11 most expensive homes for sale in Alberta offer unusual amenities
John Gibson | CBC News | Posted: June 19, 2017 6:49 PM | Last Updated: June 20, 2017
Saltwater pool? Check. Dressage training facilities? Check. Totem poles? Check.
Still hunting for that perfect house to buy, but everything on the market seems to lack one of those must-have amenities … like a hockey rink, or servant's quarters large enough for your staff?
This list should help.
Point2Homes rounded up the 11 most expensive properties on the market in Alberta right now:
#1: $30 million
242004 Range Road 32, Calgary
This six-bedroom, 11,800-square-foot mansion about 30 minutes from Calgary has an attached pool house with a 450-square-foot saltwater pool, a two-storey library and a music conservatory. The estate boasts world-class dressage training facilities, naturally.
#2: $24,888,000
254002 Highway 22, Foothills MD
This property sits on 242 acres and features not one, but two luxurious houses — the main mansion and a coach house. It also has equestrian facilities such as a horse barn, paddocks and riding areas, and several lakes.
#3: $12,700,000
123 Cairns Landing, Canmore
This 11,716-square-foot house in a gated community in Canmore has totem poles in its great room. It also has five oversized wood-burning fireplaces and a stone wine cellar that you enter through a hidden staircase.
#4: $12,380,000
15 Pump Hill Close S.W., Calgary
Tucked away in Calgary's exclusive Pump Hill area, this 11,000-square-foot home has views of Calgary's skyline from the enormous master bedroom and it sits on a 1.68-acre gated property.
#5: $12 million
27023 TWP Road 511 RD, Parkland County
Here's a country estate sprawling over 1,250 acres not far from Edmonton that has a 6,643-square-foot main house and two farm houses. There's a also a six-acre pond.
#6: $10,995,000
6 Aspen Ridge Lane S.W., Calgary
This one is for car nuts: it has a seven-car garage with a carriage house above it. The nearly 10,000-square-foot main house in Calgary's Aspen Woods area has an Irish pub, an elevator and a sunroom with a hot tub.
#7: $9,450,000
TWP Road 414, Lacombe County
Pelican Lodge at Gadsby Lake isn't quite finished, but the fly-in property already boasts its own lakefront nine-hole golf course. The main house has 11,000 square feet of living space, featuring a two-storey wood-burning fireplace, plus there's a four-bed caretaker's home.
#8: $8,500,000
209 Pinnacle Ridge Place SW, Rocky View County
This is where Leonardo DiCaprio lived when he was shooting The Revenant. So, there's that. The 14,000-square-foot Tuscan Villa on two acres in Springbank just outside Calgary has a professional-grade home theater, a 1,000-square-foot fitness centre, an indoor pool and a five-car garage.
#9: $7,899,000
50320 Highway 814, Leduc County
This huge walkout bungalow on a 160-acre estate southeast of Edmonton has 6,400 square feet of living space in the main house, plus another 2,200 square feet in a separate loft above a shop. Its attached garage can fit up to 20 vehicles.
#10: $7,395,000
821 Silvertip Heights, Canmore
Built high up on a ridge, this 8,000-square-foot mountain chalet has a four-sided fireplace and its own resort-grade spa.
#11: $7 million
4111 162 Avenue S.W., Calgary
Sitting on the outskirts of Calgary's southwest, this 19-acre estate has a 9,031-square-foot home that features an indoor basketball court and an indoor ice hockey rink.
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