$599,900
For sale: Detached

Move-in ready in the heart of Williamsville, this updated 1.5-storey home offers four bedrooms, flexible living space, and an excellent central Kingston location. Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital are both approximately a 15-minute walk or less, making the property especially convenient for families, professionals, students, or investors looking to be settled before the fall school year.Built in 1912, the home blends original character with extensive updates completed over the years. Hardwood flooring adds warmth to the main level, while the versatile layout includes two bedrooms on the main floor and two more upstairs, offering options for family living, guests, home offices, or shared accommodation.The bright main floor features comfortable living areas, a spacious kitchen with quartz countertops, a walk-in pantry, and convenient main-floor laundry. Upstairs are two additional bedrooms, a cozy reading nook, and access to a small upper deck.Outside, the private backyard provides a welcome retreat in the city. The large detached cabin/workshop offers excellent additional space for hobbies, a studio, storage, or other uses.Improvements include a furnace installed in 2021, central air conditioning, updated windows and doors, spray foam insulation in the cellar, siding, eavestrough, driveway improvements, roof updates, and renovations to the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry area, and decks.With the Memorial Centre, parks, shopping, restaurants, public transit, downtown Kingston, Queen's, and KGH all nearby, 23 Jenkins Street offers the combination of character, move-in-ready condition, flexible space, and walkability that can be difficult to find in central Kingston.
Sold data
Detached homes in Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd) took a median of 24 days to sell over the last 90 days, with the quickest quarter selling within 14 days and the slowest quarter taking more than 47, across 286 recorded sales.
That clock counts only the listing each home finally sold on. Measured from the first time these properties came to market, including any earlier listings that were withdrawn and re-entered, the median is 37 days.
The median sale price was $645,000.
Homes sold for about 2.4% below asking on average, so there was room to negotiate.
About 11% of sales closed above the list price.
Around 22% of sellers reduced their price before finding a buyer.
Based on 286 recorded sales in the last 90 days. Aggregate statistics only; individual sale prices are not shown.
Schools
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd) has 38 Fraser Institute–rated schools (29 elementary and 9 secondary), averaging 5.8/10.
School ratings from the Fraser Institute's Ontario school report cards.
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