Whitehorn

Whitehorn is an interesting neighborhood. It has some "appears to be nice" homes. The first home we saw in Whitehorn had amazing pictures in the listing. What wasn't in the photos was what was disturbing. The second and third homes we saw each had their own unique issues.

The first home we saw in Whitehorn was a bi-level with a new kitchen installed. The agent opened the lock box to get the keys out and I thought he had disturbed a crow. "CA CAW!". He opens the door and we are greeted by a cacophony of no less than 10 cockatoos in cages all over the house.

We entered and started looking around, the place smelled of ammonia. It had a great layout but was likely a huge health hazard. What about the new kitchen? The birds which were obviously allowed to fly free in the house had chewed every single corner off of the cupboards. There was no room in the home that didn't have at least two bird cages in it. Pass.

The next house we saw in Whitehorn had tenants living in it. The bedroom were quite small as the tenants would point out. The tenants were quite colorful and had talons for toenails. "The wiring in this place is wonky, the lights turn themselves on and off sometimes". The entire place was run down by the smoking tenants. Pass.

The last house that we viewed in Whitehorn had metal shutters on the windows. Why you ask? It was along McKnight which is under a flight path. The shutters were only on the bedroom windows and I believe this was to deaden the noise of the planes. The basement had really nice wainscoting but we just could not get over the loud boom of the planes overhead. Pass.

Whitehorn is an area in Calgary with lots of weird homes many of which are under a flight path. Buy investment properties or if it is convenient for your long term career.