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A place you and your family can call HOME for years and years to come! You’ll feel right at home from the moment you walk in the door of this 2010 built 2-storey in Harvest Ridge. Open concept main floor with large, FUNCTIONAL kitchen with corner pantry and GRANITE countertops. Breakfast nook with patio doors and a more formal dining room with large window. The living room features a PELLET STOVE to make things even more cozy! Move upstairs and you’ll find FOUR bedrooms, plus a bonus room. Master suite features a great 4pc ensuite and walk in closet! Plenty of space for a KING SIZE BED! 3 good size bedrooms are great for kids and guests alike! Bonus room area is perfectly suited for smaller TV room, homework space, play area or home office! Basement is unfinished and ready for development! TRIPLE CAR GARAGE is every man’s dream! Plenty of space for cars and toys! WEST facing yard is fully fenced and landscaped. Large deck with built in hot tub! Great neighborhood close to parks and trails!

You can find the link at realtor.ca here!

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/17698819/5-Heron-LI-Spruce-Grove-Alberta-T7X0E8-Harvest-Ridge

This unique bungalow is a diamond in disguise! HUGE pie shape lot with back alley access give you the option to either put in another garage and/or add more RV space! The front drive is already 2+ vehicles deep to put your RV there too! Large entry way takes you two steps up to either the Living room or Kitchen! Yes the living/dining room is massive AND its open to the kitchen for company conversation! 3 bedrooms up with a full bath and a 2pc unsuited! Down is a 4th huge bedroom/crafts room plus a 5th bedroom/large office. 3 pc Bath just off of the Family room with a wood stove AND a dry bar! Yes, there is a cold storage there too! Handicap accessories there as well. Out the aback door is a 18×16′ patio AND RAISED GARDENS!! Fruit trees, Saskatoon’s and Strawberries too! Shingles and Hot water take are approximately 5yrs old, newer carpet downstairs, newer built-in-dishwasher and all new toilets! Here is your large home on your large lot that you have been always looking for!

You can find the link for realtor.ca below!

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/17689167/7-Burlington-PL-Spruce-Grove-Alberta-T7X1E1-Brookwood

This beautiful 67 acres is as nice as you will find to develop into a country residential subdivision. The property is gently rolling and perfect for walk-out basements. It has approximately 50% tree coverage. There is a Proposed Outline Plan completed by an Engineering Company that lays out 15 lots, approximately 3 acres in size. There is also a Preliminary Groundwater Feasibility Assessment report completed. These lots can be used for the construction of onsite built homes and or moved on modular/mobile homes. The natural setting is very appealing to people who love mature trees, ravines, birds, wildlife and privacy. Paved roads all the way. Located 12 miles west of Stony Plain only 1 mile west of Cougar Creek Golf Course. GST maybe applicable.

You can find the link to realtor.ca below!

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Vacant-Land/17689214/53227-Range-Road-25-Rural-Parkland-County-Alberta-T7Z1X9-None

NEW PRICE!

Gorgeous home close to town! This home is the perfect oasis, just 5 minutes out of Stony Plain. This modern home is perfect for a growing family. Amazing vaulted ceilings give this home a grand element. The living room flows right through to the kitchen and dining area, making future entertaining a breeze! Hand-scraped hardwood flooring and new carpet throughout this open floor plan. 3 roomy bedrooms upstairs, including a huge master with an amazing updated ensuite complete with a huge 2 person Jacuzzi tub, and walk-in closet. Enjoy easy access to your backyard with a south facing walk-out basement. The house also features a high efficiency hot water tank furnace, and newer appliances.

You can find the link to realtor.ca below!

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/17685982/3-53214-RGE-RD-13-RD-Rural-Parkland-County-Alberta-T7Z1Y2-Leeward-Estates

Thinking of selling your home and want to protect your investment and make the most you possibly can?  Take care of these top 8 items to put your home in the best possible position for a quick and effortless sale.

1. First Impressions make all the difference!  Repaint or replace the front door, making sure it opens, closes and locks easily.  Remove dirt and cobwebs around light fixtures and the siding.  Trim up any landscaping.  Tighten up any loose handrails.
2. Clean and de-clutter.  If you don’t need it, donate it or toss it.   If you don’t know where to start, contact a home staging company.  Scrub the floors clean.  Repaint or touch up the walls.  If you have a small home, remove excess furniture to make the rooms feel spacious.  Keep it light and bright.  Open draperies.  Get rid of dated or broken window treatments.
3. The smell of your home can make or break a deal.  A clean home smells good. Don’t try to cover up smells with candles and plug in air fresheners…buyers instantly wonder what you are covering up.  A better solution is to let the fresh air in and clean your home.  Launder bedding and any pet beds.  Clean the carpets.
4. If it is broken, fix it.  Simple broken items like leaky faucets, broken window panes or windows that won’t open should be fixed.
5. Floor coverings.  Clean, fresh floor coverings are best.  For hard surfaces, make sure they are clean. Make sure they are freshly vacuumed and cleaned – even if they are dated.
6. Windows.  Let the light in!  Clean the windows – inside and outside.  If there is peeling and chipping paint, scrap it, prime it and paint it.  Make sure all the windows are able to be opened. WD-40 can be used to loosen up hinges.
7. Paint.  Fresh paint cleans up many walls and makes the house smell clean. Keep your color choices neutral – whites, beiges and greys are best.
8. Staging.  Once you have gone through this list, consider hiring a stager or invite J.S. Realty over to walk through your home to recommend removal or addition of furniture and personal items to make rooms feel more appealing to buyers. You only have one chance to make a first impression, whether that is pictures that are taken of your home or a buyer’s first walk through the door.

