Notes from the house.

St. Anne's School next door and St. Andrew's College five minutes away — a guide to the independent schools around Shining Hill.

The Aurora GO station is seven minutes from home and Highway 404 is five. Notes on getting downtown.

Heritage boutiques in downtown Aurora, 200+ stores at Upper Canada Mall, and Canada's densest cluster of luxury maisons at Yorkdale.

Beacon Hall, Magna, Lebovic and St. Andrew's Valley — an extraordinary concentration of golf, minutes from home.

Ravines, forest and six kilometres of trails — how the Shining Hill master plan keeps nature at the centre.

Sub-Zero, Wolf and Silestone — the gourmet kitchens included as standard across the enclave.