THE CONTINENTAL'S uniqueness is apparent from the moment one enters the Prominent Homes’ show home, from its charming front verandah without to a traditional great room and handsome front staircase immediately within.

“It’s wide open and inviting when you come in the front door and people love the largeness of the rooms,” says Cal Hanson, co-area manager for Prominent Homes in Langdon, located about 25 minutes from Calgary.

Ideal for anyone who prefers not to see the kitchen from the front door, a heaping portion of culinary space is on the menu at the rear of the main floor, accessible from the front door or via a massive mud room that’s poised for easy unloading on grocery day. Built-in hooks and benches that hide spots for winter gear are located to keep tidy the well-travelled area just inside the garage.

Meanwhile, the two-way fireplace’s glow is enjoyed from the front great room – well-named given massive dimensions – or during mealtime at the eating nook sized for a growing family.

Up the elegant spindled staircase is an upper floor crafted with every household member taken into consideration. A bonus room provides space for junior residents to entertain pals, curl up with a good DVD or toil away at homework. Nearby, a convenient second-floor laundry room is certain to make wash day less of a dirty chore.

Kids will adore their own spacious sleeping digs, while parents can appreciate the rooms’ walk-in closets to help keep ever-changing wardrobes off the floor. A full bathroom for kids to share is directly between the secondary bedrooms, and could easily be made into a Jack-and-Jill style, says Hanson.

Meanwhile, a welcome part of the master plan is a suite for parents removed from both the bonus room and kids chambers and uniquely poised above the garage for privacy. Perhaps the home’s best kept secret is the walk-through dressing room, tucked behind the master bedroom sleeping area.

Also adjoining the suite deal is an ensuite awash in luxury, boasting a pair of sinks, a double shower and a linen closet.

Inked in the spirit of historic homes once available from a 1920s Sears Roebuck catalogue, visitors to the showhome are delighted by its front verandah – a common feature in Langdon Crossings West addresses. Reminiscent of a time when Langdon residents outnumbered Calgarians in the 1930s, the neighbour-friendly features are required to be built flush with garages for a better, more authentic aesthetic.

“People love the turn-of-the-century-feel, but most of all they like that they can have both a verandah and a front attached garage,” says Hanson.

Buyers with youngsters who are frustrated with the wait times for schools in larger centres can take comfort in knowing learning is within walking distance in Langdon School, currently enrolling Grades K-8 right in Langdon Crossings West.

The Greencor community is expected to house 400 more families on top of an existing 600. Homesites start at about $55,000 for “cottage” lots, while massive manor or estate parcels, where Prominent Homes currently builds, are priced from $75,000 for 62-foot-wide slices on average. The Continental showhome is valued at $350,000 including its large lot and GST, but the builder crafts catalogue-worthy dream addresses into the $600,000s in the area.