Diane Richardson - Realtor

08/12/2026

Thanks to all my terrific clients and new friends who trusted me to help them with their new home journey.

08/07/2026

Square footage isn't really what you're buying. It's the story that comes with it. 🏡

Country residential says "a bit more room, a bit more privacy." Full acreage says "we built something out here." Both are honest, but only one of them fits how you actually want to spend your Saturdays.

Diane put together an 8-point scorecard to help you work that out on paper, before a good showing and nice lighting talk you into the wrong one. 😉
Take the scorecard here; See Comments
Or just call Diane and let her ask you the awkward questions in person: 403-397-3706 📞

08/06/2026

There's a peculiar bias in how buyers evaluate acreage properties: they'll pay great attention to the granite and none whatsoever to the plumbing. This is precisely backwards, since granite is easy to add later and Poly-B pipe replacement is the sort of thing you only appreciate once someone else has already suffered through it.

39 Highlands Terrace is a case study in the unglamorous decisions that actually matter. Poly-B: removed. Furnaces: replaced, both of them. Hot water tank: newer. Reverse osmosis system: installed. None of this is the reason people fall in love with a listing photo. It is, however, the entire reason certain acreage owners sleep soundly while others field 2am calls about frozen pipes.

Then there's the accessibility question nobody wants to think about until they suddenly have to. An elevator running from garage to main floor to walkout basement, a curb-less shower with in-floor heat in the primary ensuite — this is a house that was designed for the version of you that exists ten years from now, not just the one signing the offer today. Call it forward-thinking. Economists might call it "reducing the discount rate on future comfort."

The rest reads like a wish list assembled by someone who simply refused to compromise: five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a heated triple attached garage with room for car lifts, a second heated detached garage, RV parking with power already run, and a kitchen island generous enough to earn its own postal code. A pool table is included, because apparently even the fun was pre-solved.

Set on four private, treed acres with a seasonal creek, walking distance to Kananaskis and West Bragg Creek trail systems, and close enough to Calgary that "isolated" was never really the point. At $1,379,900, this isn't really a listing for a house. It's a listing for twenty-nine years of somebody else's good decisions.

📍 39 Highlands Terrace, The Highlands, Bragg Creek
💰 $1,379,900 | MLS® A2303273
📞 Diane Richardson, CIR Realty — 403-397-3706

08/05/2026

Here's an odd fact about human decision-making: we'll happily pay a premium for a hotel with a good gym we'll use twice, but we treat "the property already has an indoor arena, five stalls and a cutting pen" as a mere bullet point. This seems backwards.

Near the end of a quiet dead-end road outside Millarville sits 28.6 acres where somebody already fought and won every argument you'd otherwise have with yourself over the next five years. Build the arena or wait? Already built. Get the shop heated or just deal with the cold? Already heated, four-car attached, big enough for trucks and trailers. Five stalls or six? Five, plus a run-in shelter with hay storage, plus a dedicated cutting pen, because whoever designed this clearly wasn't guessing at what they'd eventually need.

The house doesn't play a supporting role here, which is unusual for equestrian properties — it's the main event too. Over 4,400 square feet above grade, four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a bonus room upstairs so large its function is basically "whatever you decide it is." In-floor heating on the lower level, three furnaces, three air conditioners — this is a home built by someone who had strong opinions about never being uncomfortable, in any room, in any season.

There's a particular kind of luxury that isn't about marble or square footage it's the luxury of infrastructure. Double-fenced and cross-fenced. Three spring-fed water troughs, two running year-round. A seasonal creek that exists purely because the Foothills decided to be generous. None of this shows up in a listing photo, and all of it is the actual reason a property like this rarely comes to market.

At $2,674,900, you're not buying a house with acreage attached. You're buying the years someone else already spent solving the problems you'd otherwise still be solving.

📍 274136 272 Street W, Millarville — 28.6 acres, indoor riding arena, 5-stall barn, cutting pen, custom home.
📞 Call Diane Richardson: 403-397-3706

08/05/2026

There's a strange asymmetry in how we price real estate. A guy building a custom home theatre gets celebrated for "adding value." A woman converting her shop into an indoor riding arena gets filed under "acreage weirdness." Economically, this makes no sense at all.

Here's 9.03 acres outside Three Hills where someone has already done the expensive, tedious, "I'll get to it eventually" work that 90% of acreage buyers only pretend they'll do. The shop isn't a shop anymore — it's a full indoor riding arena, sand footing, propane heat, meaning you can ride in January without negotiating with an Alberta blizzard. That's not a renovation. That's a decision to remove an entire category of future regret from your life.

