What separates the generations
An Amberlea or Liverpool four-bedroom from the 1980s gives you a mature lot, a formal living and dining room and a separate family room, and typically needs a kitchen, bathrooms and windows brought up to date unless the seller has done it; the basement is often the fifth bedroom in waiting. A Highbush or Rouge Park house from the late 1990s or 2000s is larger, with a kitchen open to the family room, main-floor laundry and an ensuite, and the premium is usually the lot: a walk-out or a ravine backdrop can add substantially to the price of an otherwise identical plan. A Seaton or Duffin Heights house from the past decade offers the newest layouts and Tarion coverage that may still be running, but lots are tighter, driveways shorter and the community's parks and schools are still being built out. Rural Pickering and Claremont offer four-bedroom farmhouses and estate homes served by wells and septic beds, a different purchase again.