Hounsfield Heights Briar Hill Calgary - Real Estate, Houses for sale, Homes for sale, Listings, MLS
Are you looking for Hounsfield Heights Briar Hill Calgary real estate? Find the newest Hounsfield Heights Briar Hill Calgary houses for sale below. This is another example of a fine community in Calgary with an incredible view, a ton of history, and a desirable location to live. Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill real estate exists on the top of a cliff edge, overlooking the city skyline and with magnificent views to the west and the mountains.
Hounsfield Heights & Briar Hill Houses For Sale
It has a mixture of the new and the old, homes that are modern and upgraded, and affordable housing for the students of SAIT and the University of Calgary. This community is full of opportunities to move, grow, and settle down. Residents here have the best of Calgary right at their doorstep, and they love it here. Find out why Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill has continued to be the perfect Calgary neighbourhood for over 100 years.
Homes For Sale in Hounsfield Heights
Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill is an old community, founded over 100 years ago as one of the first areas annexed by the city to form a neighbourhood for residents to live near to the city centre. It is now bordered and defined by the Trans-Canada Highway, Crowchild Trail, 14th St NW and 9th Ave NW.
The community sits on an escarpment, providing residents with a perfect view of the city and the backdrop of the mountains in the distance. It’s a popular location for photographers and sightseers.
The community demographics of Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill show the kind of people that call this place home. 3000 people live in Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill, in the older homes, large apartments or modern housing that has revitalised the neighbourhood. 60% of the housing here is in single-family homes, detached housing that has large yards and plenty of space between homes.
The majority of the rest are apartments, some older and less pricey for students living close by, and some more modern and luxurious, designed for urban professionals working in the downtown core. By all measures, it seems the residents here are a good snapshot of the average Calgarian. They make the average income. They have the average family size of 3 members or more, and they have a slightly more educated population with 70% holding post-secondary degrees. The average age is skewed higher than normal with many older residents choosing to settle down in the area due to its proximity to downtown and its beautiful landscape.
The Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill Community Association is active participant in the lives of the residents here. They offer badminton, community playgrounds, gym space for rent, and planning for future land usage. The community gets to connect with each other and form strong bonds with the neighbours of this community. It’s one or the reasons that a large majority of the population have lived here for many years at a time.
Amenities near Hounsfield Heights Real Estate
When the area was settled over 130 years ago, the neighbourhood of Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill was just a picturesque place to live overlooking the newly formed city of Calgary. Now it’s a beautiful place to live with so much more to offer. 14th St offers a direct access point for the downtown area, quick entry into the business district along this route, or on public transit. The Lions Park C-Train offers commuters a chance to hop on the train, a service that connects 100 million riders every year to where they need to be.
Within the community is the North Hill Centre, a shopping mall with many of the necessary amenities and a lot more. The key centres in this mall are the professional services, retail outlets and restaurants.
Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill sits alongside two large post-secondary schools; The University of Calgary and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Between both schools, there are 30,000 students that enrol in classes every year. That means plenty of rental housing opportunities within the community.
The residents here are lucky to have Bethany Calgary and D&M Pharmacy and Travel Clinic for their medical needs.
Schools near Hounsfield Heights Homes for Sale
There are a few schools in the area that will appeal to parents and students alike. Briar Hill School offers Kindergarten through to Grade 6. There’s also Queen Elizabeth High School, Branton School, Louise Dean School, and Queen Elizabeth School. Many of these schools accept students from all over the northwest and they represent a good education opportunity in the public sector. Briar Hill Elementary is ranked in the top 50 elementary schools in the province due to its classroom sizes and focus on excellence.
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