Leeisaac1

Anyone living in royal oak calgary, I'm looking at the red haus development. Any help would be great.

Thanks

BristolUK

Nice pint as I recall.

ann m

Don't know the development, and don't know what you are looking for, but it's a Calgary community on the edges of the suburbs. It's newish, clean, safe, with regular buses and the newly opened end-of-the-line Tuscany LRT station close by.

It's well situated with good road links to commute to almost anywhere but I wouldn't live there and commute to the far southwest. It's good for the airport, mountains, and shopping in any direction.

It's kinda boxy burbs with houses close together and the prices are high and keep rising. It's a "nice" area.

I don't know about schools. It seems too new to have any of its own yet, so I'm presuming a minimum of half hour or more bus journeys for kids into other communities.

Could do worse.

Edit: I see the development is a condo. If you are young free and single and looking for some action and a social life, this would be very quiet. The whole community is very single family dwellings. You could get a Starbucks or a beer or see a movie,, but you'd travel to have a proper night out. However, if you are looking for quieter, then go for it.

gryphea

I think the condos re all at the top of the community, so nowhere near the C train.

We lived in Royal Oak for a year a couple of years ago. I didn't like it . its very cookie cutter and because it didn't have a community centre it seemed devoid of atmosphere, whereas some of the newer burbs have a lot more going on if they have a community centre.

But the whole of the top part of Royal Oak has seen increased development recently and so there is a lot of shopping, a few restaurants and cafes now. It will be quite near the new rec entre when its built.

I also find the access in Royal Oak annoying as there is no direct way out to Crowchild; probably not so annoying for you living near the top. RO at the top is probably one of the snowier parts of Calgary.

I'd say, depends what you want from where you live. But I would prefer the condos in Arbor Lake, near C train, nearer amenities, nearer more restaurants and near Cineplex. Plus lake gig

Leeisaac1

Okay thanks for your help, my other choice was arbour lake so I think I'll go with that

Gozit

If you want snow in September, by all means, move to Calgary. If not, consider elsewhere