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Future building opportunity in the desirable Ambleside 55+ community! This flat, convenient lot offers the perfect setting to plan and design your ideal home once current covenant restrictions are lifted. Nestled in a friendly, established neighbourhood, Ambleside is central to shopping, parks, walking paths, transit, and a variety of amenities. Enjoy the potential of a low-maintenance lifestyle in a welcoming adult community when building is permitted in the future.
Highlights
- A flat 0.11-acre corner lot in the Ambleside adult-oriented community, with Harwood Elementary about 930 m away and Swan Lake about 1 km away.
- Municipal water, sewer, natural gas and electricity are listed as available to the property.
- City zoning is Multi-Unit: Small Scale (MUS), and the future land use is Neighbourhood: Urban.
- The property is not in the City's wildfire hazard permit area.
Things to check
- Ask what the current covenant restrictions are, who can lift them, and when that might happen, since building is not permitted yet.
- The property is in the City's flood hazard permit area. Ask your insurer, and ask the City what it means for future building.
- The City has a development application on file within about 400 m. See City of Vernon map facts for details.
Sean Phillips’s notes from the listing and public information. Not part of the MLS® listing. Please confirm anything important.
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Overall neighbourhood score 8.6 / 10; walk & bike score 6.1 / 10, from how close the nearest school, park or trail, rec centre and town centre are. Scores and distances are Sean Phillips’s own straight-line measures from this home to public B.C. map data. They are not part of the MLS® listing; driving distances are longer, so please check anything that matters to you.
- Grocery storeSave-On-Foods · 0.7 km10 min each way10 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- CoffeeTim Hortons · 0.7 km9 min each way10 m uphill coming home · 20% tree shade
- Elementary schoolHarwood Elementary School · 1.1 kmSchool walk check: Footpaths, sidewalks or quiet streets for about 59% of the walk · no main-road crossings15 min there, 14 min home20 m uphill on the way there · 25% tree shade
- Park or playgroundBlue Heron bird sanctuary · 0.1 km3 min each wayMostly flat
- Beach / lake accessKal Beach · 6.7 km1 hr 21 min there, 1 hr 22 min home70 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- DowntownDowntown Vernon · 2.8 km34 min there, 35 min home30 m uphill coming home · 4% tree shade
- Rail trailOkanagan Rail Trail · 6.6 km1 hr 22 min each way80 m uphill coming home · 16% tree shade
- HospitalVernon Jubilee Hospital · 4.1 km51 min each way45 m uphill on the way there · 3% tree shade
- GolfVernon Golf Club · 4.5 km56 min each way45 m uphill coming home · 12% tree shade
- Grocery storeSave-On-Foods · 0.7 km5 min each way10 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- CoffeeTim Hortons · 0.6 km4 min there, 5 min home10 m uphill coming home · 19% tree shade
- Elementary schoolHarwood Elementary School · 1.2 km7 min there, 6 min home15 m uphill on the way there · 12% tree shade
- Park or playgroundBlue Heron bird sanctuary · 0.1 km3 min each wayMostly flat
- Beach / lake accessKal Beach · 6.7 km28 min there, 29 min home70 m uphill coming home · 18% tree shade
- DowntownDowntown Vernon · 2.9 km12 min there, 14 min home30 m uphill coming home · 6% tree shade
- Rail trailOkanagan Rail Trail · 6.7 km29 min there, 30 min home80 m uphill on the way there · 17% tree shade
- HospitalVernon Jubilee Hospital · 4.2 km19 min there, 18 min home45 m uphill on the way there · 3% tree shade
- GolfVernon Golf Club · 4.6 km20 min there, 21 min home40 m uphill coming home · 13% tree shade
- Grocery storeSave-On-Foods · 0.7 km4 min each way10 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- CoffeeTim Hortons · 0.7 km4 min each way10 m uphill coming home · 21% tree shade
- Elementary schoolHarwood Elementary School · 1.2 km5 min each way15 m uphill on the way there · 12% tree shade
- Park or playgroundBlue Heron bird sanctuary · 0.1 km2 min there, 3 min homeMostly flat
- Beach / lake accessKal Beach · 6.7 km19 min there, 20 min home70 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- DowntownDowntown Vernon · 2.9 km9 min there, 10 min home30 m uphill coming home · 9% tree shade
- Rail trailOkanagan Rail Trail · 6.7 km20 min each way80 m uphill coming home · 17% tree shade
- HospitalVernon Jubilee Hospital · 4.2 km13 min each way45 m uphill on the way there · 3% tree shade
- GolfVernon Golf Club · 4.6 km14 min each way45 m uphill coming home · 13% tree shade
Sean Phillips’s own estimate, not part of the MLS® listing. Real routes on public map paths and roads, with the hills counted both ways, to the quickest-to-reach place of each kind. Times are averages for a relaxed pace; please check anything that matters to you. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. How HillSmart ratings work →
- Price
- $35,000
- MLS® number
- 10358786
- Property type
- Lot / land
- Ownership
- Freehold
- Lot size
- 0.11 acres
- Community
- Harwood, Vernon
- Lot features
- Corner Site
- Water
- Municipal water
- Utilities
- Water, Sewer, Natural Gas, Electricity
From the City of Vernon’s public maps, checked October 27, 2026. Not part of the MLS® listing. Please confirm anything important with the City.
- 4801 27 ST: To re-zone the subject property from the CMUB Zone to the CMUC Zone to facilitate future mixed use development. Application
- 5000 24 ST: To facilitate the development of a mixed-use 126-unit supportive housing apartment in the Commercial Mixed-Use Business (CMUB) zone. Application
- 4900 24 ST: To re-zone the subject property from the CMUB Zone to the CMUC Zone to facilitate future mixed use development. Application
A nearby fire hall matters for home insurance and emergencies; firefighters are often first on scene for medical calls too.
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Listing information is provided by Royal LePage Downtown Realty through the REALTOR.ca DDF®. It is deemed reliable but not guaranteed accurate and should be independently verified. Last updated 2026-09-30.