Cardan Enterprises wins coveted Tommie award

Trepanier Manor congratulates our partner and luxury home builder Cardan Enterprises for winning big at the 2009 Tommie Awards.

Don and Lisa Dudgeon of Cardan Enterprises signed on as the exclusive home builder of Trepanier Manor's 20 single-family, luxury cottage homes. They bring a wealth of experience to the project and we are looking forward to the first five homes being built this year.

The Canadian Home Builder's Association holds the Tommie Awards each year and Cardan was bestowed the gold medal honour of Home Builder of the Year -- the most coveted prize handed out at the Tommies.

Cardan also won a gold medal for Excellence in Single Family Detached, under 2,000 sq. ft.

Lights, water, action!

We have electricity! We have running water! The toilets work!

It may not sound like the biggest news you've heard, but for the Trepanier Manor team, the last week has been really exciting. Crews from Matcon Construction worked through the fall and winter on off-site and on-site servicing and we are very happy to announce they are done.

We now have water, fire flow, sanitary sewer, gas and electrical lines installed throughout the 25-acre Trepanier Manor property. All on-site servicing is complete, in addition to the installation of several kilometres of sanitary sewer mains off-site.

Full electrical power has been turned on and that means the exterior coach lights along the Trepanier Manor interior roadway are now shining bright.

The grand entrance way off MacKinnon Road is nearly complete. We have a working waterfall on one side and a curved entrance sign on the other.

It's a good day for the Trepanier Manor team as we head towards construction of homes and the hotel.

Trepanier Manor's guiding mind recognized as Business Person of the Year

(Photo by Hadani Ditmars)

Peachland Chamber of Commerce

Recognizes Business Excellence Winners

Congratulations to Scott Wilshaw, hotelier and managing partner of Trepanier Manor, who was recognized as Business Person of the Year at the Peachland Chamber of Commerce awards evening on November 21st 2009.

Fall 2009 Update

This is a model of how the new entrance currently under construction will look. On behalf of Trepanier Manor and the team, please accept the following update. For those that stop by or stop me on the street and always ask how the project is going, you make our day brighter and better and keep us motivated, thank you! Our contractors, Matcon, who have been fantastic, have just completed the off-site sewer from Highway 97 to the property entrance and for all the residents from Buchannan, Coldham, Dessert Pines and MacKinnon we thank you for your patience and help. It’s been amazing how many residents have gotten involved and helped us move rock, store rock and keep an eye on things for us; you know who you are and we thank you. The onsite pipe laying is still ongoing, with the sewer, water and gas all in the ground. We only have to dig the road up one more time!!! Tom who heads the crew for Matcon is doing a first rate job, and he surely has his hands full with a very difficult site and our famous Peachland Potatoes, rocks for those who want any! We expect the onsite work to be completed around late November, which will see the paved roads, Victorian lights and new entrance way to the property in operation. This will then lead to six homes being built over the winter by our builder Don and Lisa Dudgeon of Cardan Homes in Kelowna. The Hotel, as always, is our primary aim and the new drawings are looking great, with the last six months seeing a great many changes taking place. The Hotel drawings are on view at the show home and we are planning to commence as soon as the weather allows. With regards to promoting Peachland and our project we are opening our office in Whistler ready for the Winter Olympics so that we can showcase Peachland and the forth coming Hotel. We have also received national and global press from the likes of the New York Times, London Times, and National Post etc. We will continue to keep pressing forward to promote Peachland in this manner over the years. If you’re in Whistler, please stop by and share a glass of wine with us. The Hotel is now a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, and this distinction places Trepanier and Peachland with the most acclaimed brand and hotel standard in the world. We will work with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to ensure we continually strive to develop a first rate operation that sets the benchmark in hospitality. The Trepanier team and I are extremely grateful to all who continue to help guide us and allow us to keep moving forward. I am especially thankful to my good friends in Peachland for keeping me standing sticking by me........thank you! Should you fancy popping by, you are more than welcome......we like coffee with no milk and pastries! All the very best, Scott J Wilshaw - Trepanier Manor Corp.

First Okanagan Hotel to Achieve Luxury Brand Status

Peachland, B.C., September 2, 2009 —Trepanier Manor, which will be the Okanagan’s only privately owned five-star hotel, has joined Small Luxury Hotels of the World, a collection of over 480 hotels spanning more than 70 countries. For the past three years Small Luxury Hotels of the World was voted number one luxury hotel brand by wealthy consumers in the New York-based Luxury Institute's annual Luxury Brand Status Index survey, outscoring 21 other luxury hotel brands, including Ritz Carlton and Peninsula.

“We’re pleased to welcome Trepanier Manor Hotel to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World brand,” says Paul Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. “Trepanier Manor’s ability to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences through its culinary tourism programme, coupled with its distinct Victorian charm and luxurious amenities make it a perfect choice for today’s sophisticated traveller.”

The Trepanier Manor Hotel and 20 detached private homes will be built on 25 acres in Peachland overlooking Lake Okanagan. The 44-suite hotel has been patterned after a gracious, comfortable Victorian European manor house and will be the only private residence club in Western Canada where members enjoy exclusive use of their own home that is not inside a hotel.

Trepanier Manor was conceived by Scott Wilshaw, President of Manor Developments, with the assistance of Egon Von Foidl, President of the Hospitality Resources Group (HRG). Scott Wilshaw has 20 years’ hospitality experience, including hotel development, sales and marketing consulting, and managing the Big White Ski Resort hotels and numerous luxury hotels in Canada and the U.K. Egon von Foidl has significant international experience in the development and management of deluxe hotels, resorts, golf and spa operations including Ritz Carlton hotels in Washington, DC, and New York City, and Sutton Place hotels in Toronto and Vancouver.

Designed by Vancouver architect John Sproule, Trepanier Manor will feature a gate house with a wine interpretive centre and antique shop, tennis court, lawn for bocce, croquet and other garden games, spa, swimming pools, restaurants, cooking classes, wine tastings, games room and library.

Plans for the English cottage-style homes can be customized, and optional features include a detached guest cottage, luxury garage, secret grotto garden, furniture package, outdoor kitchen/lounge, deluxe sound package, and outdoor shower. Just eight homes remain to be sold, with prices from $875,000 to $1.2 million. Construction begins this month.

For more information, visit http://www.livinginthemanor.com/.