$439,900
For sale: Apartment

Renovated top to bottom. New wood floors run through the whole suite, the kitchen has been opened up to the living room with counter seating, the main bathroom has a new tub and new tiles, both bathrooms have new sinks, laundry has been added in the unit, and a heat pump now handles both the heat and the air conditioning. Fresh paint throughout, with new door locks and handles.823 square feet on the second floor of a low-rise brick building, one block off Parkdale. Living and dining run together across the front of the suite with a patio door to their own balcony. The primary bedroom measures 15'9" by 11'6" - large for the price band - with a wall of mirrored closets, a patio door to a second balcony, and a walk-through to the four-piece bathroom. The second bedroom takes a queen plus a desk and sits beside the main bathroom. One heated underground parking space (29) is included and the condo fee of $535 a month includes water. The building has a renovated lobby and mail room, a landscaped courtyard, and permits pets. Condo Corp 232, managed by Astro. Burnside is a quiet street a block from Parkdale Market, with the restaurants of Wellington West and Hintonburg on foot and the Ottawa River pathway two minutes north. Tunney's Pasture and Bayview LRT stations are roughly a fifteen-minute walk, putting downtown about ten minutes away. Currently tenanted month to month; 24 hours notice for all showings. 24 hours irrevocable on all offers.
Sold data
Homes in Mechanicsville took a median of 37 days to sell over the last 365 days, with the quickest quarter selling within 17 days and the slowest quarter taking more than 62, across 38 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 Measured from the first time these properties came to market, including any earlier listings that were withdrawn and re-entered, the median is 56 days.
The median sale price was $502,400.
Homes sold for about 2.4% below asking on average, so there was room to negotiate.
About 21% of sales closed above the list price.
Around 18% of sellers reduced their price before finding a buyer.
Based on 38 recorded sales in the last 1 year — a small sample, so treat these figures as indicative. Aggregate statistics only; individual sale prices are not shown.
Schools
Ottawa has 217 Fraser Institute–rated schools (174 elementary and 43 secondary), averaging 6.2/10.
School ratings from the Fraser Institute's Ontario school report cards.
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