Shawnessy Homes for Sale

How to read the Shawnessy grid

The housing runs from detached homes through townhomes and apartment condos, which makes Shawnessy one of the more flexible entry points in the southwest. Start with the Type filter, because a condo with monthly fees is a different monthly decision than a detached home.

On 6 August 2026 the Shawnessy filter returned 24 active listings across all home types. That number moves daily, so treat it as the shape of the market rather than a fixed figure, and use the price bands at the top of the page to cut it down.

To see how Shawnessy sits against the streets and parks around it, open the Shawnessy map before you tour. For the full picture of the community, its schools, and Raj's builder's-eye notes, read the Shawnessy community guide.

What Raj checks first in a Shawnessy home

Much of Shawnessy falls inside the poly-B window, and the original mechanical on the earlier streets is now past design life. The list below is what a builder's eye looks for in this kind of stock. None of it means a given home has a problem, and all of it is worth asking about before you write.

• Poly-B supply plumbing

  Polybutylene supply lines were widely installed in Calgary homes built between roughly the mid-1980s and the late 1990s. Some insurers now surcharge it, ask for a replacement schedule, or decline. Whether a home still has it is a question worth asking before you tour, not after the inspection.

• The envelope items that all come due at once

  Roof, windows, furnace and hot water tank on a house of this age tend to reach end of life within a few years of each other. Price the stack, not the individual item, because a home showing three of the four as original is carrying a real number.

• Siding and stucco of the period

  Hardboard and first-generation stucco systems from these decades can hide moisture problems at penetrations and below grade. Look at what is happening at window heads, decks and where the cladding meets the ground.

• Radon, because Alberta measures high

  Health Canada's guideline is 200 Bq/m3. Homes from this era predate the radon rough-in requirement, and a long-term test is inexpensive relative to mitigation.

Build-era guidance, not a property condition report. Every item here should be confirmed for the specific address by a licensed home inspector and, where relevant, by the appropriate trade. Alberta new-home warranty coverage is set out in the New Home Buyer Protection Act; radon guidance is Health Canada's, at 200 Bq/m3.

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