Imagine a commute measured in steps rather than kilometres. Imagine working from home, where home is surrounded by play. Imagine a collaborative meeting with colleagues or clients in a professional conference room that is just metres from your home sanctuary.

Welcome to the homes at Headwaters, where commutes don’t exist and working from home doesn’t mean sacrificing a wonderful White Rock area lifestyle. This new South Surrey real estate development redefines live, work, play and defines the concept of sustainable living.

Headwaters is the creation of Treegroup Developments Corp. and features more than 148 condominium units in two phases of environmentally conscious living space incorporating live-work-play in a culture of lifestyle enhancement.

Headwaters residents don’t have to work from home, but if they want to, there’s no better place to do it. No longer does working from home mean being stuffed into the corner of a spare bedroom; now professionals and home-based contractors alike can work in, or steps from, their home in a space designed to accompany their needs. There’s also the added benefit of networking and sharing ideas with other members of the Headwaters neighbourhood.

At the center of Phase 1 is the two-storey, 6400 sq. ft. Lifestyle and Business Centre – a concierge staffed amenity area. The top floor features private and semi-private office spaces, a conference room and other professional facilities. Residents can book an office for an hour or a day and a personal concierge is always on hand to help access services, organize events and make sure everything runs smoothly.

Each suite comes with a home office or den, or a flexible space called a Personal Hub. The hub can be used as a small home office or a variety of non-work activities, such as make up/dressing room, sewing/craft niche or additional closet space. And there is a selection of one and two bedroom suites that come with dedicated office space and ground floor client entries – the perfect work-from-home solution.

“Headwaters residents have the unique opportunity to work from home with all the features and services of being in an office setting without the commute,” says Rod Sopko, Treegroup’s Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

The business centre area occupies the top floor of the Lifestyle Centre and is separated by an atrium from an additional ground floor lifestyle amenity area and dedicated fitness area. Residents can take cooking classes in the demonstration kitchen, relax in the open lounge area, book a personal fitness trainer, watch a movie in the screening room, surf the web in the wireless Internet lounge or participate in a multitude of monthly lifestyle and business oriented events. “Part of the Headwaters attraction is that you don’t have to pay extra for these services,” said Sopko. “They’re part of the strata fees.”

The one, two and three bedroom condominium homes range from 651 to 1,434 sq. ft. and Treegroup is offering high-quality, natural, sustainable materials as standard features. There is low-VOC paint, bamboo or natural quartz countertops, 100 per cent wool carpeting, dual flush, low-flow toilets, bamboo cabinetry and Whirlpool Energy Star appliances.

Featuring nine-foot ceilings (12-foot on the top floor), the homes at Headwaters can be upgraded with engineered wood floors, electric fireplaces, KitchenAid appliances and roll-out pantry hardware.

The Headwaters homes in South Surrey are located in the desirable Morgan Creek-Rosemary Heights neighbourhood, surrounded by forest and nestled next to a tributary of Morgan Creek, just south of 32nd Avenue at 15428 - 31st Avenue.

South Surrey is a desirable family-oriented community just minutes away from White Rock. Besides having the Morgan Creek Golf Course within walking distance, there are beaches, hiking trails and other recreation and relaxation opportunities nearby. Several new retail areas have opened in the Morgan Creek area offering every kind of shopping, service and restaurant option possible.

“The Headwaters homes in South Surrey offer a unique live-work solution that will allow professionals and home-based entrepreneurs the opportunity to cut down on or eliminate their normal commute,” said Sopko. “It’s a very self sustaining community.” The Headwaters Presentation Centre is located at 2215-160th Street in the Grandview Corners mall in South Surrey. The centre is open Monday to Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. and Fridays to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff can also be reached for private appointments at 604-535-1451. Check out www.headwatersclub.ca for more information.