{"id":580209,"date":"2026-04-03T20:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580209\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:05:20","slug":"poor-presentation-results-in-slow-sale-for-new-calgary-townhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580209\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor presentation results in slow sale for new Calgary townhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This three-storey townhouse in Redstone, Calgary, has a street-level entrance and a front yard.Photography provided by eXp Realty<\/p>\n

628 Red Sky Villas N.E., Calgary <\/p>\n

Asking price: $439,900 (January, 2026)<\/p>\n

Previous asking prices: $439,900 (October, 2025); $449,900 (July, 2025); $464,500 (March, 2025)*under previous agents <\/p>\n

Selling price: $422,000 (February, 2026)<\/p>\n

Taxes: N\/A<\/p>\n

Property days on market: 244 <\/p>\n

Listing agent: Bryon Howard, eXp Realty <\/p>\n

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The second floor includes a kitchen and dining area, and a powder room.<\/p>\n

The action<\/p>\n

This brand-new townhouse in northeast Calgary failed to receive a single offer over seven months last year, despite the efforts of two agents. A new agent\u2019s solution was to improve the property\u2019s presentation by removing unsightly leftover construction waste.<\/p>\n

Agent Bryon Howard said the sellers lost valuable time by not acting sooner. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat whole time, inventory was increasing,\u201d he said. \u201cProperties really had to be 100 per cent show-ready without any messes around.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a brand-new complex with dust and dirt, and boxes and plastic, not only on the exterior but in the mechanical room of this property and garage.\u201d <\/p>\n

There were only four visitors over four weeks when the property was relisted in January, but the seller was relieved when one brought forward an offer, and a deal was negotiated at $17,900 under the asking price.<\/p>\n

\u201cA little bit of tidying up made all the difference,\u201d Mr. Howard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor townhouses in Redstone, there are currently 37 active or pending listings, and only three sold in the last 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the townhome’s three bedrooms.<\/p>\n

What they got<\/p>\n

This three-storey townhouse has a street-level entrance, a front yard and interior access to a rear garage. <\/p>\n

There is 1,542 square feet of living space, including three bedrooms with private bathrooms, and a laundry closet on the top floor. <\/p>\n

On the second floor, there is a powder room, a kitchen and dining area. The living room is by the front balcony. <\/p>\n

Annual homeowners\u2019 association fees are $126. Monthly condominium fees are $194. <\/p>\n

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There is interior access to a rear garage.<\/p>\n

The agent\u2019s take<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s in the very northeast part of the city in proximity to the Calgary airport, Balzac shopping mall, and the [highway] corridor between Calgary and Edmonton,\u201d Mr. Howard said. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who do that commute a lot for business really like that location.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: This three-storey townhouse in Redstone, Calgary, has a street-level entrance and a front…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[901,49,2798,196376,48,196377,143460,196375,1398,968],"class_list":{"0":"post-580209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-calgary","11":"tag-calgary-home-sales","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-done-deals","14":"tag-donedeal","15":"tag-edmonton-home-sales","16":"tag-nodelphi","17":"tag-real-estate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}