I am a Toronto realtor and have been for 33 years. At that time, I inspected this home or a client. Your interview with the realtor made me laugh so much!
The realtor does not have the entire history correct. My mother owned this house for a number of years. My brothers and I added the addition on the back and sold it to a Toronto building inspector. It is located at 128 Day Avenue, near Dufferin and Rogers Road.
So funny. But fast forward to 2019, this house would probably be listed at $300,000. The prices in Toronto are outrageous. A 900 square foot home would cost you around $800,000.
You now need an annual income of at least $275,000 per year to buy ANY house in Toronto. Two and three couples are now going together to buy a house there. It's the only way they can afford it. The three bedroom brick bungalow my wife and I owned was bought in 1976 for $50,000. We sold it for $365,000 ten years ago and retired out of the city. It's now flipped for over $700,000. Nuts!
REALLY?? "you don't have maintenance fee's with a house." True, you don't have monthly maintenance fees as a home owner, But you DO have to pay for upkeep for the house. Need new roof? you pay. Need snow shoveling? you pay. Water main leaks? You pay. So, you do have maintenance cost as a home owner.
This isn't even accurate; the smallest house in Toronto is NOT this 300 sq ft "Little House"; it's the 189 sq ft "Tiny House" in the city's east end which was listed for $229K in 2013...doesn't even have a bathroom.
carmium It's quite sad how in America some people they don't know any history or geography of the world beyond them or even their own state in some severe cases. This makes it easier to control the masses and to avoid beneficial things such as Universal Health Care. Which according to most Americans they think this will supposedly destroy America's economy. Instead we go into the war on terror. Terror is a concept you can't go to war on a concept. Bush wasted so much money on this and Obama is trying to fix up the pieces, yet most people blame him on ruining America due to not being educated and thinking critically.
I actually checked the listings on remax a week ago, toronto is a fucking expensive ass city to own a house in. I am in no way qualified to tell you that i am an expert but i am telling you that i have seen houses go for that much.
I hate how us Canadians study American geography, but they don`t study us. I told an American that i live in Ontario and he just said "Where is that?" I was thinking "are you serious?!" And I was just like ".... In Canada..." Like duh..
**Every Canadian, other than those living in Toronto. Those of us from here don't pronounce the second 'T'. It is a quick and easy test to determine who is a local. With that being said, yes, she over-reacted. However, she did 'pronounce' Toronto properly. Its our regional variation and the basis of the "Regional dialect" or "accent tag" videos on UA-cam...
If you count only the official city Of Toronto and only the official city of Montreal,Montreal is bigger because of the 365.13 km2 of land covering some parts of the city.The urban area of Toronto is bigger.
its a gay mecca, give her all three
I am a Toronto realtor and have been for 33 years. At that time, I inspected this home or a client. Your interview with the realtor made me laugh so much!
One thing not mentioned is that is 170k Canadian substantially less then 170 k American
You vill eat ze bugs, own nothing and be happy
I grew up right next door at 130
The realtor does not have the entire history correct. My mother owned this house for a number of years. My brothers and I added the addition on the back and sold it to a Toronto building inspector. It is located at 128 Day Avenue, near Dufferin and Rogers Road.
i live up the road from that street. If you're ever in toronto it's on day street north of morrison
My poor right ear
So funny. But fast forward to 2019, this house would probably be listed at $300,000. The prices in Toronto are outrageous. A 900 square foot home would cost you around $800,000.
Hello, there!
Everyone here in Canada calls it a driveway SHUT THE FUCK UP
Where exactly is this house? What street?
You now need an annual income of at least $275,000 per year to buy ANY house in Toronto. Two and three couples are now going together to buy a house there. It's the only way they can afford it. The three bedroom brick bungalow my wife and I owned was bought in 1976 for $50,000. We sold it for $365,000 ten years ago and retired out of the city. It's now flipped for over $700,000. Nuts!
i saw it in the paper because I'm in toronto
To a homeless dude, that's Graceland.
wtf .. laneway.. i've never called it a laneway..
Ikr
Alleyway, Laneway... both terms are used in Canada all the time.
