The Hillcrest House · 568 Athabasca Street E · Moose Jaw

01The Golden Ticket$5,995 USD · Reservation

$5,995 USD

The acquisition price — own it today

One reservation of $5,995 USD (≈ $8,490 CAD) takes the house off the market and is credited in full against the asking price of ≈ $123,400 USD ($174,900 CAD list) at completion.

The honest arithmetic — likely extras at closing, Saskatchewan (indicative):

Legal & registration — ≈ $1,050 USD ($1,500 CAD)
SK land titles transfer fee, 0.4% — ≈ $495 USD ($700 CAD)
Inspection & title insurance — ≈ $560 USD ($800 CAD)
If 5%-down insured mortgage: 6% PST on the premium — ≈ $280 USD ($400 CAD)
All-in extras ≈ $2,400 USD ($3,400 CAD) · no GST on resale homes

Plus prorated property taxes & home insurance · written terms first · subject to contract · confirm with your lawyer & lender

See the full pricing structure ↓

02The FactsThe Asset · As It Stands

The asset, as it stands.

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathroom

95 m²

Floor Area

1945

Built

581 m²

Lot

2

Parking

Type	Detached house · freehold · two levels
Condition	Freshly updated · move-in ready · appliances included
Updates	Water & sewer lines · high-efficiency furnace · shingles · windows · doors · siding · kitchen · bath
Floor area	95 m² (1,022 sq ft) · two levels
Heating	Forced air (natural gas) · central A/C · crawl space
Lot	581 m² (15.2 × 38.1 m) · treed · fenced · room for a future garage
Price	≈ $123,400 USD · $174,900 CAD list · MLS® SK041150

03Render vs TodayDrag the Line · Concept ↔ Today

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Concept render Today · as-is

Affordable. Potential. Function.

Drag the line. Left is the concept: the same yard after one light, mostly cosmetic pass — a deep slate repaint, cedar screening, beds in, systems standing. Right is today, exactly as the camera found it. Same house, same lot, same view.

That gap is the whole thesis: a ≈ $123,400 USD ($174,900 CAD list) asset whose lot, bones and fresh updates carry the entire vision for a planned refurb pass of roughly $4,250 USD — costed line by line in The Runway, card 12. Cosmetic outside, systems in the yard, nothing structural.

Exterior paint & trim — the biggest visual change, days not months
Cedar screening & planting — the render’s privacy and structure
Raised beds & canopy — the yard’s productive headroom
Solar, Starlink & rain capture — hardware that bolts on, not builds in
Interiors — already refurbished; every inside photo is as-is today

04Living & DiningMain Floor · Click Through

One bright, open room.

“Stepping inside brightens your day” — the listing’s own words, and the photographs back it up. The open-concept living space runs the depth of the house with natural light at both ends, fresh paint, new lighting and a clean, neutral finish.

Living and dining share one continuous floor and flow straight into the kitchen, so the whole main level works as a single sociable space rather than three small rooms.

Open-concept living & dining — one continuous space
Natural light from both ends of the floor
New paint, lighting & flooring finishes
Flows directly into the updated kitchen
Entrance hall and staircase just off the living space

05The KitchenMain Floor · Click Through

Ready to cook, day one.

“The updated kitchen will bring out the chef in you” — straight from the listing. Fresh cabinetry, clean worktops, new lighting, and the full appliance package stays in the sale.

It opens onto the dining space so cooking never leaves the conversation, with the main-floor laundry and utility room just off it — the working end of the house gathered into one efficient corner.

Updated kitchen · fresh cabinetry & worktops
Fridge, stove, dishwasher & washer all included
Window coverings & storage shed stay too
Open to the dining room — one sociable floor
Laundry & utility a few steps away

06Three BedroomsLabelled · Click Through

Three rooms, told apart.

Three real bedrooms, labelled on every photo so the two upstairs rooms don’t blur into one. Bedroom 1 is spacious and sits on the main floor by the entrance — the natural den, office or guest room.

Upstairs, two large bedrooms share the whole second level between them: light, private, and separate rooms — not two angles of the same one. Fresh flooring and paint run through all three.

Bedroom 1 · main floor · spacious — the den candidate
Bedroom 2 · upstairs · large, with its own character
Bedroom 3 · upstairs · a separate room, not a repeat
Fresh paint & flooring through all three
Click through — every photo carries its room label

07Bath & UtilityMain Floor · Click Through

The practical bits, done properly.

The bathroom is updated and well presented — new fixtures, tub and shower — and it sits on the main floor with everything else you touch daily. No basement runs for the machine or the morning routine.

Laundry and utility share the same level, washer included, with the new high-efficiency furnace and freshly renewed services close at hand. The staircase and landing tie the two floors together neatly.

Updated main-floor bathroom · tub & shower
Main-floor laundry & utility · washer included
New high-efficiency furnace · new water & sewer lines
Central air conditioning throughout
Tidy staircase & upper landing

08The Yard581 m² · As It Stands

581 m² of quiet potential.

