Detached Homes for Sale in Oshawa

Start downtown and move outward. Within a kilometre of the Four Corners the houses date from the 1900s to the 1940s: O'Neill east of Simcoe Street has the tree-lined streets and larger inter-war homes near the hospital, McLaughlin to the west has the managers' houses around Parkwood Estate and smaller workers' homes near the Oshawa Centre. Lakeview, south of the 401, mixes 1950s bungalows with older cottages near the beach. Vanier, Donevan and Eastdale are the post-war suburbs, mostly 1955 to 1975, on 50-foot lots. Centennial and Pinecrest between Rossland and Taunton are 1970s and 1980s two-storeys and back-splits, and Samac adds 1990s houses near the campus. North of Taunton Road the subdivisions of Northglen, Taunton, Kedron and Windfields have been built since about 2000, with the newest phases along Britannia Avenue and Conlin Road. Columbus and Raglan keep the century farmhouses and the acreages.

In the pre-war streets ask about knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized plumbing, the foundation and any asbestos in the plaster, and confirm the electrical panel size if you plan an EV charger. In the 1950s and 1960s suburbs the separate side entrance is often already there, but a basement apartment must be legal under Oshawa's zoning and, near the campus, licensed under the city's residential rental licensing rules. Check the roof, the windows and whether the original clay drain has been replaced. Creek lots along Oshawa Creek, Harmony Creek and Farewell Creek may sit inside Central Lake Ontario Conservation's regulated area, which limits pools and additions. Houses beside the CN or CPKC corridors or within earshot of the 401 deserve a rush-hour visit. New builds in Windfields and Kedron come with Tarion warranty coverage, so ask for the PDI report and the outstanding deficiency list. Rural properties need a well flow test, a potability test and a septic inspection as conditions.