Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 27, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1968 Homes prove the answer to major design problems exterior View of one of the Kensington Homes on display to the Public research paves Way to new style Homes a year of re search which covered major build manufacturers and architects through North Erica is on View in Transcona and vital in a new line of Homes designed for lasting Kensington Homes pre sents the new look in its show Homes in the Gar Den Quarter of Kensing ton and the new Community of Woodbury it is open ing at Dunkirk drive and Moore Avenue in i the says general manager Rube Are the answer to a design problem major builders All Over North America Are fac Home buyers want to be assured that the style they buy will not be dated in 15 to 20 in the United we found architects and builders were going Back to traditional such As colonial and Cape which Are centuries said Diamond in an we have had our architects prepare exterior styles which embody the Basic de signs of traditional with emphasis on what we Call curb buyers today expect their Homes to be some of Kensington Homes new houses have front providing new styling and a protected a full Range of styling and sizes is including Bunga bile Vel and two Storey Kensington Homes in its new line is extending its recent policy of building what it describes As a custom Cut the firm a year ago discarded the prefab mass sparkling Interior of a Kensington Home production technique in order to give buyers a wider Choice of custom finishing and now hand cuts materials on the custom finishing can be found to a greater extent inside the firms 1968 line of new sliding Metal and Glass doors now available in Winni and built on the same principle As a double storm permit the opening of family rooms onto the doors Are the first the firm has found that will stand up to w i n n i1 p e g s Winter manufacturers have finally perfected carpeting for Bath and this also is part of the custom fittings As Are Vinyl coated Wall sliding Mirror doors in louvre doors which fold to close up a family Superior floor and compartment Ted Baths with Ceramic tile vanity All show Homes Are professionally decorated and fitted with the latest available carpeting and draperies the result of the firms research program to find new ideas and Diamond said the Atten Tion devoted to research is one of the main reasons Kensington Homes exceeded its planned 1967 building pro Gram by 50 per and on three occasions was completely sold out in its Garden Quarter this Kensington show Homes Rcck totally new Home new new exterior design touches a few new glamorous features sliding Glass Patio doors richly carpeted Ceramic tiled bathrooms mirrored sliding closet doors and Many More 6 totally new and decorator furnished show now open for viewing drive weekend decorator furnished show Homes open daily 1 9 in the award winning tradition of at the Garden Quarter Transcona phone 2226505 or 2229913 Regent Clarks woolco Crossroads shopping Centre Kildare shopping Centre show Homes i off Dunkirk i rive vital phone 2534305 Homes 4005 Bright kitchens another highlight Altmar distributors 11 Higgins phone 9436655 roofing congratulations from the following firms to Kensington Homes John Brodsky contractor lot 137 Annes Road phone 2530003 basement contractor Jet electric 530 Poison phone 5864842 electrical contractors i Eaton contract sales 838 James phone us 32115 contract sales Complete line of furnishings Gypsum drywall 1121 Sanford phone 7865931 suppliers and installers of drywall Amsco 925 Logan phone 7745501 lighting Kitchen exhaust hoods Erin Iron works lot 57 Springfield Road phone 2229983 wrought Iron railings rays attic insulation service phone 2568619 109 Riel insulation Century flooring Mills 1702 Ellice phone 7742466 ceramics and carpeting Martin Schellenberg 743 Simpson phone 3390366 drywall repair work Freeman Jackson painting contractors 14 Martin phone 2220827 texturing Moffatt 1695 Ellice phone 7867661 drop in ranges Barkman Concrete products 930 Nairn phone 5335745 unit precast Steps ornamental Iron railings precast Concrete sidewalks and Patio slabs Dixon heating 969 Sherbrook phone 7742187 Moffat furnaces Redekopp lumber Supply 1126 Henderson phone 3344311 building Supply Headquarters for the Home builder Bernhard lumber 565 Munroe phone 3389336 lumber and building materials roof trusses manufactured by North american lumber 205 fort phone 9428121 Derksen plumbing heating residential commercial 807 Mcleod phone 3390656 plumbing installation henrys landscaping 267 Enfield Crescent phone 2530009 sodding flooring services 635 ferry Road phone 7747416 floor ceramics and carpeting Rosewood Nursery 3469 Henderson phone de 42284 Trees and shrubs fur Nasman heating 635 Pembina phone go 22545 heating leak proof eave troughs and exhaust fans Midland Concrete products 909 Gateway phone 3343029 sidewalk Patio precast Concrete Steps capital lumber 92 Higgins phone 9431455 wholesale lumber and building supplies manufacturers of Tran Canada trusses approved Cowin steel 1137 Pacific phone 7758161 reinforcing steel consolidated plate Glass Western 450 Deschambault phone 2331461 pattern bathroom cabinets Kremplin 264 West Paul phone 3341362 basement floors ;