How priorities change in a matter of months!!! Just a few months ago I was deep in wedding planning TV shows, blogs, and websites and lo and behold, now I can't seem to get enough information about real estate! HGTV is on constant rotation on our TV at home. My husband J, was not surprised by this of course and has said to me as long as I am not watching shows about babies, I can watch whatever I want.
Choosing a neighbourhood in Toronto wasn't all that hard really. J works in a suburb in the west end of the GTA whereas I work in the heart of downtown. His commute is an hour and a half one way, whereas mine is 12 minutes. Not exactly equitable! Obviously, our decision is to move west - but where and how far west? Things that are important to us are access to public transit, easy access to highways, while still having easy access to the city - I don't think we're being too demanding are we?
We have settled on south Etobicoke (Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, and Alderwood) as these were close to the GO train, with access to the TTC and Gardiner.
I have been on the Realtor website on a daily basis (they even have a fabulous app for Blackberry and iPhone users) going through houses in our price range, and seeing what we can get in our target neighbourhoods. We have decided to wait until the new year to start actively searching, but I have to say that it is pretty fun to look and make changes in our heads to things to make it our own. I cannot wait to start going to open houses and actually seeing the houses, but the app will have to do in the meantime!
Choosing a neighbourhood in Toronto wasn't all that hard really. J works in a suburb in the west end of the GTA whereas I work in the heart of downtown. His commute is an hour and a half one way, whereas mine is 12 minutes. Not exactly equitable! Obviously, our decision is to move west - but where and how far west? Things that are important to us are access to public transit, easy access to highways, while still having easy access to the city - I don't think we're being too demanding are we?
We have settled on south Etobicoke (Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, and Alderwood) as these were close to the GO train, with access to the TTC and Gardiner.
I have been on the Realtor website on a daily basis (they even have a fabulous app for Blackberry and iPhone users) going through houses in our price range, and seeing what we can get in our target neighbourhoods. We have decided to wait until the new year to start actively searching, but I have to say that it is pretty fun to look and make changes in our heads to things to make it our own. I cannot wait to start going to open houses and actually seeing the houses, but the app will have to do in the meantime!
Hi baby,
ReplyDeleteI think you should pitch your blog to the resale homes section editors at T.O.'s major daily newspapers.
You've already given your readers some very good tips. I especially love that you found apps to keep ahead of the real estate resale market.
You are producing a great blog, honey. Keep it up!
Love you,
Mom R.