Originally Posted by Canada1702

Thanks again for all your input...We probably will go for an apartment with A/C. I think the big difference with Paris is the humidity.

Originally Posted by sysclp

You will find apartments here get really hot if you have no A/C. Heat does rise and there are lots of windows so they turn into little ovens in the summer. We were on the top floor (12th) of the building we used to rent in and it stayed hot even with the A/C running and all the blinds drawn (we faced west so lots of afternoon sun heat). Winter was even worse as we got everyone's heat so we rarely ran our heat and had to open windows to cool it off sometimes.

Originally Posted by Canada1702

Hello!
As we will be landing in Toronto in a couple of months, I'm checking out the apartment rental market in Toronto. Someone in the forum has advised that we get an apartment with A/C but when looking at the rental market, there doesn't seem to be many buildings that offer A/C....
I wanted to have different opinions on this....should we definitely have A/C or can we survive without it? Does it often get over 30°C in the summer?
We currently live in Paris and the temperature in the summer here is usually between 25°C and 30°C and we're doing ok without A/C...I think for us it gets difficult when the temperature exceeds 30°C.
We just thought that if A/C is a "must" criteria, it cuts down our choices by a lot...there is also the option of a portable A/C for the really hot days...Do you know how easy it is to install portable A/C?
I'd appreciate you input on this! ;)

Originally Posted by dbd

I lived in an apartment in which the windows didn't open. They weren't painted shut but the building was designed that way. Horrible.

Originally Posted by sysclp

I can't imagine putting up with that! I would have had to take a brick to the glass! Our windows only opened a small crack until I removed the safety stoppers so they would open all the way. I probably would have had to pass on a place where the windows didn't open at all.

Originally Posted by dbd33

I think a lot of the new buildings downtown are like that, we were on the 29th floor of one near the market. Some of the windows must have opened because there was a steady stream of jumpers but ours didn't and it made me feel trapped.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

Which reminds me. Life back to normal now?