Moving from the UK advice please
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
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
https://www.burlington.ca/en/your-ci...-Your-City.asp
1 house rental says sought after Cavendish area bit looks a bit like a cracking house (I mean crack house) I realise you get what you pay for but curious as to some good bad areas to avoid if you don't mind please Siouxsie xx
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
now I looked at Burlington and it sounds nice do you know amy of the good places
1 house rental says sought after Cavendish area bit looks a bit like a cracking house (I mean crack house) I realise you get what you pay for but curious as to some good bad areas to avoid if you don't mind please Siouxsie xx
1 house rental says sought after Cavendish area bit looks a bit like a cracking house (I mean crack house) I realise you get what you pay for but curious as to some good bad areas to avoid if you don't mind please Siouxsie xx
Also please be careful of looking on places like Craigslist and Kijiji for rental properties - there are a lot of scams where the listing from a legitimate sale is posted as if its a rental usually with a ridiculously low rent. Hoping you wouldn't be daft enough to send money to someone based on their promise to send you the key but if you rely on these ads you are going to get a very nasty shock when you get here and see how much the properties really rent for.
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
now I looked at Burlington and it sounds nice do you know amy of the good places
1 house rental says sought after Cavendish area bit looks a bit like a cracking house (I mean crack house) I realise you get what you pay for but curious as to some good bad areas to avoid if you don't mind please Siouxsie xx
1 house rental says sought after Cavendish area bit looks a bit like a cracking house (I mean crack house) I realise you get what you pay for but curious as to some good bad areas to avoid if you don't mind please Siouxsie xx
In all honesty I would wait until you get here as an area one person likes another might hate! You could also appoint a real estate agent to search for you - at no cost to you...
You might find our Wiki on renting of use - lots of links for rental websites Don't send money to anyone (unless they are a registered real estate agent) - there's lots of scams out there !!!!
https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Renting-Canada
Do be aware of the requirements for renting properties in Ontario as well... first and last months rent is required on signing the lease - 1 year lease is standard. https://www.ontario.ca/page/renting-ontario-your-rights
Here's one place that might suit you for a 1 year term, until you decide where you would like to live. I don't know the area, but I'm sure others who do can chime in! I live in Hamilton, but spend a lot of time in Burlington. (Warning it's not the biggest or prettiest - but if you just need a base for a year whilst you pick your area.. might do ) Townhouses (terraced houses, basically) are going to be your cheapest option if you want a house to rent initially.... they have a communial area at front and a very small private back yard..
$1850 pm
https://www.gottarent.com/searchresu...om&pageindex=1
https://www.caprent.com/apartments-f...glenwood-park/
https://4rent.ca/list/search/0/0/Tow...9/999/999/999/
https://4rent.ca/Burlington-Townhous...-Brant-4R8943/
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...nue-burlington
https://www.point2homes.com/CA/Renta...hanged=&ajax=1
Last edited by Siouxie; Jun 19th 2019 at 5:28 pm.
#49
Re: Moving from the UK advice please
I do like beer, I could be receptive to the drinking of beer.
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Where are you looking - and what exactly are you looking for... 3 bedroom / house / apartment / townhouse / condo ... do you need a garden (backyard as they are known here).
In all honesty I would wait until you get here as an area one person likes another might hate! You could also appoint a real estate agent to search for you - at no cost to you...
You might find our Wiki on renting of use - lots of links for rental websites Don't send money to anyone - there's lots of scams out there !!!!
https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Renting-Canada
Do be aware of the requirements for renting properties in Ontario as well... first and last months rent is required on signing the lease - 1 year lease is standard. https://www.ontario.ca/page/renting-ontario-your-rights
Here's one place that might suit you for a 1 year term, until you decide where you would like to live. I don't know the area, but I'm sure others who do can chime in! I live in Hamilton, but spend a lot of time in Burlington.
$1850 pm
https://www.gottarent.com/searchresults/?location=burlington-on&propertytype=houses-townhouses&prfrom=50&prto=2500&q=&bedfrom=3&bedto= 3&bathfrom=-4&sort=random&pageindex=1
More: https://www.point2homes.com/CA/Renta...rlington%2C+ON
https://www.caprent.com/apartments-f...glenwood-park/
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...nue-burlington
lots; https://www.realtor.ca/map#ZoomLevel=13&LatitudeMax=43.3901504&LongitudeM ax=-79.6553162&LatitudeMin=43.3203778&LongitudeMin=-79.8613785&CurrentPage=1&Sort=1-A&RecordsPerPage=9&PropertySearchTypeId=1&Transact ionTypeId=3&RentMin=0&RentMax=0&BedRange=0-0&BathRange=0-0&Center=43.35527415130485%2C-79.75834733303128
In all honesty I would wait until you get here as an area one person likes another might hate! You could also appoint a real estate agent to search for you - at no cost to you...
