Elginsemi-detached 4-bedroom home

Buy your own 3-bedroom townhouse in Elgin, SE Calgary

Elgin is conveniently located near McKenzie Towne in Calgary's Southeast.

It's a family-friendly community with excellent amenities, an engaged community centre, and plenty of parks and schools. 

Located just off 130 Ave SE, Deerfoot Trail, Highway 22X and 52 Street SE, you can get anywhere you want to go quickly and easily.

Habitat for Humanity currently has a three-bedroom home for sale in Elgin and is currently accepting applications to purchase this home with no interest and no down payment.

See the basic qualification criteria.

The home specs

This semi-detached home in Elgin features:

• 4 bedrooms
• 2.5 baths
• A private entrance
• Two levels of living space
• Fully developed basement
• Private, fenced-in front and back yards
• Deck
• Open-concept kitchen and living spaces 
• Energy-efficient appliances to help lower your utility bills
• In-suite laundry
• Bedrooms with built-in closets and durable carpet
• Designated parking

Your neighbourhood amenities

Near Elgin, you'll find:

THE mckenzie towne COMMUNITY Association:

• Events
• Membership Benefits
• Fall Fair

pARKS AND Green Spaces:

• Elgin Hill
• Fish Creek Provincial Park
• McKenzie Lake
• Inverness Pond

Photo credit: TripAdvisor

Other community must-haves:

• Grocery stores
• Pharmacies
• Churches
• Health care
• Public transportation
• Banks
• Gyms
• Post office

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:

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

To qualify in Calgary you must:

• Have children under the age of 18
• Make a minimum of $40,000 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 Calgary 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