Enjoy low maintenance luxury in Walden
77 Walden Sq SE
Turn-key and well priced at $774,900
Featuring a luxurious ensuite steam shower, hardie board siding, and a west-facing backyard with private lane access, this home offers a pragmatic blend of luxurious touches and every-day practicality.
Shrug off hail, and enjoy clean, smoke-free indoor air quality while relaxing in your custom steam shower.
Zach Terlier
REAL Broker
(587) 355-8222 / book a showing
Key features
- 2,318 sq ft / 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, main floor office
- New roof and full hardie board exterior in 2021 by Big 5 Exteriors
- The most luxurious bathroom in a 1 km radius (full details below)
- Covered patio above garage
- Walk-through pantry with stand-up freezer
- Fully developed, 9′ ceilings on all floors
- Central AC and three-stage air filtration (no smoke smell in this house)
- New refrigerator and water softener in 2023
Pride of ownership
Recent proactive maintenance:
- Furnace and AC tune up (June 2025)
- Kitchen faucet replacement (May 2025)
- Water heater descale (May 2024)
- Steam generator descale (May 2024)
Greendrop is scheduled for fertilizer/weed control for the rest of the 2025 season.
Weekly professional cleaning.
The choice to upgrade to Hardie Board was $18,000 on top of the cost to replace the siding, but we wanted to hail proof the house as much as possible.
We replaced the HVAC zone diverters when we installed the air conditioner in 2021.
Lot and location
- 36′ frontage (not a zero lot line)
- Private laneway with backyard access
- 3 blocks from shopping, easy access to Stoney Trail
- A 45 minute walk or 8 minute bike ride to the river paths and Fish Creek Park
- Located near a playground and lots of walking paths
- West-facing yard with mature trees
- Excellent neighbours (quiet, respectful)
Take a 3D tour
Main floor
1,028.6 sq ft
Bathrooms1 half
FeaturesWalk-through pantry
Main floor office
Walk-through pantry
Stand up freezer
Gas fireplace
Accent wall
Garburator
Upstairs
1,289.9 sq ft
Bedrooms3
OtherBonus room
Laundry
Front-patio
Master suite accent walls
Steam shower
Skylight
Basement
Bedrooms1
Other1080P projector (works)
HVAC/storage
Tankless water heater
Water softener
Master bedroom + ensuite steam shower
Spa living at home
Enjoy your large master bedroom and shower made for two
The ensuite heated floors turn on at 5:30 and off again at 11. The shower itself is more than 8 ft wide and features two temperature zones: the rain can and the wall jets/wand can be two different temperatures.
Important points
Master bedroom feature walls are paintable
Instead of using pre-made slat products or acoustic panels, we opted to go with MDF slats on drywall so that we could paint them later if we ever decided to change it up.
Ensuite shower waterproofing and maintenance
As you can imagine, we did a lot of research before deciding to keep the windows in the shower. We learned that the windows are fine in the shower so long as:
- The windows surrounds are tiled/waterproofed and the sills must use an expandable epoxy grout vs. traditional grout.
- The shower is waterproofed around the windows should you need to replace the grout, a crack forms, etc.
As part of the renovation, all drywall was removed from the shower and replaced with Schluter KERDI-BOARD panels. The panels were installed right to the window frames and sealed.
Proactive Maintenance
- Always squeegee the windows after a steam; do not leave any standing water on the sill
- Check the grout lines regularly (especially in the winter) to ensure that there are no cracks on the sill
As long as you take care of the windows, you’ll have no problems. Not nearly as much water actually settles on the windows as you might think.
Steam shower details
- Yes, you can have windows in a steam shower, but it comes with some maintenance: squeegee the windows after every steam, including the window sills (do not leave standing water)
- Every week, check the grout around the windows to ensure there are no cracks and check the caulking for the same
- The double-pane windows have no problems managing the steam or heat (surprisingly little of either actually impacts the windows), but you have to squegee them after to ensure water does not collect around seals/etc. and have time to degrade caulking/etc.
- The Relax-a-Mist CR-11 steam generator is somewhat oversized for the steam room, so you get a thick steam every time in about 3 minutes
- The steam room lights are Govee RGB lights (you can change colours via the app)
- The heated floors are on a schedule (turn off at 11 pm, turn on at 5:30 am, turn off again at 10 am, turn on again at 5 pm). The panel to adjust this is on the closet wall.
- The steam generator is located under the bottom shelf in the bathroom closet (tiled floor/trim as well)
- We descaled the water heater and steam generator in 2024; you probably won’t need to descale it again until 2028.
- The steam generator is the entire reason we installed a water softener
- The wall jets + wand and the rain shower head can be set to two separate temperatures
Walk-in closet
We installed this Ikea closet system with LED lights in 2021. It’s held up well and has tons of space 🙂
It’s just as good as you hope it is
The perfect counter to Calgary’s cold winters
The steam shower goes from 0 to thick fog in about 3 minutes.
The Govee RBG lights can be any colour or colour combination, from a calming soft white to a… rave…
Imagine standing in a thick, warm fog of gold or purple.
In the summer, 4 – 7:30 pm is golden hour, where the sun beams through the windows and makes the steam glow. You’ll love it when you experience it 🙂
77 Walden Square SE
Other notable features
New roof + Hardie board in 2021
Three months after we moved in, hail wiped out our roof and siding. We opted to upgrade to Hardie Board composite siding, 6″ eavestroughs, and premium shingles.
Garage shelving
We set up the shelving so that you can fit a vehicle up to 235″ long on the right side of the garage.
Electrical upgrades
When we did the steam shower renovation, we installed an electrical subpanel. We added a whole-home surge protector in January 2025.
Lutron smart lights were installed in the main floor, upstairs hallway, and bonus room. These can be controlled via app as well as wall switches.
Comfort and convenience
Large walk-in closet that connects to your upstairs laundry
We swapped the typical wire closet shelving for an Ikea combination with built-in LED lights, 8 drawers, two jewelry display drawers, and three hanging racks.