939 Khenipsen Rd
Cowichan Bay, BC V9L5L3
$1,650,000
Property Details
Property & Lot
- Sub-type
- House
- Lot size
- 23 acres
- Zoning
- Unknown
A-3
Ownership & Fees
- Property type
- Detached House
- Ownership
- Freehold
- Annual property tax
- $8,707.28
Interior
- Heating
- Heat Pump, Baseboard heaters, Electric, Wood
- Cooling / A/C
- None, Air Conditioned
- Fireplace
- Yes (3)
Exterior & Lot
- View
- Mountain view, Ocean view, Valley view
Parking
- Total spaces
- 10
Room Dimensions
| Room | Level | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Main level | 11'9 x 13'9 |
| Bedroom | Main level | 20' x 20' |
| Workshop | Other | 26'10 x 12'7 |
| Ensuite | Second level | 3-Piece |
| Primary Bedroom | Second level | 24'8 x 17'2 |
| Bathroom | Main level | 3-Piece |
| Family room | Main level | 15'2 x 17'7 |
| Kitchen | Main level | 16'7 x 8'4 |
| Dining room | Main level | 15'6 x 9'3 |
| Living room | Main level | 16'4 x 26'11 |
| Entrance | Main level | 5'10 x 8'7 |
Listing Information
- MLS®
- 1042693
- Listed
- August 7, 2026
- Time on market
- On the market for 24 days
- Data last synced
- August 28, 2026
Listing provided by: Sotheby's International Realty Canada (Vic2) · Data source: CREA DDF.
Description
RARE! Hank Schubart designed home set on 23 pristine, private acres above Cowichan Bay, offering sweeping ocean, valley, and mountain views from nearly every room. Deep overhangs float above walls of glass, & low rooflines trace the land's contours, as if the house grew from the hillside. Inside, exposed fir beams and rusticated stone fireplaces anchor sun-filled living spaces, while terracotta tile and reclaimed hardwood carry warmth throughout. The kitchen, bathrooms, and decks have been updated over the years, blending comfort with the home's original character. Skylights wash the great room in light, and the kitchen opens onto expansive decks for entertaining. Upstairs, the primary suite sits beneath vaulted wood ceilings with its own own valley & ocean views. A log bunkhouse on stilts & a log workshop extend the setting into the forest. Henry ''Hank'' Schubart (1916–1998) was an American-Canadian architect whose life reads like an origin story for West Coast design. Inspired as a teenager by Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography, Schubart wrote to Wright and was accepted into his Taliesin fellowship, tuition waived. He later co-founded a San Francisco firm before moving his family to Salt Spring Island in the late 1960s, drawn by a commission and a wish to raise his sons away from the Vietnam War draft. Over the next three decades, he became the island's beloved community architect, designing over 230 homes known as ''Hank's Houses.'' His style took Wright's Prairie horizontals and reimagined them for the coast, substituting the flat prairie line for the line of the sea. He was renowned for his gift of siting, nestling each home into its landscape so it felt native to the forest, with exposed cedar, expansive glass, and rusticated stone as his signature. A genuine Schubart house rarely comes to market, let alone outside Salt Spring Island. To find one intact on 23 acres above Cowichan Bay is exceptional — not a house built in his style, but one of his own. (id:63159)
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This listing
$831/sqft
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$548/sqft
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Location Insights
Weather
Nearest station: Duncan
13°C
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Humidity 92%
Wind SSW calm km/h
Tonight
12°
Tuesday
21°
Tuesday night
14°
Wednesday
16°
Wednesday night
11°
Thursday
17°
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby Schools
| School | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bench Elementary | Elementary | 3.7 km |
| Maple Bay Elementary | Elementary | 4.4 km |
| Queen of Angels School(Independent) | Elementary/Middle | 5.0 km |
| Sunrise Waldorf School(Independent) | Elementary/Middle | 5.1 km |
| Duncan Christian School(Independent) | K-12 | 6.1 km |
| Des Cascades | Elementary | 6.1 km |
| Noorunissa Montessori Academy of Canada(Independent) | Elementary | 6.2 km |
| Alexander Elementary | Elementary | 6.5 km |
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Nearby Transit
No TransLink stops within an ~10-minute walk.
School district: Cowichan (SD79)
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