I'll be the devil's advocate here - who wants to live in a ghost neighbourhood? It's hard to rent in Toronto now - vacancy rates are low, and rents have increased a lot in the past few years. If the City is able to increase supply through incentives (carrots or sticks), then why not? Having...

Some time ago I had 2 above asking offers on my house by Queen & Sumach. One was rescinded when they realized you could "see Regent Park from the window", which they found really depressing. That building is now a gorgeous condo and the house's value has doubled.

I know of a Toronto house that was the scene of a murder about 10 years ago...the old-time neighbors still talk about it. It was sold by the estate at a pretty typical market price to a renovator, who did a complete gut-job then re-sold to current owners. The current owners were aware of the...

Oh come on, there's gotta be a workaround? I've really enjoyed your posts!

That looks great - I really like the Simcoe models plus it's a Canadian company. I chose the Urkai Dutchie because of the fully enclosed drivetrain (chain case), and the frame/metal bits are apparently rustproofed very well (we'll see, I ride year round and leave the bike outside). It looks...

There's a company in Burlington that imports them called Urkai ( https://www.urkai.com/ ). I got their cheapest proper Dutch model ( Eendracht Dutch Commuter 3 speed ). The weatherproofing and drivetrain seemed to be more authentically Dutch (vs. a Linus or Simcoe) and would stand up to being...

I bought a nice Dutch bike this summer, which uses the same gearset and coaster brakes as the Bixi bike. My dutchie is much nicer to ride than a Bixi, but the brakes and gears have the same feel. It makes me think the components will last forever...

Agree - there are a bunch of neighborhoods around 30% and there must be a margin of error. It's a competition that everybody wins :) I will say Cabbagetown is physically about 1km closer to the core employment district (King//Bay), and has bike lane coverage the whole way. It's also a smaller...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2017/12/05/cycling-rates-spike-in-downtown-neighbourhoods.html Cycling rates spike in downtown neighbourhoods Share of people riding to work in Cabbagetown has hit 34 per cent, according to 2016 census data analyzed by advocacy group. Cycling...

You might be surprised what it rents for on a long term lease. I rented a 600sqft 1b apartment, no parking, for about $2000 in Leslieville. I bet your whole 1b house would get the same. And it's easy - just collect the rent cheques.

Agree. I think you have to be pretty far west (or east) to be in an "end" - maybe High Park or the Beaches? It begs the question though, what to call the middle that isn't downtown, or an "end"?

Thanks for sharing. I'm surprised you can't get more $$ for a whole house rental? If you were to rent the place out on the regular rental market (1 year lease, month to month thereafter), how would the rent compare to the carrying costs?

It's been there for a long time as far as I can tell, but has been renamed/rebranded a few times? There are a lot of Cabbagetown restaurants that seem to always be empty. Going out for Thai is a tough thing to justify when Sukkothai delivery is so good.

- Hundreds or thousands of condos being used as airbnb apartments...I agree, it could easily be more than that. But what about context? According to the City in 2011, there were 484,000 condo units, one quarter of which are rented. What proportion of the whole market is Airbnb'd? 10% of...

Why would prices plummet? Owners can rent units out in the traditional rental market, which is robust.

1) I love this thread. I wish the poll ranked the results by popularity rather than alphabetically, to see which neighborhoods are more or less likley to be considered downtown. 2) Regent Park is misspelled in the above map!

I actually think the future for Toronto is taking single family homes, perhaps 2000sqft, and chopping them up into say 2 1000-sqft 2-bedroom duplexes. The tenants could be long-term folks who can no longre afford to buy (but can afford rent of say $3000/month). As the city matures, there will...

The tweet looks good to me. If you add a ".", "Hey", or anything that's not an "@" to the beginning, it will be visible to other s in your timeline. If you start a tweet with an "@" it is sent directly to the person you're tweeting at. As for who to follow...it depends what you would like to...

Some hold onto the idea that anyone who is renting is doing so because they can't afford to buy. That might be the case, but there are a lot of renters about who are earning pretty good money (and can afford pretty high rents). A pal of mine built and sold a nice duplex in prime Cabbagetown...

Which article?