Reimagining a 1960s Home for Generations to Come
Arriving at this home for the first time, the eye takes it in as a whole, then slowly moves to the charcoal cladding, metal soffits finished to the warmth of stained wood, and black-framed windows. The rooflines are pleasingly angular, holding together with the kind of balance that feels instinctive rather than engineered.
Inside, the vestibule offers the first transition — the quiet beat between arriving and belonging. The kitchen opens with generosity, a coffee bar positioned nearby, the dining table commanding its corner. These are not simply rooms. They are the places where the years will accumulate. “The result is a full modern home that still nods to its 1960s roots,” Young adds, “including a deliberately preserved white-painted brick fireplace and original sub-8-ft basement ceilings the clients wanted to keep.
This home, aptly named Modern 60’s, wears those decisions with the assurance of a builder who has spent decades learning when to transform and when to leave well enough alone. The fireplace and the ceilings do not feel like relics. They feel like the quiet signature of forty years of experience.
Geothermal and solar systems work silently beneath it all, heating the home and pool together and reducing electrical costs to near nothing. The sustainability is structural, not decorative.
This is a home that is serious about beauty without taking itself too seriously — and standing at the front of it, that distinction is immediately felt.
The landscape meets the architecture with equal restraint. Layered ornamental grasses, sculpted evergreens, and clean concrete pathways guide the approach from the driveway to the entrance — not competing with the structure, but grounding it. What the street reveals is only the beginning. “Our clients lived directly across the street from this 1960s home, and when it came up for sale, they bought it,” says Bruce Young, owner of Bercum Builders. “We took the roof off most of the structure, renovated the home from the studs out, straightened everything up, and added a new garage tied to the original house with a vestibule between the two.”
As the front gives way to the side of the property, a manicured walkway opens onto something the street cannot prepare for. The pool anchors the outdoor living space with commanding ease. A hot tub, an outdoor fireplace, a covered dining area, and a custom pickleball and tennis court extend across the grounds — not as amenities assembled for a listing, but as spaces built to collect years of memory. Late evenings around the fire. Afternoons on the court. The sound of the pool in summer carrying laughter late into the evening.
Bercum Builders has been building award-winning homes throughout the Okanagan Valley since 1983, guided by values that have never wavered — honesty, quality, relationships, and passion. Bruce Young and his team bring those values to every project, every client, and every decision made along the way. Over four decades, they have built not just homes but a reputation grounded entirely in trust. Modern 60’s is just one of many that reflects this fully, and for those who know what to look for, that is apparent from the very first glance.