Freehold townhouses in Uxbridge

The Toronto Street South rows are the established choice: two-storey brick units of three bedrooms with a single garage, a driveway that fits one more car and a fenced yard, within walking distance of the plaza and a short drive from the arena and Elgin Park. Some blocks front a public street and some face a private lane that the owners maintain together. The east-side rows are newer, with taller ceilings, an open main floor, sometimes a third storey and a rear lane garage, and they sit closer to the golf courses and the newer schools. A handful of townhouse-style units in adult-lifestyle enclaves are freehold on a private road with a monthly charge for grounds, which is not a condominium fee but behaves like one. End units gain side windows and a strip of yard and usually list slightly higher. The live grid above shows the current mix.

With no corporation there is no reserve fund, no status certificate and no board, so the money you would have paid in fees stays with you for your own roof and windows. The flip side is that nobody else pays when a shared lane needs repaving, and that is what a tied-land agreement is for: the owners on the lane share the cost through a small monthly charge and a shared-facilities agreement that your lawyer should read. Check the party-wall agreement too, ask what life the roof and furnace have left and whether any Tarion warranty remains on a newer row. Confirm that a basement finished by a prior owner had a permit. Property taxes cover only your own lot, and snow clearing on a public street is the township's job. Randy and Alexander can compare a freehold row with a condominium townhouse across town so the numbers are side by side.