Moving from the UK advice please
Jun 18th 2019, 2:41 pm
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
Where in Downtown?
I can recommend High Park, unless you need a third bedroom, at that budget.
Don't discount using the UP Express to commute. Our station is Bloor (8 mins to Union) - but further up the line (slightly more sketch neighbourhood) is Weston - you might find rental within the budget here, and that would be within 30 mins commute via Rail if work is near Union.
Better schools in High Park I'd assume.
I can recommend High Park, unless you need a third bedroom, at that budget.
Don't discount using the UP Express to commute. Our station is Bloor (8 mins to Union) - but further up the line (slightly more sketch neighbourhood) is Weston - you might find rental within the budget here, and that would be within 30 mins commute via Rail if work is near Union.
Better schools in High Park I'd assume.
Jun 18th 2019, 3:59 pm
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Hey, I didn't set the constraints!
Family of 4, 30 mins to downtown, $2,500pcm.
I've played tennis in Weston and it's gentrifying apparently... get in now, before it bubbles up
Family of 4, 30 mins to downtown, $2,500pcm.
I've played tennis in Weston and it's gentrifying apparently... get in now, before it bubbles up
Jun 19th 2019, 11:09 am
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Soooo it seems the general influence of area seems to be leaning towards Oakville
does anyone have any feedback on this area please ?
And we hope to possibly stay somewhere temporary in the area so the kids get into school then rent/buy in a year or so (mortgage advice I'm sure we can receive ample once we've arrived small steps at the moment got more things to worry about)
we do have a cat friendly and not very lively so if anyone knows any central guest houses etc please pm me
thank you all so muvh you've been a wealth of information for me xx
does anyone have any feedback on this area please ?
And we hope to possibly stay somewhere temporary in the area so the kids get into school then rent/buy in a year or so (mortgage advice I'm sure we can receive ample once we've arrived small steps at the moment got more things to worry about)
we do have a cat friendly and not very lively so if anyone knows any central guest houses etc please pm me
thank you all so muvh you've been a wealth of information for me xx
Jun 19th 2019, 11:41 am
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The yacht club (OYS) is nice and surprisingly welcoming to overnight visitors, so there's that.
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Jun 19th 2019, 12:49 pm
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Once a sleepy dormitory town stretching north/south from the lake to the QEW Oakville has exploded across the highway and ever northward across the fields. The original Oakville is now unfeasibly expensive. Because the area past the highway was once farmland it lacks features and character. There are endless housing projects of various qualities with the common theme of packing people in, building with plastic, and claiming reasonable access to the GO station. There are some strip malls and there are some big box shops. Obviously there are people who manage adequately even up as far as Dundas but one has to wonder whence they came.
The yacht club (OYS) is nice and surprisingly welcoming to overnight visitors, so there's that.
The yacht club (OYS) is nice and surprisingly welcoming to overnight visitors, so there's that.
Jun 19th 2019, 1:17 pm
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Mississauga is also divided into south-of-the-QEW, which is nice (if you like that kind of thing) old fashioned suburbia, small houses on big lots, and north-of-the-QEW which is exactly like northern Oakville. The Clarkson and Port Credit GO stations offer similar service to Toronto as the Oakville one. Oakville is historically more snob.
Jun 19th 2019, 2:17 pm
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I definitely prefer Oakville over Mississauga. Dbd33 has a point about the parts of both places near the lake being the nicest but they are now very expensive. Comparing the northern parts of each place Oakville still manages to maintain more of a community feel and, at least at the moment, does have a beginning and an end with fields surrounding. Mississauga is much more of a sprawl. We lived in Oakville for 12 years, it has changed a lot and is beginning to look more and more like the sprawl of Mississauga but it's not there yet.
Jun 19th 2019, 2:44 pm
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Once a sleepy dormitory town stretching north/south from the lake to the QEW Oakville has exploded across the highway and ever northward across the fields. The original Oakville is now unfeasibly expensive. Because the area past the highway was once farmland it lacks features and character. There are endless housing projects of various qualities with the common theme of packing people in, building with plastic, and claiming reasonable access to the GO station. There are some strip malls and there are some big box shops. Obviously there are people who manage adequately even up as far as Dundas but one has to wonder whence they came.
The yacht club (OYS) is nice and surprisingly welcoming to overnight visitors, so there's that.
The yacht club (OYS) is nice and surprisingly welcoming to overnight visitors, so there's that.
We live as far up as Dundas and have survived so far but being from The North of England we are made of strong stuff 😂 unfortunately we where late to the party arriving last year and could not afford to live South of The QEW. We love our bit of Oakville good schools great Parks and trails and as for houses if you compare the new houses over here to the new houses being built in the UK you get a lot more sq footage over here.
Jun 19th 2019, 2:50 pm
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That's always been true of the internal house dimensions and used to be true of the lawn as well. Oakville homes likely also have more toilets than typical new homes in the UK and fewer outhouses than homes in the North of England.
Jun 19th 2019, 3:02 pm
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Interestingly we moved from the North of England from a house with all in door plumbing to near The Cotswolds and many houses still had their outhouses (and indoor) much to the amusement of our young children.
Jun 19th 2019, 3:15 pm
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If the OP is set upon considering Oakville and wants an informed opinion on the relative merits and pitfalls of various parts of Oakville, as well as an accurate comparison with plumbing in the North of England, then HGerchikov is the proper source (allowing that a peddler of properties cannot be a truly disinterested advisor).
Jun 19th 2019, 3:56 pm
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I lived in a house which was nearly in (the) London, like Oakville is nearly Toronto, at which the only facility was in a lean-to out the back with no door directly from the house. It did have plumbing and a sewer connection though. We didn't have a sewer in Mississauga. One day in Mississauga the septic tank lid fell in revealing the contents, that too was much to the amusement of our young children
If the OP is set upon considering Oakville and wants an informed opinion on the relative merits and pitfalls of various parts of Oakville, as well as an accurate comparison with plumbing in the North of England, then HGerchikov is the proper source (allowing that a peddler of properties cannot be a truly disinterested advisor).
If the OP is set upon considering Oakville and wants an informed opinion on the relative merits and pitfalls of various parts of Oakville, as well as an accurate comparison with plumbing in the North of England, then HGerchikov is the proper source (allowing that a peddler of properties cannot be a truly disinterested advisor).
Jun 19th 2019, 4:02 pm
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I'm glad you two are getting on. Miss you both.
Jun 19th 2019, 4:26 pm
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I'd pick Burlington, 40 minutes commute on the train.. or you can get the GoBus Was in the top 5 places to live in Ontario.. family friendly, great festivals, good beach area, boardwalk, parks, good brit pubs, music scene, art scene, lots of restaurants, things to do... often cheaper for buying and renting than Oakville and Mississauga and a fair few Brits if you feel like meeting up with any
https://www.burlington.ca/en/your-ci...-Your-City.asp
Was in the top 5 places to live in Ontario.. family friendly, great festivals, good beach area, boardwalk, parks, good brit pubs, music scene, art scene, lots of restaurants, things to do... often cheaper for buying and renting than Oakville and Mississauga and a fair few Brits if you feel like meeting up with any https://www.burlington.ca/en/your-ci...-Your-City.asp
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