{"id":823333,"date":"2026-07-24T15:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823333\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:40:21","slug":"edmonton-area-home-on-10-acre-lot-gets-a-quick-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823333\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton-area home on 10-acre lot gets a quick buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/OV2R5ANFINCYFGG543WEMNMEE4.jpg?auth=7fa4a9a6bba966df0ebdfb0a57f6967b23d6e13f657f81a12070257d115888b8&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">This 31-year-old house has a two-storey plan with 3,519 square feet of living space.Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">15013A Twp. Rd. 462, Rural Wetaskiwin County, Alta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Asking price: $1.35-million (May, 2026)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Selling price: $1.3-million (June, 2026)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Taxes: $4,343 (2025) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Days on the market: 29<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Listing agent: David St. Jean, eXp Realty<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Buyer\u2019s agents: David St. Jean and Allan Dignard, eXp Realty <\/p>\n<p>The action <a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/N2KAOP7ZEVEQPMMPOJMLU7FSGM.jpg?auth=c374d4a2318037abd4fa219512f753b2bd47c58a37fc1e5d020a06bb49669e18&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">The home includes a primary bedroom and a living room with fireplaces.Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Based on the remote location of this four-bedroom house on a 9.88-acre lot, agent David St. Jean geared up for months of marketing and several open houses to flag down potential buyers within the surrounding area or from large cities, such as Edmonton about 100 kilometres to the north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cThe nice thing about it is it\u2019s 10 acres, private and treed, and it\u2019s near Pigeon Lake,\u201d said Mr. St. Jean. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cRight now, most buyers we see are moving from local areas, either coming from the city to the country to get more space or upsizing from their current home in the country to something bigger.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">In less time than anticipated, one guest negotiated a $1.3-million purchase, just $50,000 shy of the asking price. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cWe only had it listed for 29 days,\u201d Mr. St. Jean said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cUsually, it\u2019s closer to 60 to 90 days, depending on the property.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>What they got <a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/QGBQQD532VEJ7EBLQAYFFWWJNI.jpg?auth=b90d6e9e3460e6f01b78d0d476bfc0c5e93e5d96b0a05d4f1afc16285dab9cf6&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">This 31-year-old house has a two-storey plan with 3,519 square feet of living space, including a primary bedroom and a living room with fireplaces and access to a screened-in sunroom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">At the other end of the house, there is a den, an office and a family room, as well as a kitchen and dining area with sliding doors to a deck and yard with a fire pit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">There are four full bathrooms connected to a drilled well system. The basement is unfinished. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">There are two double garages on site and a workshop.<\/p>\n<p>The agent\u2019s take <a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/EAOZQABT3FGUXMH2JXVCYLBPLU.jpg?auth=2e3284a5be69533c35c29d8d9eaf5923d794d9a2a9621783c6efd177b6e610a1&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful house,\u201d Mr. St. Jean said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cIt had dual primary suites, which was nice, a cool wine cellar, and vaulted ceilings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cIt also has a really nice, four-season sunroom that was screened off with a wood-burning fireplace and hot tub.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: This 31-year-old house has a two-storey plan with 3,519 square feet of living&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[901,49,196376,48,196377,143460,23752,196375,1398,968],"class_list":["post-823333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-calgary-home-sales","tag-canada","tag-done-deals","tag-donedeal","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-home-sales","tag-nodelphi","tag-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823333","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=823333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}