Cochrane

Buy your own 3-bedroom townhouse in Cochrane

Imagine buying a home where your kids can have neighbourhood friends, you can pick up groceries on your way home from work and your pet has plenty of green space to explore.

Stop dreaming and make it a reality – you can afford to own your own home here in this desirable, family-friendly community.

Habitat for Humanity has three-bedroom townhomes for sale in Cochrane and is currently accepting applications to purchase one of these homes with no interest and no down payment.

See the basic qualification criteria.

The home specs

These 1,100 sq. ft. homes in Cochrane feature:

3 bedrooms
1.5 baths
A private entrance
Two levels of living space
A private balcony and yard
Open-concept kitchen and living spaces for a bright and airy feel
Five energy-efficient appliances to help lower your utility bills
High efficiency furnace and on-demand tankless water heater
In-suite laundry
Living areas on the main floor for family time and bedrooms on a separate floor for a space to retreat
Bedrooms with built-in closets and durable carpet
Single car garage and parking pad
Basement is developable and roughed-in

Your neighbourhood amenities

In Cochrane, you'll find:

THE DOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION:

Out of School Care programs
Twin Views Communal Garden
Girl Power after-school program
Free Coffee and Conversation every Tuesday

elementary, junior high and high sCHOOLS:

Cochrane Christian Academy (K-8)
École Elizabeth Barrett Elementary* (K-4)
Fireside School(K-7)
Glenbow Elementary (K-5)
Holy Spirit Catholic School (K-6)
Mitford Middle School (K-8)
École Notre-Dame des Vallees (K-8)
RancheView School (K-8)
Ecole Manachaban Middle School*(5-8)
Bow Valley High School (9-12)
Cochrane High School* (9-12)
St. Timothy School (7-12)

Photo credit: Discover Airdrie

How it works

Habitat for Humanity builds their homes with professional architects and trades and with the help of volunteers like you who get to have a hand in building a home.

The homes are built to spec and blend seamlessly with the neighbouring homes.

Habitat also holds the mortgage to each of the properties, so instead of borrowing money from a bank — you pay them back — with no interest or down payment.

Each mortgage payment made by a homeowner is reinvested into Habitat to build more homes, so each family helps another family buy their first home.

Here are the steps to buying your home:

Take the Eligibility Quiz to see if you meet the basic criteria to buy a Habitat home
Attend an information session
Submit an Application
Complete your volunteer hours
Buy and move in to your new home

To qualify in Cochrane you must:

Have children under the age of 18
Make a minimum of $40,000 employment income per year
Not exceed the maximum household income (dependent on family size)
Have at least one member of the household who works full-time (35 hours per week)
Have consistent full-time work for the past two years
Not currently own real estate
Have lived in Alberta for at least two years
Be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents (all family members)
Not have debt in collections
Minimum $2,000 in chequing, savings or RRSP accounts to demonstrate strong savings behaviour