Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario Real Estate and Homes for Sale
Homeowners occupy about two thirds of the properties in the former municipality whereas the remainder are rented. In this part of the city, around 40% of buildings are single detached homes, but large apartment buildings and townhouses are also present in the housing stock. Roughly 40% of properties in this part of the city were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, while many of the remaining buildings were built pre-1960 and in the 1980s. This former municipality offers mainly four or more bedroom and three bedroom homes. Read more about Scarborough real estate
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Transportation
This part of Toronto presents home buyers with the choice between different methods of transportation. The public transit system in this part of the city is quite practical. House owners can count on the Agincourt Station, Milliken Station and Rouge Hill Station with access to the Lakeshore East Line and Stouffville Line. Homeowners are served by various rapid transit stations on the Bloor - Danforth Line and Scarborough Line. Property owners benefit from over 50 bus lines, and the nearest bus stop is usually very close. Travelling on foot is also practical for house buyers in Scarborough; running common errands is easy. Bicycling is occasionally challenging in this area because there is a significant amount of slopes, and the cycling network is sometimes poor.
Services
The nearest supermarket in Scarborough is generally only a reasonably short walk away. Victoria Park Avenue is among the best streets for food stores. In addition, this part of the city is a good place in which to eat out, and a limited variety of coffee shops can be found as well. Concerning education, daycares and schools are easy to access on foot from any location in Scarborough.
Character
People who prefer a slower-paced ambience will enjoy Scarborough. This part of Toronto is quiet overall, as noise from streets and other parts of the city is rarely an issue - although that is not the case closer to one of the railway lines, Highway 2A or Highway 401. Lastly, there is a fair amount of greenery in this part of the city; there are over 500 green spaces nearby for residents to enjoy, like Rouge Beach Park and East Point Park, making them very easy to get to from the majority of locations within the former municipality. Moreover, residents will find that there are numerous tree-lined streets.