You might find our Wiki on renting of use - lots of links for rental websites Don't send money to anyone - there's lots of scams out there !!!!
https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Renting-Canada
Do be aware of the requirements for renting properties in Ontario as well... first and last months rent is required on signing the lease - 1 year lease is standard. https://www.ontario.ca/page/renting-ontario-your-rights
Here's one place that might suit you for a 1 year term, until you decide where you would like to live. I don't know the area, but I'm sure others who do can chime in! I live in Hamilton, but spend a lot of time in Burlington.
$1850 pm
https://www.gottarent.com/searchresults/?location=burlington-on&propertytype=houses-townhouses&prfrom=50&prto=2500&q=&bedfrom=3&bedto= 3&bathfrom=-4&sort=random&pageindex=1
More: https://www.point2homes.com/CA/Renta...rlington%2C+ON
https://www.caprent.com/apartments-f...glenwood-park/
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...nue-burlington
lots; https://www.realtor.ca/map#ZoomLevel=13&LatitudeMax=43.3901504&LongitudeM ax=-79.6553162&LatitudeMin=43.3203778&LongitudeMin=-79.8613785&CurrentPage=1&Sort=1-A&RecordsPerPage=9&PropertySearchTypeId=1&Transact ionTypeId=3&RentMin=0&RentMax=0&BedRange=0-0&BathRange=0-0&Center=43.35527415130485%2C-79.75834733303128
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
One man's garbage is another man's pancakes and all that but it drove me mad to commute to Toronto from Port Credit and I could walk at both ends; the transfer to the subway is crazy so even when working at College Park I walked from Union (until I could afford a parking space, and then a house, actually in Toronto). It's true that the lakeshore GO line is the best served but, outside of the busiest times of day, the train runs once an hour. A lot of hanging around at Union (or at Scotland Yard) is involved in having a job with even slightly inconsistent hours. Commuting from Burlington, as opposed to living near Allen's and taking the subway, doesn't seem like a bright idea to me.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...nd-west-lines/
Updated - there are now 4 trains an hour apparently!
Trains currently run twice an hour on these lines outside of the busiest times of day. On the Lakeshore East, that frequency will be doubled, starting Monday, to four times an hour. Frequency will rise to three times an hour on the Lakeshore West.
and there's this if you want to drive part way in and get dropped off
https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-fut...ents/hwy407bus
Last edited by Siouxie; Jun 19th 2019 at 5:46 pm.
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You finish work. Maybe it's 8:30, you have to be back for 8 in the morning. You can't run for the 8:43 so you catch the 9:43 train, home at 10:15. In the morning you do the reverse. You're not living, in the city or suburbia, you're living on the train, or the bus. Your children are living in the suburbs and hating you for leaving them stranded, far from the TTC, waiting for you to buy them each a car so they can trying going to bars. Yeah but I know, bigger rooms, more toilets.
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Re: Moving from the UK advice please
You finish work. Maybe it's 8:30, you have to be back for 8 in the morning. You can't run for the 8:43 so you catch the 9:43 train, home at 10:15. In the morning you do the reverse. You're not living, in the city or suburbia, you're living on the train, or the bus. Your children are living in the suburbs and hating you for leaving them stranded, far from the TTC, waiting for you to buy them each a car so they can trying going to bars. Yeah but I know, bigger rooms, more toilets.
Just curious, have you actually ever spent any time in Burlington? There's a miriad of bars, restaurants etc. In the words of the almighty Dr Evil "Zipit"
I've got the Gobus back from Toronto at 8.30pm before, no issues what so ever. They run 3 times an hour.. Sigh.
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You finish work. Maybe it's 8:30, you have to be back for 8 in the morning. You can't run for the 8:43 so you catch the 9:43 train, home at 10:15. In the morning you do the reverse. You're not living, in the city or suburbia, you're living on the train, or the bus. Your children are living in the suburbs and hating you for leaving them stranded, far from the TTC, waiting for you to buy them each a car so they can trying going to bars. Yeah but I know, bigger rooms, more toilets.
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I have not. It's not a destination kind of place, is it? If one had a job there, one would be there, otherwise not. A bit like Cincinnati. My point is that, if I had a house there, and worked in Toronto, I'd be there as much as I am now.
That's a worthwhile difference. Still too far and too many stops for me to want to do it but definitely better.
That's a worthwhile difference. Still too far and too many stops for me to want to do it but definitely better.
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You're not that missable after all.
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Hmmm. Youur reference to good wine prompted me to look at the LCBO website, the Saumur https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stor...9#.XQuiZBTOXFI at $21.95 there costs 6,25 euros at Intermarché down the road.
You're not that missable after all.
You're not that missable after all.
This is, of course, a location factor we haven't considered. Fullers' products are readily available in Guelph, Fergus and Georgetown as well as at the big LCBO on the lake in Toronto. I don't know what, if anything, is available in Burlington.