Elgin Chantrell 55+ Homes for Sale

In Elgin Chantrell, South Surrey, the 55+ homes you can buy are The Crescent (strata). This page names each building, says what type it is and what the sources show, and covers local rules and the questions buyers ask.

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55+ strata buildings you can buy in Elgin Chantrell

The Crescent — 3500 144 St (Elgin Chantrell)

The one 55+ ownership complex in this sub-area. Gated townhouse complex, freehold strata, plan LMS4241, 57 homes in 2 storeys per the building record, managed by Crossroads Management. Listings across multiple units and years describe a "well-run 55+ community" / "highly sought-after 55+ townhome community" of duplex-style townhouses with a main-floor primary bedroom, a clubhouse (party room, pool table, shuffleboard, ping pong in listing amenity records), double garages and visitor parking, described as pet friendly. Build years in listings run 2000–2003 by unit, since the complex was phased; confirm a specific unit's year on the strata plan. One listing records title as "Freehold NonStrata" while the building record and other listings record Freehold Strata, LMS4241. Sources differ on title: confirm tenure on the Form B and the strata plan before relying on it.

Streets, schools and getting around Elgin Chantrell

It is one of nine sub-areas of the board community "S Surrey White Rock."
Parks that anchor the pocket: Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park, 2598 144 Street — a 140-hectare second-growth forest park with about four kilometres of nature trails, listed by the City in the South Surrey community; and Elgin Heritage Park / Historic Stewart Farm on Crescent Road (Stewart Farmhouse at 13723 Crescent Road), a City-designated heritage site.
The City's Nicomekl Riverfront Park will be a 3-km, 80-acre linear park on the south side of the Nicomekl River extending from Elgin Road to 40 Avenue in South Surrey, in three phases.
No SkyTrain station is in or near this pocket.
Health care: Peace Arch Hospital, 15521 Russell Avenue, White Rock, is the Fraser Health hospital for the White Rock / South Surrey side.
Where the 55+ housing actually is: a single known complex, The Crescent at 3500 144 St, on the pocket's eastern side beside Sunnyside Acres and the Semiahmoo Trail.

Local rules and plans in Elgin Chantrell

City zoning: Surrey Zoning By-law No. 12000: governs this pocket. Secondary suites: one per single family, semi-detached or duplex dwelling unit, never inside a coach house or garden suite, habitable floor area at most 40% of the principal dwelling unit. Coach houses / garden suites: 35–75 m², rising to 120 m² for lots zoned RA, R2, R2-O and R3 below maximum FAR, with one extra parking space.
OCP: Surrey 2050 Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 21900: (adopted Jun 15, 2026) is the current OCP — never cite the replaced Bylaw No. 18020 as current.
Small-scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH): Surrey allows a maximum of 3 units on lots smaller than 280 m², 4 units on lots larger than 280 m², and up to 6 units on eligible lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a frequent bus stop. This applies to the detached lots around The Crescent, not to the strata lots inside it.
ALR: parcels in the Agricultural Land Reserve follow the ALC housing frame — one principal residence at a maximum of 500 m² plus at most one additional residence of 90 m² (parcels ≤40 ha) or 186 m² (parcels >40 ha). ALR status is a parcel-by-parcel check, live for the acreage lots in this pocket.
Short-term rentals (Surrey-wide): renting by the owner for under 90 consecutive days per patron; only the owner may host, the owner must live at the property as their primary residence, and a business licence at $358 per year is required.
Property taxes: City of Surrey property taxes are due July 2, with a 5% penalty if not paid by midnight July 2 and a further 5% penalty after September 2.

BC’s 55+ rules (age bylaws, who may live in a unit, exemptions and rentals) apply in every strata and are on the BC 55+ strata rules page.

BC 55+ strata rules

Good to know about Elgin Chantrell

This whole sub-area has exactly one 55+ complex, and it hides behind three names. Listings for 3500 144 St call it "The Crescent," "Crescent 1" and "The Crescent II" — one LMS4241 complex, 57 homes, phased 2000–2003. A buyer searching only one name will miss units listed under the others.
The Crescent backs onto the Semiahmoo Trail corridor beside Sunnyside Acres. Listings note the trail and park setting at the top of the complex, and the 140-hectare Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest sits at 2598 144 St, immediately in the same street grid — the complex's quiet is a park-edge effect, not just a gated effect.
Heritage is a real constraint on the Crescent Road side of this pocket. Elgin Heritage Park and the Stewart Farmhouse at 13723 Crescent Road are City-designated heritage entries — a property near that cluster needs its heritage status checked before renovation or subdivision plans are priced.
The riverfront is mid-transformation. The City's Nicomekl Riverfront Park — 3 km, 80 acres, from Elgin Road to 40 Avenue — is being built in three phases along the pocket's north edge, which is the long-term amenity story for the streets nearest the river.
Acreage checks here are not fine print.
The attached shelf here is thin by the numbers.

Sources

Facts on this page come from these public sources, read on November 1, 2026. Listing-level pages are not listed.

Elgin Chantrell 55+ homes: your questions answered

What 55+ homes can I actually buy in Elgin Chantrell?

One complex: The Crescent, 3500 144 St — a gated 57-home strata townhouse complex (plan LMS4241) whose listings consistently describe a 55+ community. Everything else in this sub-area's feed is detached or acreage housing with no age restriction stated.

Is The Crescent a strata or freehold?

The building record and most listings say Freehold Strata, plan LMS4241.

Are pets allowed at The Crescent?

Listings describe the community as pet friendly. Confirm the specific pet bylaw (numbers, size) in the Form B and registered bylaws — listing text is not the bylaw.

Is Elgin Chantrell an official Surrey neighbourhood?

No — it is a board sub-area name combining Elgin and Chantrell Creek. The City publishes no boundary for the combined name, and the board's street-level line is member-only, so compare a listing by its actual street and parcel, not the label.

Where is the hospital?

Peace Arch Hospital, 15521 Russell Avenue, White Rock, serves the South Surrey side.

What Buyers & Sellers Say

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What's nearby, building by building

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing from each building’s address, November 2026.

The Crescent, 3500 144 St

Parks and recreation: Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park, 2598 144 Street. South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre, 14601 20 Avenue.
Shopping: Save-On-Foods, 3033 152nd Street.

Measured walking and driving times from each building

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), starting at each building’s address
Building	To	How	Minutes	Distance (km)
The Crescent	Save-On-Foods, 3033 152 St	Drive	5	2.8
The Crescent	Chantrell Creek Elementary	Drive	6	3.7
The Crescent	South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre	Drive	7	3.9

Sources for what’s nearby each building

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