Richmond is one of the clearest places in Calgary to see what inner-city infill actually looks like at scale, and the half duplex is its signature form. The 2021 census already put semi-detached at roughly a quarter of dwellings, second only to single-detached, and the wave has continued since. Two attached homes on a lot that carried one mid-century house, three storeys, developed basement, garage off the lane. several semi-detached homes are for sale.
The economics work here because the location is unusually strong for the price. Richmond shares the Marda Loop high street with three neighbours, sits on the inner city's western high ground with skyline sightlines from its northeastern streets, and puts downtown about eleven minutes away by car and Mount Royal University about two. A paired build converts a mid-century lot into two current homes — modern envelope, mechanicals and insulation, with third-floor or rooftop space a bungalow could never offer — in a community where the alternative at a similar price is an original and a renovation budget. Many are built with a secondary suite in the lower level. Because the cycle has run here longer than in most communities, the finished streetscape is arriving block by block rather than lot by lot.
Establish the ownership arrangement: separately titled halves sharing a party wall, bare-land condominium and conventional condominium are three different things and all get called a semi. Read the party wall agreement, and ask how the roof, the shared wall and drainage are handled. Confirm which new home warranty applies and what is still covered, and get an independent inspection regardless. Builder quality varies widely in a wave this size — walk earlier projects and ask who framed and who did the mechanical. Asking prices for similar product range widely here, so price against actual sales. And if a suite is mentioned, treat its legality as unverified until permits say otherwise.
Measured over September 2025 to August 2026 from MLS® data, on 54 semi-detached sales. Aggregates only, for a stated window; the listing counts elsewhere on this page are read live.
54 of the 133 Richmond sales in the window were half duplexes. That is the redevelopment rate showing up in the sales record.
The detached median over the same window was $995,000: on these streets the two forms are trading at effectively the same number.
Detached ran 1,747 sq ft over the same window, so the half duplex is not automatically the smaller home.
Detached in Richmond ran 24 days over the same window, so half duplexes moved slower than the houses beside them.
Measured against the last asking price, so it understates what a seller gave up if the price was reduced on the way.
Two homes sharing one wall. In Calgary a semi-detached home is usually freehold: each half sits on its own titled lot with no condominium corporation, which is the part buyers most often get wrong. Some are bare-land or conventional condominiums instead, with a fee and a board. The title and the listing’s ownership type settle it — two identical-looking halves on the same block can be held either way.
A single inner-city lot that can be redeveloped as two attached homes carries its land cost across two sales instead of one. That arithmetic is what has been rebuilding these streets, and it is why the newest housing in Richmond is more likely to be attached than detached, and why a half duplex here is often the newer, larger and better-finished home on the block rather than the compromise.
Ask what the wall is built of and how far it goes: a wall that runs to the underside of the roof deck, with proper fire separation and no shared framing, is a different home to live in than one that stops at the ceiling. Sound transfer is the most common regret. Where the two halves are held freehold, check whether a party wall agreement is registered on title and what it says about maintenance, insurance and access for repairs.
Confirm the water, sewer and gas services are separate rather than shared through the neighbouring half, and find out who owns the fence, the walkway and the drainage between the two properties. On a new build, ask for the Alberta New Home Warranty documents and confirm what remains of the coverage — it runs from the date the home was first occupied, not from your possession date.
The streets buyers ask about most here are The northeastern high ground with the skyline sightlines, The southern blocks nearest 33rd and 34th Avenue, The mid-grid blocks where the infill cycle runs hottest, The southwestern streets nearest Richmond Green and The western boundary along Crowchild.
Nearby amenities include the Marda Loop shops, patios and Safeway on 33rd and 34th Avenue, Richmond Green's ball diamonds, park space and family golf centre, River Park's off-leash valley minutes east and 17th Avenue's row a few minutes north. Access is via Crowchild Trail, 14 Street SW and 33rd Avenue SW.
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