Detached Homes for Sale in Ajax

South of the 401, the lakefront communities mix 1950s cottages that became year-round homes at Pickering Beach, 1960s and 1970s bungalows across Lake Vista and Duffins Bay, and a few large newer houses on the ravine lots above Duffins Marsh. Downtown and the wartime core around Harwood and Kings Crescent are small 1940s houses on deep lots, many already extended or rebuilt, and a rebuild here gets you a mature street close to the lake and the library. Central West is Pickering Village heritage homes plus 1980s and 1990s subdivisions toward Westney Road. Central East around Clover Ridge and Salem Heights is 1970s to 1990s two-storeys. North of Rossland Road the houses get bigger and newer: Nottingham and Westney Heights in the northwest from the late 1990s and 2000s, Audley and Deer Creek in the northeast from the 2000s and 2010s, with the newest phases along Audley Road and Taunton Road. Lot widths shrink as you move north, and double garages become standard.

Both creeks flood, so any lot backing onto Duffins Creek, Carruthers Creek or their tributaries should be checked against the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's regulated area before you plan a pool or an addition, and ask for the flood history in the basement. Houses along the 401 and the CN corridor need a visit at rush hour with the windows open; the rail line runs right through the south of town. In the 1940s wartime houses, expect updated wiring and plumbing in some and original in others, and check the foundation and the insulation. In 1960s and 1970s houses look at the roof, the windows and the furnace age. North-end houses built in the last fifteen years may still carry Tarion coverage, so ask for the warranty dates and the builder's deficiency list. Anywhere in Ajax, a basement apartment needs to meet the town's zoning and the Building Code, and a survey settles fence lines on the narrower newer lots.