Lavish & Loved
STORY: HEATHER WRIGHT | PHOTOGRAPHY: GORDON KING
Featured in The City of Ottawa - Fall 2025
Ideally, your home should feel like your castle. Roldan and Jerusa Guerrero, and their family, took this concept to heart when they extensively renovated this Barrhaven home, making it palatial. It’s safe to say that nearly every inch of this home, inside and out, was re-imagined using the Guerreros’ personal stamp.
This home is especially meaningful, because of how it represents both personal and professional goals for the homeowners. On the personal side, they wanted to create a retreat that suited them perfectly, with lots of resort-style amenities to enhance family time.
After emigrating from Brazil, the family launched their first Canadian project under the TGi Group, which is known in Ottawa for its highquality stone products imported from all over the world, as well as their excellent customer service.
“This was the first project my son and business partner Dhiego and I did for our company the TGi Group. We did this to gain experience in the Canadian marketplace,” says Roldan.
With a ton of luxe materials, including polished floors, rich hardwoods, countertops and intricate tile work, this home is end-to-end opulent, with handcrafted, deeply personal details that carry meaning to this day, years after the renovations were complete.
Although this home is indeed glamorous, it is comfortable and utterly livable, in large part because of the Guerreros’ thoughtful and practical design approach – family and function first, but committed to design that delivers joy every day. There are conversation pieces all over this house, including at the front door in the grand foyer, where glitzy marble floors and gilded details strike an Art Deco vibe. At the centre of the floor is an eye-catching medallion, one of several in the home, that were imported from Turkey.
This home flows nicely, which Roldan attributes to the intentional transitions between stone, tile and wood. “There is a perfect blend of the marble floor along the hallway with the hardwood in the dining room. We designed it to make sure everything fit perfectly, on the same level,” he says.
The main floor boasts a number of personal details, including the fireplace mantel (The Fireplace Center and Patio Shop), the hand-turned wood details in the kitchen, a grand coffered ceiling, alongside an oversize island (Cuisines Outaouais), perfect for family gatherings, and a mosaic backsplash over the stove, with a pattern designed by Roldan. Jerusa added her own delicate design touches, painting the opulent rosettes in the dining room.
The Guerreros employed some stylish wayfinding in this home in order to keep design continuity. The second floor landing has another medallion set in the marble floor, much like the one in the front foyer. In both cases, this medallion draws and directs you to journey deeper into the home.
On the second floor, a lavish primary bedroom is a serene retreat, along with four other bedrooms and multiple bathrooms. The second-floor features decadent décor too, with trim work and wainscotting offering visual interest.
It is in the fully-finished lower level of this home that the magic really happens. A walk down the staircase equals a trip to a getaway retreat, with amenities and thoughtful details that rival a high-end resort. You can imagine vignettes of quality family time unfolding in these spaces, which is what the Guerreros intended: gathering to play pool in the billiards room, screening a favourite movie in the cinema, hosting guests at the wet bar and sampling a vintage from the wine cellar. Or, to keep up with fitness routines, there is a full gym (Fitness Depot), complete with a full bathroom and jacuzzi (The Electrical & Plumbing Store), perfectly placed for recovery after your workout.
The party continues outside, with a luxurious in-ground pool, hot tub and an outdoor kitchen, complete with sublime stone counters (Cohen and Cohen Natural Stone) and pavers that wind around the house, keeping the exterior just as stylish as the interior (Central Precast).
The outdoor kitchen is a particular point of pride for Roldan, with its comprehensive design that sets the stage for seamless indoor/outdoor entertaining. This outdoor kitchen is a show-stopping feature, but its design is, at its core, functional, complete with plumbing, stove and a barbecue.
“It was designed so that when you are preparing and cooking food, you are facing the pool. We made sure everything was in just the right place,” says Roldan, noting the placement of the outdoor kitchen is mindful of water safety for the pool (Club Piscine), and has benefits for entertaining, because of the connection between the cook in the kitchen and the guests elsewhere in the yard.
This home unfolds like a memory book for Roldan, but the time is right for another family to make their own memories for this house’s next chapter. The home is currently listed for sale with realtor Koussei Kurbaj. OH