Fort? Bunker? Treehouse? This Edmonton Home Is All Three — and It Just Listed at C$314,900

The Reddit poster had walked past this home in Edmonton's Montrose neighbourhood many times. They always loved it from the outside — "a ground-level treehouse maze fort in the best way." Then they found it on the market and looked inside for the first time. Their verdict: "equal parts incredible and horrifying. I have so many questions." The listing calls it a home with "many unique details." Both are accurate.

The Outside

From the street, the home reads as a low-slung, heavily wooded structure nestled into a treed lot in a quiet Edmonton neighbourhood — organic, unconventional, and genuinely intriguing. The cedar and timber exterior gives it a cabin-in-the-city quality that is rare enough to make passersby stop. The Reddit poster stopped many times. The listing describes a 1,734-square-foot two-storey on a 565-square-metre lot with tongue-and-groove cedar, open beam ceilings, an open-rise stairwell, and great natural light throughout. That is the official version. The unofficial version is: this house looks like it was built by someone who had very strong opinions about wood.

The Inside — and the Questions

The interior delivers on the exterior's promise and then raises several concerns simultaneously. Five bedrooms are distributed across three levels: two on the main, one on the upper loft level, and two in the basement. The main floor has a spacious living and dining area with a wood-burning fireplace and views of the yard. The upper level has a south-facing sunroom and a loft living area. The lower level has a rec room, a family room, storage, and a mechanical room. The tongue-and-groove cedar and open beam ceilings run throughout in a way the Reddit poster found both incredible and — their word — horrifying. One commenter advised that no offer should be made without architectural and engineering documentation first. This is not bad advice for any property with this many structural opinions expressed in wood. The listing itself suggests the buyer might renovate, build new, or rent until the time is right. This is an honest set of options.

The Internet Has Thoughts

Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.

Cedar, open beams, five bedrooms, a wood-burning fireplace, and so many questions. C$314,900 in Edmonton. View the full listing here.