Abbotsford · September 2026

Abbotsford townhouses, board & batten and lap

Two three-storey townhouse blocks on one Abbotsford site, about thirty metres apart, and Moonrise did all of the siding on both. The street block is white board and batten and smooth panel over a stone base, with shake in the gables; the rear block is cream lap siding with grey panel dormers, black trim and black soffits. Two different exteriors on one site, sharing a colour story so they read as one development. Photographed from the air and the ground in September, at the finishing stage, with protective film still on the glass.

Location: Abbotsford, BC
Building: Multi-family · two three-storey townhouse blocks on one site
Status: In progress
Photographed: September 2026

Three-storey townhouse block in white board and batten and panel over a stone base, seen from the air, Abbotsford BC — siding by Moonrise Construction

Our scope

What we did here

White board and batten and smooth panel across the street block
Shake siding in the street block's gables
Cream lap siding across the rear block
Grey panel on the rear block's dormers
Trim and flashing at the transitions, including where the siding meets the stone base

On site

The work, up close.

Street-side townhouse block at an angle, white board and batten with shake gables and black trim, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · street block

Rear townhouse block in cream lap siding with grey panel dormers and black soffits, looking up from the porch, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · cream lap, grey dormers

White panel and batten finishing above a stone base at the corner of a townhouse block, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · panel above the stone base

Rear townhouse block straight-on from the air, cream lap siding, grey panel dormers and black trim, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · rear block

Cream lap siding running up to the dormers and black eave, close-up, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · cream lap siding

End unit of the rear block, grey panel dormer over cream lap siding and a black soffit, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · end unit, dormer

Street-side townhouse block from above, board and batten, panel and shake gables, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · street block from above

Grey panel dormer and black soffit above cream lap siding, looking straight up, Abbotsford BC — Abbotsford · dormer and black soffit

Worth knowing

Why two different exteriors on one site?

The street block faces the road and carries the more formal treatment: white board and batten and panel over stone, shake in the gables. The rear block is quieter, cream lap with grey panel dormers. Black trim and soffits on both, and the same roof, tie them together, so from the air they read as one development and not two buildings that happen to share a lot.

What does board and batten ask of the installer?

Straight lines, for three storeys. Every batten is a vertical you can sight down, so any that wander show from the street. The spacing has to work out around windows and at the corners without leaving a thin sliver, and the battens have to stop cleanly at the trim band above the stone.

Where does the siding meet the stone?

At a flashed ledge just above the stone base. The stone isn't Moonrise's work, but that transition is, and it's where water gets behind a wall if it's rushed. The close-up frames show the panel finishing in a straight line above the stone, all the way along.

Materials

What it’s made of.

Board and batten, white

The field material of the street block, battens kept plumb and evenly spaced across three storeys.

Lap siding, cream

The rear block's field walls, courses run level around every corner and dormer.

Panel, white and grey

Smooth panel on the street block and grey panel on the rear dormers.

Stone base

Not Moonrise's work. Shown for how the siding finishes above it.

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