Four bedroom detached houses in Uxbridge

The east-side subdivisions give you the most choice: two-storeys of roughly two to three thousand square feet with a main bedroom over the garage, a second-floor laundry in the later phases and a lot broad enough for a pool. Around Foxbridge and Wooden Sticks the houses get larger and the lots deeper, with executive two-storeys and bungalofts facing the fairways. On the town's original streets near Brock and Main, a four-bedroom detached is usually a century home with tall ceilings, a mature lot and a renovation history worth reading. South of town toward Coppin's Corners and west toward Goodwood, custom homes on acreage sit on the moraine, often with a walk-out below, a barn or a workshop and a long paved drive. Buyers from Markham and Stouffville compare these against King and Whitchurch-Stouffville, so they move when priced right.

Size brings its own checklist. On a subdivision two-storey, confirm how old the roof is, when the furnace and air conditioning went in, the condition of the windows on the weather side and whether a permit and an egress window came with the basement finishing. Ask about grading and downspouts, since the east side's clay soils can push water toward a foundation. On a century home, look for knob-and-tube wiring, a replaced main panel, the condition of the foundation walls and how the additions were tied in. On a rural custom house, budget for a well yield test plus a water sample, a septic inspection sized to the bedroom count, a look at the propane or oil supply, the generator and the driveway culvert. Confirm too whether moraine or Greenbelt designations apply to the parcel. The Millers coordinate the inspectors and read the reports with you.