Largest and Best Lake Community!
Overview
Newer home (2024), good energy, always tidy, clean and peaceful. The neighbourhood is named Mahogany and is in the far SE quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the largest and most desirable private lake community in the city. Beautifully appointed private bedrooms with top-quality "Dormeo" brand queen-size or single mattresses that are so comfortable, that many guests don't want to leave lol. Living room and bonus room each with a large flat-screen TVs (bonus room with Xbox Kinetic, electric full size piano (with headphones), acoustic guitar, and compact exercise equipment) High speed wifi with large desk in single bedroom and foldable desk table with chair in other bedrooms (or use dining table when it’s not dinner time) .There are air purifiers on each floor, and AC in bedrooms seasonally. There are private, full bathrooms (one with a shower/tub combo, the other with a large glass-walled shower) for 2 of the 3 guest rooms. Typically all 3 bedrooms do not get booked in the same time frame. This ensures you will have a private full bathroom but when both Queen rooms are booked at same time, it’s never been an issue. We have our routines and places to be in the week and with communication and respect it gets sorted. Autumn and I keep to ourselves, but we're also happy to chat and learn about where you’re from, take you grocery shopping when we go, have a BBQ, play a board game/chess, watch a movie, or include you in our evenings and weekends like heading to the main beach a few blocks away (free paddling that you can take to west beach and back), skating on the lake in winter (with fire pits, neighbour made hockey rinks and music along the way) skiing at our local Calgary hill or in the Rockies, hiking, or an event) Bicycles are available for you as we have 22 km of paved pathways literally outside our front door including through a huge wetlands area in Mahogany that seems to go on forever! These pathways will also connect you to the bordering communities, the South Health Campus hospital, Cineplex theatre, shops, gyms, grocery stores, cafes (such as Tim Horton's), fast food, fine dining, rooftop dining options, pubs, multiple playgrounds, art studios, spas, etc. The world's largest YMCA recreational facility is just down the pathway. It's home to a library, an Olympic-sized diving pool with viewing bleachers, a regulation-size hockey (and public skating) rink, a huge exercise area, an indoor rock climbing wall, a warm salt water public swimming pool with water slides, a lazy river, and wading pool area. About us: I'm working on a degree in Acupuncture with my doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine , so I commute to the NW on weekdays from Sept to July, and my daughter is in school Sept to June so if you want to commute with me, you can. The local Mahogany bus goes to the Somerset train station that runs to downtown (or the University etc in the north). My college is right beside Banff Trail C-train station if you would like a ride to that station. Then it's only 2 minutes by train to the UofC or SAIT. Then you can meet me back at my school to go "home", or take the train to Somerset station and a bus to Mahogany. It's not necessary to rent a car. My daughter attends a bilingual Spanish school. We are native English speakers at home but enjoy learning other languages.
House Rules
Please maintain the flow and peace of the home by using calm, mindful and friendly communication. Please clean up after yourself, and be courteous and respectful of the space, and others. We are vegetarian, but totally fine if you’re not, lol, just use the hood fan when cooking. All bedrooms (and private bathrooms) are strictly off-limits to anyone not assigned to them. The washing machine/dryer for your clothing is limited to 1 load per week, detergent included. Quiet time from 10 pm to 7 am (I need to get up at 6 am on weekdays, and will be mindful of quiet time as well) I strongly prefer only non-smoking/non-vaping guests.
Amenities
Local Amenities
Rooms
NOTE: Homestay's drop-down menu doesn't give "queen size" as an option, only single and double. A queen-size bed is larger than a double, FYI.
On main floor with large desk and mirrored wardrobe. Private full washroom with large glass door shower. Hardwired internet port in room (or wifi). AC in room, extremely comfortable Dormeo brand mattress for one person.
NOTE: Homestay's drop-down menu for bed size does not show a queen size option. This bed is a queen size (wider and longer than a “double”) to accommodate 2 people more comfortably.