Detached Homes for Sale in Clarington

Downtown Bowmanville's older streets, Church, Wellington, Concession, Centre and Beech, hold the Victorian brick and the Ontario cottages, on deep lots that often carry a coach house or a garage at the back. The 1950s to 1970s belt wraps that core along Liberty Street, Simpson Avenue and the streets south toward Baseline Road, mostly bungalows, side-splits and storey-and-a-halfs. West Bowmanville from Bowmanville Avenue to Green Road is 1990s through 2010s, with the Aspen Springs streets closest to the shopping and the future GO station. North Bowmanville past Concession Road 3 is the newest, with sales offices still open. Courtice built from Highway 2 north and south from the 1980s, so most houses there are two-storeys with double garages on standard lots, with older bungalows near Trulls and Nash. Newcastle's heritage houses sit around Mill Street and King Avenue; the Foster Creek and North Village streets are 2000s and later. Rural lots range from village-edge acreages to working farms.

Creeks first. Bowmanville, Soper, Farewell, Black, Wilmot and Graham creeks run through the urban areas in valleys regulated by Central Lake Ontario Conservation or the Ganaraska authority, so a valley lot may not permit a pool or an addition; ask for the flood history and the sump pump's age. North of Taunton Road the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan governs what a rural owner may build, sever or clear. Rural purchases need a well flow and potability test, a septic inspection with the tank pumped, and a look at the road, because some concession roads are not maintained year-round. Older Bowmanville houses may have knob-and-tube or aluminum wiring, clay drains and original insulation; 1990s builds may carry Kitec plumbing. New houses in north Bowmanville and Newcastle should come with Tarion warranty dates and a deficiency list. Houses near the 401 or the CP line need a rush-hour visit. Wilmot Creek and some Newcastle waterfront bungalows are land-lease, so confirm you are buying the land.