The fencing tells the same story. Wildlife fencing out front, barbed wire and cross-fencing around the rest, new gates at the entrance. Nobody does this level of fencing "just in case." Someone did the math on how much a 2am escaped-horse phone call costs in stress, sleep and neighbourly goodwill, and pre-paid for the peace of mind.

Inside, a fully updated 3-bed, 2-bath home with a remodelled kitchen and a new high-efficiency furnace (2025) sits on a coulee edge with views that no renovation budget can manufacture. A private well with reverse osmosis, a heated double garage, a bonus detached garage, and enough flat yard to park every trailer you own without a spreadsheet.

At $574,900, you're not really buying a house with acreage. You're buying the absence of a two-year to-do list. Somebody already had the argument with themselves about whether the arena was "worth it." You get to skip straight to the part where you just ride.

📍 311038 222, Rural Kneehill County — 9.03 acres, indoor arena, fully fenced, turn-key equestrian setup.
📞 Call Diane Richardson: 403-397-3706

08/05/2026

🏡 1261 sq ft single wide mobile
🛏️ 3 bedrooms
🛁 2 bathrooms
📏 9.03 acres
🚙 Double, attached, heated garage
🚜 Detached single garage
🐴 40x60 Indoor arena & outdoor training area

Set on 9.02 fully fenced acres along a stunning coulee edge, this turn-key equestrian property is ready for you and your horses. Features include indoor and outdoor riding arena, paddocks, waterers, shelter and pastures.

The updated 1,269 sq. ft. single-wide offers three bedrooms, two bathrooms, an open-concept living area, remodelled kitchen, primary ensuite and a spacious foyer/mudroom connecting the home to the heated double garage. A new high-efficiency furnace and select windows were added in 2025.

Bring your horses and start living your acreage dream!

311038 222 Rural Kneehill County, AB T0M2A0
MLS A2331320
$574.900

Email [email protected] for details.

HORSE PROPERTY NEAR THREE HILLS🏡 1261 square foot single-wide🛏️ ...

07/28/2026

Ever dreamed of riding your own horses year-round without fighting the weather? This 9.02-acre Kneehill County acreage near Three Hills has an indoor riding arena with a propane heater and sand footing, plus small and large paddocks, two waterers, and a scenic coulee pasture for turnout.

The fully updated 3 bedroom home means you are not choosing between the horses and the house. Remodelled kitchen, new furnace, new windows, and a heated double attached garage with a bonus detached single garage for extra storage.

Fully fenced, private well with reverse osmosis water, and breathtaking coulee views. Listed at $574,900. MLS® A2331320.

AlbertaTownandCountry by Diane Richardson

07/12/2026

39 HIGHLANDS TERRACE, Bragg Creek

🏡 1997 Walk-out Bungalow on 4 Acres
📏 2407 Square Feet Above Grade
🛏️ 6 Bedrooms
🛁 3.1 Bathrooms
🚙 Triple Garage Attached Detached Double Garage
🚐 Covered RV Parking with Power

One of a kind in the area with many updates in the past 6 years. Come check it out!

The Highlands Detached for sale: ** OPEN HOUSE, SUNDAY, JULY 12 1:00-3:00 ** Set on 4.00 acres of mature trees in The Highlands of West Bragg Creek, this walkout bungalow offers a balance of space, functionality, and a quiet rural setting just min...

07/11/2026

41 DRAKE LANDING LOOP, OKOTOKS

🛏️ 4 Bedrooms Above Grade
🛁 2.1 Bathrooms (2 w/double vanities)
📏 2426 Square Feet Above Grade
🏡 2014
🚙 Triple Garage (fully finished with storage!)

Come check it out! Saturday Noon-2:00.

Drake Landing Detached for sale: *** OPEN HOUSE, SATURDAY, JULY 11 12:00 to 2:00 *** Built by Sterling Homes in 2014, this two-storey detached home offers 2,426 sq ft of finished living space in one of Okotoks' most established master-planned comm...

06/24/2026

Just listed near Millarville: 28+ acre equestrian estate.

Custom 5,700+ sq ft home. Indoor riding arena. Five-stall barn. Seven
shelters. Year-round water. Dead-end road. The Foothills as your view.

$2,674,900 | MLS A2316620

Diane Richardson | 403-397-3706

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