My right ear feels alone
I would have thought Ellen was a more compassionate millionaire.
my left ear enjoyed this, my right ear missed out.
Xactly lol
I don't get it.
REALLY?? "you don't have maintenance fee's with a house." True, you don't have monthly maintenance fees as a home owner, But you DO have to pay for upkeep for the house. Need new roof? you pay. Need snow shoveling? you pay. Water main leaks? You pay. So, you do have maintenance cost as a home owner.
This isn't even accurate; the smallest house in Toronto is NOT this 300 sq ft "Little House"; it's the 189 sq ft "Tiny House" in the city's east end which was listed for $229K in 2013...doesn't even have a bathroom.
I live in toronto canada
Americans cannot afford TORONTO..
Most Canadians cannot afford Toronto, either.
this is a great example of how insane the housing prices are in canadian cities. bubble? how about the Hindenburg?
Its history and fame adds to the cost. Remember, it was built in 1912 and it has interested people from all around the world.
houses in toronto are crazy expensive
the trend is now towards the "tiny" in housing....
Well, that depends on where you live. Our current building codes do not support that trend towards 'tiny living'.
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carmium It's quite sad how in America some people they don't know any history or geography of the world beyond them or even their own state in some severe cases. This makes it easier to control the masses and to avoid beneficial things such as Universal Health Care. Which according to most Americans they think this will supposedly destroy America's economy. Instead we go into the war on terror. Terror is a concept you can't go to war on a concept. Bush wasted so much money on this and Obama is trying to fix up the pieces, yet most people blame him on ruining America due to not being educated and thinking critically.
holy shit, that is small no seriously, reminds me of "compac" computers ( ._.) even Quebec city's smallest apartments are bigger, what the hell! O_o
Just me or there's no audio in this video?
Or a city in Africa.
Uhm ive never heard someone call it a laneway and im canadian
I was born in Toronto, and laneway or alleyway are commonly used for what this house was built on
Canada is really expensive
lol my godmother lives on the street where that house is. I have to walk by it everytime I visit.
Ontario. This was 4 months ago.
Dafuck? In which province is that town?
Finally a house in Toronto that I could afford! And no condo fees!
That's nothing, I'm from Vancouver. If you own a condo here you can buy a house in Toronto, a mansion in Winnipeg, and a street in Halifax.
Well Toronto is expensive!!!
they probably have no idea what our territories are either
I actually checked the listings on remax a week ago, toronto is a fucking expensive ass city to own a house in. I am in no way qualified to tell you that i am an expert but i am telling you that i have seen houses go for that much.
I hate how us Canadians study American geography, but they don`t study us. I told an American that i live in Ontario and he just said "Where is that?" I was thinking "are you serious?!" And I was just like ".... In Canada..." Like duh..
Wait! Hold up. Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver aren't cities in Europe? I thought Canada was all Igloos.
That is cheap man, 2 bedroom downtown house for $1.2 million, no joke. My uncle works real estate.
Are you kidding me. The average house in Vancouver is 1,000,000 dollars. quit whining
LOL
**Every Canadian, other than those living in Toronto. Those of us from here don't pronounce the second 'T'. It is a quick and easy test to determine who is a local. With that being said, yes, she over-reacted. However, she did 'pronounce' Toronto properly. Its our regional variation and the basis of the "Regional dialect" or "accent tag" videos on UA-cam...
If you count only the official city Of Toronto and only the official city of Montreal,Montreal is bigger because of the 365.13 km2 of land covering some parts of the city.The urban area of Toronto is bigger.
not as much as vancouver
I thought it was pronounced Trawna.
Nope. It's Tor-ron-oh
That Ellen guy he's pretty funny.
"it was a laneway, in the US you call it a driveway" nobody in Canada calls it a laneway...
Yeah, we do. Laneway or alleyway. No one in Canada calls it a "driveway".
Dafack? Every Canadian calls it Tore-ron-toe, Toronto. And why are you even making a fuss in the first place? Learn to pronounce things properly.
Torontonians pronounce it Tor-ron-oh