These contemporary three-bedroom homes offer four levels of upscale living complete with two-car garages, spacious and well-appointed square footage with today’s modern conveniences within a community resplendent with local amenities.

Conveniently, the new neighbourhood of Wentworth Estates is near several major shopping centres including Westhills Town Centre, Westbrook Shopping Mall plus West Market Square, all located close to City transit routes. Also near by are some of Calgary’s finest recreational areas from Canada Olympic Park and Edworthy Park to the Westside Regional Recreation Centre. With schools, medical facilities, libraries and churches already established, it is a complete and self-sufficient, yet emerging, new residential district.

Beattie Homes’ 14 new Brownstones skirt the edge of a municipal parkland reserve and will always have uninterrupted views of a green environmental space. There are three different exterior designs to choose from, each with its own unique English country-inspired style, plus four different floor plans to suit various family’s needs. These semi-detached homes with two-car garages range from 2,790 to 3,197 square-feet with three large bedrooms developed on four levels—with an option to expand to six levels—and are complete with a personal elevator. Hardwood floors are standard in the foyer, hall, kitchen and nook. 

Nine-foot ceilings are standard throughout, while vaulted ceilings grace the great room and master bedroom suite. With large windows in almost every room, these homes are bright and spacious, creating the feeling of a much larger home than the actual square footage reflects. “Our purchasers are comprised of two distinct (groups of) new home buyers,” says Sarah Fullerton, area manager for  Beattie Homes.  + 

“Some owners are downsizing to make their primary residence more compatible with their recreational property and maybe they are leaving an acreage to have a home in the city, which requires less time to maintain. Others are finding that, as their family expands or matures they require more living space and it becomes time to move-up, but they don’t want to sacrifice any of the conveniences of inner-city life.”

Fullerton notes location and level of upscale finishing have also attracted “the occasional prospective buyer who is relocating to Calgary, and this will be their first home in our city.” 

Brownstones price tags range (before GST) from $999,405 up to $1.5 million (including GST), the latter for the 4,293-square-foot fully furnished and upgraded six-level show suite. 

The extensive list of standard features in these luxuriously appointed residences includes a two-sided full-height fireplace, granite countertops, Brizo kitchen fixtures, stainless steel Bosch and Whirlpool appliances, ceramic tile floors and a six-speaker sound system. There is an equally impressive list of optional finishing touches to allow every purchaser to customize the look and feel of their new residence.

The large lots afford a comfortable distance between adjacent houses Each attached home includes standard landscape features of perimeter rear yard fencing, a fire pit, flag stone patio, an exposed aggregate patio with hot tub, vinyl decking and an underground irrigation system. Garden landscaping includes trees, shrubs, sodded front, rear and side yards plus ornamental rustic boulders. 

Life at the Brownstones is designed to be a year-round indoor and outdoor pleasurable experience.

 “Our homeowners enjoy the peace and quiet of this community, the proximity to their own parkland and yet the convenience of neighbourhood pubs, restaurants, liquor store, Co-op supermarket and many recreational facilities,” says Fullerton. “And yet they are only a short distance to downtown for the daily commute or nightlife and entertainment.” 

While there isn’t a condominium association or any condo fees per se associated with the Brownstones, residents do pay for membership of the Wentworth Residents’ Association. This body oversees the communal amenities, including entrance features, flower planting along boulevards, water features and the communal tennis court in Wentworth.

If the term “brownstone building” conjures up fond memories or images of an old New York City construction style, visit the Brownstones at Wentworth Estates and see for yourself how Calgary’s own Beattie Homes is breathing new life into this architectural anachronism.

For more information:  The show home is located at 4 Wentworth Square S.W. and is open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Complete details are available at http://www.brownstonesbybeattie.ca (which includes a location map) or by calling 403.366.5431.