiors and room to play, with one offering a virtually unused estate experience and the other a one-level bungalow with a 9-foot basement poised for future bedrooms and theatre potential. In Regina, an architecturally distinct home draws in daylight through large windows and vaulted ceilings, moments from Wascana Park and downtown.

Across this quintet of waterfront homes, daily life is oriented toward the horizon—lake, river, bay, and open ocean shaping both architecture and routine. From Rock Lake’s rare 2.75-acre beachfront setting to Prince Edward Island addresses that frame water from balconies, walls of windows, and view-facing living spaces, each residence treats scenery as a constant companion. Outdoor living and recreation come naturally, supported by decks, shoreline access, and room to store the gear. Craftsmanship and thoughtful upgrades complete the picture.

Room to shape the future. One offering is a 0.92-acre I-C zoned parcel in Northeast Calgary’s expanding Jacksonport area, positioned near major transportation routes and the airport. The others translate scale into lifestyle, from a Leduc County estate with a new guest house, pond views, and an attached shop to a mature-lot architectural gem in Southwest Calgary. Rounding out the set are a Kananaskis-adjacent retreat near Bragg Creek and an eight-bedroom Barnwell acreage with a theatre room and garden.

Across Oregon’s most coveted lifestyle corridors, this quintet shares a view-first sensibility that makes nature the daily backdrop. In Bend, homes quintet mountain light, river frontage, and trail-side living with the ease of well-planned layouts and community amenities. Near Portland, a creek-lined 14-acre setting adds privacy and flexible, guest-ready spaces. On the Coast, ocean panoramas take center stage, framed by expansive windows, recent updates, and acreage that preserves a sense of retreat.