Plan ahead and put a little work into it to get your home ready to sell. You’ll be pleased with the results and can thank us later!

You’ve probably seen either on social media or the news in recent days the coverage about the Alberta man who drove the ZAMBONI through the TIM HORTONS  drive through?!? Well, fun and interesting fact: That Tim Hortons is located RIGHT NEXT DOOR to our office!!! We got a first hand view of “that most Canadian thing!”

If you missed it, you can click on the link below for the article!

Alberta man pulls up to Tim Hortons drive-thru in his Zamboni: ‘It was the most Canadian thing’

Come on down to Stony Plain’s Family Fest on December 31, 2016 at Heritage Park! This New Years Eve fun for the whole family event is always lots of fun! Our office will have our RE/MAX tent set up and have donated hot chocolate, marshmallows and cups so that everyone can enjoy a nice hot cup of coco during this super fun event! Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item to support our local food bank. Let’s have a blast ringing in 2017 with our family, friends and community!

Family Fest 2016
Heritage Park Dec. 31
6 – 9 p.m.
Fireworks at 8:45 p.m.

Family Fest is the community’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration.

Activities include:

• Live entertainment
• Hotdogs, popcorn and hot chocolate
• Kids’ crafts
• Photo booth
• Outdoor skating
• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• Bonfire
• Fireworks
• Old-time Christmas displays at the Pioneer Museum

The Town is encouraging residents to car pool and to park off site and walk. There is limited parking available at Heritage Park.  Please dress for the weather!

Please bring a non-perishable food-item as a donation to the Parkland Food Bank.

May lovely, happy times decorate your holiday season. May warm special memories brighten your New Year. May the wonder of Christmas be with you forever.

From our houses to yours, Merry Christmas
from all of us at RE/MAX Stony Plain.

Christmas is the season for joy and forgiveness, however it is also full of strange and beautiful traditions we all follow without really understanding. Ever wondered where your favorite Christmas traditions came from? Well let’s have a look!

1. Mistletoe

Traditionally it is said that mistletoe should never touch the ground between being cut and its removal (it is to be the last of the greens removed from the house after the Christmas season is over). It is supposed to be hung each year to protect the house from fire and any man and woman that met each other under it were obliged to kiss. After each kiss a berry was plucked from the bush, once all the berries were plucked the privilege ceased. The use of mistletoe as a Christmas decoration is very common and originally began way back in the 18th century.^th century.

2. Christmas Trees

The Christmas tree originally began in modern Germany in the early Renaissance with the decorating of pine or fir trees with apples, roses, candies and colored paper. Its 16^th century origins seem to center around Martin Luthur but its widespread popularity followed introduction by various members of the nobility. To decorate a Christmas tree became much more popular and widely accepted in the United Kingdom after Queen Victoria’s marriage to the German Prince Albert.

3. Christmas Stocking

There is a lot of confusion surrounding where the tradition of Christmas stockings came from but popular legends have found ways to try and explain it. It starts with the story of an old man with three beautiful daughters who had no money to pay for their dowries and so they could not marry. St Nicholas was riding through the village and heard of this story, understanding that the old man would not accept charity he crept down the chimney that night and found stockings that the daughters had hung by the fireplace to dry. Into these 3 stockings he placed a bag of gold each, the next morning the 3 beautiful women and their father were overjoyed and soon after the women were married. Ever since adults and children alike have hung stockings by the fireplace or at the end of their beds to be filled with presents while they sleep, ready to be joyfully opened the next morning!

4. Candy Cane

According to popular history in 1670 a German choirmaster wished to find a way to get the children to be quiet in his church during Christmas Eve ceremonies. He asked the local sweet maker to make sweet sticks for the children but in order to justify the giving of candy during worship he had the sweet maker add a crook to the tip of each sweet (to resemble the crocks of the three shepherds) and to make them red and white (to reinforce Christian beliefs in the sinless life of Jesus). These delicious candy canes then spread through Europe while being given out at nativity plays. Now they are a popular tradition each year and come in many different flavors, not just the traditional peppermint, which the whole family can enjoy.

5 . Poinsettia

This plant and its associations with Christmas stem from Mexico, where they tell the story of a young girl who was too poor to pay for a present to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Angels inspired her to pick weeds from the roadside to place in front of the church alter and these weeds became poinsettias when beautiful crimson blossoms sprouted from them. From the 17^th century onwards friars in Mexico incorporated these bright flowers into their Christmas celebrations, as they believe the flowers have a special symbolism. The star shape of the leaf symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem and the red symbolizes the blood sacrifice through the crucifixion of Christ. Today these beautiful flowers are popular Christmas decorations, with December 12^th being National Poinsettia Day in the USA.

As can be seen many of these traditions are old and steeped in centuries of history but that doesn’t make them any less important or special today. All five of the listed traditions are some of the most beautiful and enjoyable parts of Christmas that anyone from the youngest child of a family to the aging grandparents can participate in!

At the start of every Christmas season, my family starts begging for me to make batch upon batch of delicious shortbread! Over the years, I’ve tried many different recipes, but a few years ago I stumbled across THE BEST SHORTBREAD RECIPE EVER!!! I thought that I would share it with you all, since it has been such a hit in our house!

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees (190 degrees Celsius)
2. Whip butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the confectioners sugar, cornstarch and flour. Beat on low for 1 minute, then on high for 3 to 4 minutes. Drop cookies by spoonfulls  two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 12-15 minutes in the oven. Watch that the edges don’t brown too much. Cool on a wire rack.

This delicious, easy, no-fail recipe will have your family begging for more!!