700k Budget. Detached. Double Car garage. 3bed2bath....Where you moving?
Within those perimeters I have narrowed it down to Belleville or Peterborough. Where you moving thats within 5km from ammenities?
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700k Budget. Detached. Double Car garage. 3bed2bath....Where you moving?
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- 6mthatch [OP]
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- cptsykes
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Tough choice. I'd pick Peterborough but that's just because I'd want to be closer to GTA (407 Extension). You probably want to add more details to your post. What else are you looking for in a city?
- 6mthatch [OP]
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Requirements:
House:
3 bed
2 bath (or provisions to add)
Double car garage (preference to detached garage)
1500+ square foot
- Basement
Community:
- Within 5km of a hospital
- Within 150km from Toronto
- Walmart, Grocery, Canadian Tire, and a hardware store (Home depot, Lowes, Rona)
- Under more than 25,000 people. I dont want to be in farm land without neighbours
Bonus:
- Costco
- On lake/pool
House:
3 bed
2 bath (or provisions to add)
Double car garage (preference to detached garage)
1500+ square foot
- Basement
Community:
- Within 5km of a hospital
- Within 150km from Toronto
- Walmart, Grocery, Canadian Tire, and a hardware store (Home depot, Lowes, Rona)
- Under more than 25,000 people. I dont want to be in farm land without neighbours
Bonus:
- Costco
- On lake/pool
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- barkwark
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- kittypink
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If you don't need to be close to Toronto, have you considered Windsor?
Husband and I just bought a house in Windsor.
We wanted a detached house with a double car garage, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms for around your price range.
We also needed to be close enough to good restaurants and a city feel. Windsor hits all those points, plus Detroit is right across the river for more shopping options, restaurants and things to do.
And because Windsor is south, it's a few degrees warmer than Toronto.
Husband and I just bought a house in Windsor.
We wanted a detached house with a double car garage, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms for around your price range.
We also needed to be close enough to good restaurants and a city feel. Windsor hits all those points, plus Detroit is right across the river for more shopping options, restaurants and things to do.
And because Windsor is south, it's a few degrees warmer than Toronto.
- skeet50
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Belleville has some of the highest property taxes in ON. A $700k house has property taxes of over $11,600 a year.
- 6mthatch [OP]
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This I didn't know.
I have a medical condition so even travelling to peterborough would be a stretch. Belleville will be likely ah impossible feat
I have a medical condition so even travelling to peterborough would be a stretch. Belleville will be likely ah impossible feat
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- ZxExN
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I wouldn't recommend Belleville over Peterborough, not enough amenities. However a 700k house at FMV there would likely be assessed at 400k max. Tax on that would be 4.5k not 11k.
- MrDurka
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Cobourg hits all of those, except the Costco. You aren't going to find a Costco in a community under 25,000.6mthatch wrote: ↑ Requirements:
House:
3 bed
2 bath (or provisions to add)
Double car garage (preference to detached garage)
1500+ square foot
- Basement
Community:
- Within 5km of a hospital
- Within 150km from Toronto
- Walmart, Grocery, Canadian Tire, and a hardware store (Home depot, Lowes, Rona)
- Under more than 25,000 people. I dont want to be in farm land without neighbours
Bonus:
- Costco
- On lake/pool
- 6mthatch [OP]
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Any other locations i should be looking at?
Seems priced out of... Georgina, new tecumseh, orangeville
Seems priced out of... Georgina, new tecumseh, orangeville
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- casanova2001
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Have you thought of tri-city (Waterloo , Kitchener and Cambridge) ?
- atom2020
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I just did a search and both Hamilton and Oshawa came up with results although only a few but you would be close enough to Toronto still. I also notice some properties in your range in fort Erie, welland and st Catherine’s area . You could also consider a condo townhouse they are more reasonably priced in some areas. If you have a medical condition I would definitely take the hospital into consideration. I’ve worked in healthcare in the past and the care received by patients can be night and day in some smaller cities in comparison to what they would receive in Toronto or a larger city.
- licenced
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Lots of choices:
Niagara area such as Welland. Fort Erie
Northumberland such as Hastings
Niagara area such as Welland. Fort Erie
Northumberland such as Hastings
- hopium
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- woofster
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Based on OP's information, a general search on Realtor.ca would show that you'd have to go as north as Barrie to find sufficient options that match their criteria. If you go west, you'd have to go as far as Cambridge area or Hamilton area. If you go east, you'll be around north Oshawa.
- StatsGuy
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when mpac updates their valuation, the selling price will heavily influence or just become the new assessed value. comparable sales is biggest influence and sale of the actual property is best indicator for assessed value.
- Jigsaw
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North Bay is becoming a very popular choice nowadays. It may or may not hit all the check boxes but like Windsor it's becoming an up and coming rising star!
- Tinattle
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St Thomas 
It's a lovely small and growing city.
You can easily find something under $700k that hits all your check boxes except it's about 200km from Toronto and there isn't any Costco in town but there are 2 in London which is only about 15-20mins away.
It's a lovely small and growing city.You can easily find something under $700k that hits all your check boxes except it's about 200km from Toronto and there isn't any Costco in town but there are 2 in London which is only about 15-20mins away.
- napoleonbot
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I was trying to ask same question, just 100k more can fit the need?casanova2001 wrote: ↑ Have you thought of tri-city (Waterloo , Kitchener and Cambridge) ?
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- VictoryBoyxx
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