PNE 2011 prize home settles in Kelowna!

The 2011 PNE craftmans-style home that Vancouver's PNE vistors have been veiwing will settle in Kelowna's Upper Mission neighborhood overlookiing Okanagan Lake.  Right in the heart of Okangan's wine valley!

The two storey fully furnished 3,100 sf residence highlights the latest in home trends and technology, for example:

• in-floor and forced air heating system along with air conditioning
• hot water system incudes solar collectors to heat up 50% of the annual energy need for domestic use
• home theatre and projector package with 9 foot screen and surround sound
• fibre cement board shingle siding that look like real cedar shingles
• prism security alarm system
• mildew, rot, and insect repellant decking
• 2 indoor EnerChoice natural gas fireplaces
• outdoor EnerChoice nautral gas fireplace
• gourmet natural six-burner gas cook-top and double ovens
• granite kitchen counter top, cast iron doulbe and prep sinks, subzero fridge
• interior has ten foot ceilings
• three bedrooms, three bathrooms
• wine cellar (of course!)

The winner of the home will also receive a grocery package from MarketPlace IGA and one-year of house cleaning provided by MiniMaid.

Source Photo:  Times Colonist

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The PNE Prize Home began in 1934 and is North America's oldest annual prize home give-a-way lottery.  Get your ticket(s) for the 2011 PNE prize home now till September 5th, 2011

PNE PRIZE HOMES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT DREAMS

Maxine Dalfo lives in a house of dreams, a modest bungalow that once seemed as grand as a mansion.

In the dark Depression year of 1934, Vancouver fairgoers by the thousands gambled a thin dime on a chance to own a house.

It had cedar-lapped siding painted a dark brown with cream trim.

Inside, to the left of the doorway, French doors swung open to a lving room with a fireplace.  The main floor offered a full kitchen (with that remarkable innovation the electric stove), a dinette, two bedrooms and a bathroom with a claw-foot bathrub and jade-green fixtures.

The unfinished second floor offered the promise of two additional bedrooms as well as a sewing room with a window in the gable dormer overlooking the front steps.

A team of horses hauled the bungalow along fir skids to its current location at 2812 Dundas St., a half-block from the exhibition grounds.  The Dalfos - Victor and the former Maxine Sokowich - bought the home from a widower hardware-store owner 30 years later....Read More

Source Photo and Text: The Globe and Mail

Oh my ~ how times have changed for the PNE prize home since 1934 to 2011!