Westmount, QC Real Estate - Houses For Sale in Westmount, Quebec
About 40% of buildings are large apartment buildings, making it easy to find apartments in Westmount, and the rest of the properties are mainly small apartment buildings, single detached homes, and townhouses. This city has a good selection of housing sizes, ranging from lofts to four or more bedrooms. There are equal parts owners and renters living in this city. This part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area experienced its most significant building boom before the 1960s, so most of the available homes are from this time period. Read more about Westmount real estate
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About Living in Westmount, Quebec
Transportation
This city enables homeowners to move around by a diversity of means of transportation. Westmount is very transit friendly by reason of approximately 20 nearby bus lines. Westmount is also a very convenient part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area for pedestrians; all daily needs can be met by walking, and various businesses are close by. Westmount is not particularly conducive to cycling since bicycling is rendered difficult by the typically hilly terrain, and there are few bike lanes.
Services
Parents and their kids will value the proximity to daycares and schools, which are within walking distance from vast majority homes for sale in this city. Regarding eating, a general and a specialty grocery store is always only a reasonably short walk away in Westmount. Moreover, there are approximately 30 restaurants and a few cafes to benefit from in Westmount.
Character
Westmount is a "jack-of-all-trades" when it comes to the ambience of this part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area. Westmount is fairly good for those who prefer a quiet atmosphere, as the streets are generally quite calm - although that is not the case around the railway line or Autoroute Ville-Marie. Greenery is very present in this city; parks, like Parc du Mont-Royal, are very well-situated and there are about 10 of them nearby for residents to check out, which makes them very easy to reach from most locations within Westmount. Furthermore, residents will find that the majority of streets have very good tree coverage. Finally, finding things to do is easy in this part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area. Although this city is not known for its nightlife, there are a large number of people around most of the time. Rue Sherbrooke is among the most active streets in this city.