Cheaper areas with period properties
Jan 23rd 2007, 9:44 pm
#16
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
What kind of property have you got in Little Italy?
Suze
Jan 23rd 2007, 9:47 pm
#17
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Pure guess based on how much I have now and how much I think that will increase by the time I move, plus how much I think I could borrow: maybe a budget of $250-300k??
Suze
Suze
Jan 24th 2007, 5:07 pm
#19
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Jan 24th 2007, 5:16 pm
#20
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
A loft might be an option, there's always the problem that real lofts are a bit off the beaten track but they're sometimes interesting spaces.
Jan 24th 2007, 5:20 pm
#21
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
If you'd like to see some really shabby stuff, select Toronto Central, remove the remote or dangerous bits C6,7,14,15,13 and choose single family <$300,000.
Jan 24th 2007, 5:41 pm
#22
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
How's this?
http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.as...ertyID=5360702
It's not downtown but it is a nice area.
http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.as...ertyID=5360702
It's not downtown but it is a nice area.
Jan 24th 2007, 6:38 pm
#23
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Yes, some of them look a bit... old-fashioned, shall we say - and not in a good way! LOL!
My turn to turn my nose up - I wouldn't live in Scarborough if you paid me
I thought this looked fine: http://tinyurl.com/yw48md although it's obv not "old" old and there aren't any photos of the inside, which makes me wonder a bit.
Funnily enough, I did think about lofts at first but then thought I'd look at the house idea - so I'm not against the idea of a loft either.
Suze
My turn to turn my nose up - I wouldn't live in Scarborough if you paid me
I thought this looked fine: http://tinyurl.com/yw48md although it's obv not "old" old and there aren't any photos of the inside, which makes me wonder a bit.
Funnily enough, I did think about lofts at first but then thought I'd look at the house idea - so I'm not against the idea of a loft either.
Suze
It's not huge. On mls you can select Toronto West, Central and East and display all the houses offered between $250,000 and $300,000. I started paging through them. If you discount Etobicoke and Scarborough as being too suburban you're left with places that are "convenient for the amenties of the junction" (mainly hookers) or "handy for 24 ttc" (literally six feet from the streetcar turning loop.
A loft might be an option, there's always the problem that real lofts are a bit off the beaten track but they're sometimes interesting spaces.
A loft might be an option, there's always the problem that real lofts are a bit off the beaten track but they're sometimes interesting spaces.
Jan 24th 2007, 6:41 pm
#24
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Hmmm... yes. Some look shabby on the outside (the one on the tinyurl I just posted looks alright) but may be alright inside. Know what you mean though.
Suze
Suze
Jan 24th 2007, 6:41 pm
#25
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Wow!!! 
Suze
Suze
How's this?
http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.as...ertyID=5360702
It's not downtown but it is a nice area.
http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.as...ertyID=5360702
It's not downtown but it is a nice area.
Jan 24th 2007, 6:54 pm
#26
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Yes, some of them look a bit... old-fashioned, shall we say - and not in a good way! LOL!
My turn to turn my nose up - I wouldn't live in Scarborough if you paid me
I thought this looked fine: http://tinyurl.com/yw48md although it's obv not "old" old and there aren't any photos of the inside, which makes me wonder a bit.
Funnily enough, I did think about lofts at first but then thought I'd look at the house idea - so I'm not against the idea of a loft either.
Suze
My turn to turn my nose up - I wouldn't live in Scarborough if you paid me
I thought this looked fine: http://tinyurl.com/yw48md although it's obv not "old" old and there aren't any photos of the inside, which makes me wonder a bit.
Funnily enough, I did think about lofts at first but then thought I'd look at the house idea - so I'm not against the idea of a loft either.
Suze
I don't know the area where the one you linked is. The house looks alright.
Jan 24th 2007, 6:55 pm
#27
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Jan 24th 2007, 6:57 pm
#28
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 288
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Which area is the aforementioned house in?
Suze
Suze
Jan 24th 2007, 7:05 pm
#29
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
Upper Beach. It's either on Malvern Ave or Hannaford St. Just north of Kingston Rd between Woodbine and Victoria Park. It's an easy walk to two 24hr streetcars but not to the subway. A disadvantage is that the streetcar route splits at Kingston Rd and Queen and most of the cars go along Queen. Another, arguable, disadvantage is that it's dog central, almost everyone has a dog or three.
Jan 24th 2007, 7:05 pm
#30
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 9,606
Re: Cheaper areas with period properties
I thought this looked fine: http://tinyurl.com/yw48md although it's obv not "old" old and there aren't any photos of the inside, which makes me wonder a bit.Suze
It's a wreck.
And it's ony 14 feet wide.