If you think houses are expensive here....check this out.

Goodness me that does seem to be expensive..is that normal for houses in that condition to cost so much or is it a seller trying their luck?..I can see by the google street map that it's in a run down looking area as well.. i thought the price might be reflecting a shack of a house in a salubrious area but it would seem not!!
 
Lot money in Toronto itself is VERY expensive. If that house was fixed up it would probably sell for a clean million. There are many areas in Toronto that are much much higher. My brother in law lives in an area and the house behind him just sold for a cool $15 million so that little house is cheap in comparison.
 

Keesha said:
Lot money in Toronto itself is VERY expensive. If that house was fixed up it would probably sell for a clean million. There are many areas in Toronto that are much much higher. My brother in law lives in an area and the house behind him just sold for a cool $15 million so that little house is cheap in comparison.
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That's almost ridiculous...in most areas here, that house would qualify as a shack, waiting to be demolished. Then, I can't imagine living in an area where the houses are only a couple of feet apart...if a person in one of those houses sneezes, half the neighborhood probably says "Gehundseit".
 
Don M. said:
That's almost ridiculous...in most areas here, that house would qualify as a shack, waiting to be demolished. Then, I can't imagine living in an area where the houses are only a couple of feet apart...if a person in one of those houses sneezes, half the neighborhood probably says "Gehundseit".
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Yes it IS ridiculous. The cost of houses in Canada is far higher than the U.S., but the houses in Toronto are exceptionally high.
The house might not be worth much but the land is. What many people do is bulldoze the house and rebuild. They would put up a much nicer house and save on property and house taxes or they will rent it out.

Properties are outrageously close. Some neighbours eavestroughs almost touch.
We wouldn’t be able to stand that type of living either which is why we don’t live anywhere near a city. Like you, we live in a rural area where each home gets acres of land. Our home is probably worth about $500,000 but it’s a nice home on a nice lot. The further away from the city you go the cheaper the houses.
 
Don M. said:
That's almost ridiculous...in most areas here, that house would qualify as a shack, waiting to be demolished. Then, I can't imagine living in an area where the houses are only a couple of feet apart...if a person in one of those houses sneezes, half the neighborhood probably says "Gehundseit".
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You'd have a breakdown living in houses in many parts of the UK>>....

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Manchester North of England

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London

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hollydolly said:
You'd have a breakdown living in houses in many parts of the UK>>......
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Yeah. A lot of Americans, if not most, don't seem to know about row houses. I think they watch to many Masterpiece Theatres and think the whole country is a bunch of little villages with old stone cottages.
 
They're called Terrace houses...then of course in many cities particularly in Scotland there are tenements, like in cities in the USA., there's also ''flat's (apartments) .. and the most common houses of all are semi-detached.. Lots of variations on this type

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But of course we do have our villages with cottages and rural areas everywhere too...with beautiful chocolate box cottages, and enormous detached homes as well...they're just not the norm..we don't have the space on this little Island to house 65 million people...

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hollydolly said:
They're called Terrace houses...then of course in many cities particularly in Scotland there are tenements, like in cities in the USA., there's also ''flat's (apartments) .. and the most common houses of all are semi-detached.. Lots of variations on this type

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Those are called Duplex here..
 
hollydolly said:
They're called Terrace houses...then of course in many cities particularly in Scotland there are tenements, like in cities in the USA.
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Except that in the U.S., tenement = slum. The word changed it's meaning over the years on this side of the pond. It's not the dictionary meaning of the word, but that is how it's used here.
 
hollydolly said:
Ah riggght I've heard duplex mentioned in regard to houses in the USA, I didn't know what it was... also the word Condo gets me confused because we don't have them here, what's the difference between a Condo and an apartment?
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A duplex is a house which has 2 apartments,on the 1st and 2nd floor.In most cases the owner of the house lives in one of the apts.He/she decides how much rent they will charge the tenant,which utilities e.g heat,water,electricity,cable are included or are the responsibility of the tenant.In some apts,you aren't allowed to have pets
The only thing I know about a condo,is you buy the property which is in a shared community.Your monthly fee helps to keep up the grounds and other ammenties if they have them e.g pool,tennis courts Sue
 
moviequeen1 said:
A duplex is a house which has 2 apartments,on the 1st and 2nd floor.In most cases the owner of the house lives in one of the apts.He/she decides how much rent they will charge the tenant,which utilities e.g heat,water,electricity,cable are included or are the responsibility of the tenant.
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Man! Things must be very different in your part of the country. I'm in the midwest. We have duplexes everywhere, including the area I live in. They are simply a single building, with two separate residences, with a wall separating the two residences. That is, one building, constituting 2 'houses', with a single shared wall. The duplexes are separately bought and sold, and there is no owner on site. Each person living in each house is the 'owner'. I have a few cousins living in duplexes. They are less expensive than a stand-alone house and are often build in higher priced areas.
 
hollydolly said:
Ah riggght I've heard duplex mentioned in regard to houses in the USA, I didn't know what it was... also the word Condo gets me confused because we don't have them here, what's the difference between a Condo and an apartment?
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Below is the correct meaning of Duplex here. It’s one building divided into two units, like this. This particular unit is divided up so part of it can be rented out for extra income but they aren’t all like that.
https://www.rew.ca/properties/E4383...rch_id=toronto-on&search_type=property_browse

A condo is either an apartment that you purchase instead of rent OR a row house that is purchased. The lawn , gardens and all other maintenance is inclusive in its price so you don’t have this responsibility but in the end you do pay for it.

retiredtraveler said:
Man! Things must be very different in your part of the country. I'm in the midwest. We have duplexes everywhere, including the area I live in. They are simply a single building, with two separate residences, with a wall separating the two residences. That is, one building, constituting 2 'houses', with a single shared wall. The duplexes are separately bought and sold, and there is no owner on site. Each person living in each house is the 'owner'. I have a few cousins living in duplexes. They are less expensive than a stand-alone house and are often build in higher priced areas.
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retiredtraveler said:
Man! Things must be very different in your part of the country. I'm in the midwest. We have duplexes everywhere, including the area I live in. They are simply a single building, with two separate residences, with a wall separating the two residences. That is, one building, constituting 2 'houses', with a single shared wall. The duplexes are separately bought and sold, and there is no owner on site. Each person living in each house is the 'owner'. I have a few cousins living in duplexes. They are less expensive than a stand-alone house and are often build in higher priced areas.
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We have those here, 2 separate families living independently owned or rented , ... they are called Maisonettes...
 

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