Conference kaosws::canada

   Housing costs in Ottawa....

   Garden Home (Townhouse).... $80,000 and up
   Semi-detach (Side by side)...$90,000 and up
   Single Home... $120,000 and up

    These are rough figures but may give you an idea of the Housing
market in Ottawa..Prices have been reasonably stable for the past year as there
has been a large construction boom..
    If you are willing to travel from outside town (1/2 Hour drive) prices
can be somewhat lower than above...Also, $120,000 won't buy you a very large
house...<Prices in CDN. Dollars>..

	I'd like an update on Ottawa housing costs- can anyone help me
out?

	Thanks
	Sandy

     Current housing prices are stabilized somewhat.
     A single family home with a small (30' x 100') lot single car garage
    and 1800 sp. ft. is going for $145,000 to $160,000 these days, depending
    where it is located. The west end of Ottawa, where Digital is located
    is more expensive than the east end of Ottawa. Going down to
    semi-detachecd and condo.'s, just subtract about $20,000 each step.
     As the interest rates are so high in Canada, there may well be
    some fallout in the real estate market and then the prices are
    predicted to come down next year or so.
     If one is prepared to live outside the city, and lot's of small
    towns surround Ottawa, then you could knock off some money on the
    cost of a house. A lot of people working here in Kanata, drive in
    from either Carleton Place, Arnprior, Almonte, Smiths Falls, etc...
    Most of them spend 30 minutes, gettting in or out of work even in
    winter.
     Hope this helps.
    Regards, R.T.T.

Re: .3

>                             -< We're expensive. >-
>
>     A single family home with a small (30' x 100') lot single car garage
>    and 1800 sp. ft. is going for $145,000 to $160,000 these days, depending
>    where it is located. The west end of Ottawa, where Digital is located
>    is more expensive than the east end of Ottawa. Going down to

Expensive?  People in Toronto would *kill* for prices like that.  Heard on 
the radio last night that the average new home price in TO last month was 
$284,000.

A 4-bed semi 3 doors down from me on the west side of Mississauga is listed 
for $199,900; 3-bed detached homes are $220,000 and up (and up, and up ..). 
Be grateful your housing is so cheap!  I'd love to move -- 1 wife, 3 kids, 
1 cat, 2 goldfish and me don't fit too well into a 1300 sq. ft. 3-bed semi, 
but a 2,500 sq. ft. 4-bed detached would be ideal.  Anybody like to 
exchange?

Peter B

    FOR SALE
    
    - 2 Minutes from KAO (Canadian Regional Office in Kanata).
    - 4 bedroom
    - 4 Bathrooms (2 full, 1x 3 piece, 1x 2 piece)
    - Finished rec room.
    - Large workshop and storage + crawlspace
    - Central air.
    - High efficiency natural gas pulse furnace (approx. $800 per year
      incl hot water for 4 adults).
    - Double car garage
    - Recently refinished oak floors.
    - All new interior doors
    - All new casement windows
    - All new vinyl clad aluminum siding (red brick in middle on front
      and back).
    - Large masonary fireplace with local stone facing (butterscotch
      colour).
    - Large front and rear-fenced yard.
    - Loads of closet space 
    - Shopping, Daycare, Highschool and Primary schools all within a
      5 minute walk.
    - move in condition
      
    - $255,000. call Duncan Coutts dtn 621-4713 home (613) 592-1867
    
    

    Where are you moving to Duncan?
    
    Glenn

    I'm looking in Richmond and Almonte.  I would like a home that
    I can add some value to - you know - a DUMP! Just kidding! : )   
    
    CIAO!
    Duncan

Almonte's not there anymore, Duncan.  They moved away and put a Klingon
cloaking device around what was left.

Pat

    I was wondering why it took me twenty minutes longer at warp factor
    7 to get there!
    
    

	Ah, yes!  It's just a fig newton of our imagination now.

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