Treed, fenced and laid to lawn with a deck and storage shed — plain today, and honestly shown that way. That’s the point: the 15 × 38 metre lot leaves real room, and the listing itself flags space for a future garage.

Light landscaping delivers the render’s front beds; the rest is headroom — raised beds, floral planting, even a small agrivoltaic array pairing panels with pollinators. The next card shows how far that can go.

581 m² rectangular lot · treed & fully fenced
Deck & storage shed included in the sale
Room for a future garage · 2 parking spaces
Close to schools · walking distance to downtown & parks
Light landscaping unlocks the render look

09The Sovereign HomeAI-Enhanced Living · The Vision Card

A home that runs itself.

This is the card to dream on. A 95 m² house on a 581 m² lot is the perfect scale for an AI-enhanced living environment: the lawn cuts itself, sensors in the beds tell the garden when it’s thirsty, solar feeds the batteries, rain feeds the tanks — and every bit of it runs on a local, in-house Linux server. A sovereign AI, managed entirely by its owner. No cloud, no subscriptions, nobody else’s terms.

01The full deployment · every system live
02Robotic mowing · the lawn keeps itself
03Agrivoltaics · food growing under power
04Rooftop solar · the house makes its own power
05Starlink uplink · online on your own terms
06Rain capture · water banked off the roof

Built gradually, owned completely — one local Linux server as the self-hosted brain. On funding: support programmes cycle — verify what’s live federally and with SaskPower when you buy.

The sovereign home — full-systems concept render

Robotic mower cutting the striped lawn — concept render

Agrivoltaic garden beds under a solar canopy — concept render

Starlink dish on the gable — concept render

Rain barrel under the downpipe — concept render

10Full GalleryA Walk Through The House

Front · as it stands

11Offerability & PricingUSD First · CAD Beneath

Where an offer lands.

Fresh listing, freshly updated, priced under $125k USD. Low offers on houses like this rarely land; at asking, it’s simply ready to go — you can give them what they’re asking.

UnlikelyIn playStrongAsking · ready to go

List price	≈ $123,400 USD$174,900 CAD — the listed figure
Reservation deposit	$5,995 USD≈ $8,490 CAD · credited in full at completion
Canadian mortgage route	From 5% down for qualifying buyers5% of list ≈ $6,170 USD · $8,745 CAD — insured mortgage, subject to approval
Likely closing extras	≈ $2,400 USD ($3,400 CAD)Legal & registration · SK land titles fee (0.4%) · inspection & title insurance · PST on mortgage insurance if 5% down · no GST on resale homes · indicative
The shape of it	The ticket ≈ the down payment.Your $5,995 USD reservation is within a few hundred dollars of the 5% minimum down.

Indicative only · conversions at 1 CAD ≈ 0.706 USD (09 JUL 2026) · mortgage eligibility, rates and terms are the lender’s · not financial advice

12The RunwayPhases 0–2 · Money & Papers · Indicative

Money ready, papers ready.

The full picture, so nothing surprises anyone. Three allocations take Louis & Tash from today to the keys to a light-refurbed blank canvas — every figure indicative, every step confirmed in writing before money moves.

0 · Secure it	$5,995 USD ($8,490 CAD) The golden ticket — off the market today, credited in full at completion
1 · Complete the purchase	≈ $2,600 USD ($3,700 CAD) further Tops up the 5% down payment ($8,745 CAD) and covers closing extras (≈ $3,400 CAD), after the ticket is credited
2 · First refurb pass	≈ $4,250 USD ($6,000 CAD) Siding tone & paint · front door & hardware · front beds & planting · 15% contingency — the render, delivered
Total runway	≈ $12,850 USD ($18,200 CAD) All-in: acquired via returning-Canadian insured mortgage, moved in, canvas ready to make a home

What the bank will ask for.

Have these issued and in one folder before the offer goes in — approval then moves at the lender’s best speed.

Mortgage pre-approval letter — returning-Canadian / newcomer programmes apply from 5% down
Proof of down payment · 90-day account history
Proof of income or overseas employment record
Government ID · SIN · consent for credit check
Lender’s appraisal & home-insurance binder before funding
Lawyer instructed for conveyance & title transfer

Indicative planning figures · refurb costs are owner estimates · mortgage eligibility, rates and documents are the lender’s call · not financial advice

13The Golden Ticket · ActTour · Then Take It

Walk through it. Then take it.

Every photograph on this page came from the live 3D scan of the real house. Step inside — room to room, floor to floor, at your own pace.

Click here for the virtual tour

A Matterport 3D walkthrough — an interactive scan of the property you can explore in your browser, as if you were standing there.

View the official listing →

The listing as it stands — the route to acquire the asset.

MLS® SK041150 · Listed courtesy of Century 21 Dome Realty Inc.

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Property details from MLS® listing SK041150 (listed courtesy of Century 21 Dome Realty Inc.) — deemed reliable but not guaranteed; verify before purchase. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract. Hero and sovereign-home images are CGI concepts; all other photography shows the property as it stands. Currency conversions indicative at 1 CAD ≈ 0.706 USD (09 JUL 2026). Not financial or mortgage advice.

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