House of the Week: $3.3 million for a recently renovated Etobicoke home with an elevator
The sellers are installing a backyard hockey rink
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A Toronto family wanted to ditch the city. So they bought this $2.7m home in Thornbury
The Skillens were tired of commuting from Leaside to their cottage in the Blue Mountains. So they decided to uproot their lives and move full time to cottage country
A family bought this $1.25m Blue Mountain ski chalet pre-pandemic. They just decided to move there full time
As lockdown continued, the Carters wondered whether it might be better to leave the city altogether
Airbnb story: A family of Scarborough ski upstarts rented this Blue Mountain chalet for $350 a night
The owners? A family of Toronto expats who recently ditched the city for a mountainside lifestyle
A Toronto financier wanted a (post-Covid) winter party pad. He found this $1.2-million Blue Mountain retreat
Koel, who lives in Little Italy, wanted a secondary property close to the Craigleith Ski Club, where he's been a member for the last five years
A Toronto couple wanted a country escape. They found this $950,000 Muskoka cottage
A modern two-bed, two-bath getaway perched atop a 60-foot cliff overlooking the Muskoka River
A family wanted to move full-time to cottage country. They found this $745,000 Lake Muskoka cottage
Jeff and Stephanie wanted to raise their four daughters lakeside. So they uprooted their life in Hamilton and moved to Lake Muskoka
How a $500,000 laneway house went from a Hollywood rental to a no-cost retreat for nurses
Pre-demic, Zeke Kaplan rented his laneway house to Hollywood types for $5,000 a month. But when the virus hit and hospitals needed housing for health care workers, Kaplan had an idea
In 2018, two sisters bought this Haliburton cottage for $425,000. They just sold it for $930,000
Amanda and Carrie wanted a cottage they could fix up, then use part-time as a rental property. But their plans changed after the pandemic heated up the cottage real estate market
A couple of GTA families just bought this ‘resort-like’ Prince Edward County property for $4 million
These Oakville-based families each wanted a cottage. By pooling their money, they were able to afford a 30-acre plot with a private beach
This Wasaga Beach cottage—which got renovated on HGTV—just sold for $1.1 million
This 970-square-foot cottage got appraised at $800,000 in 2019. Then Scott McGillivray, the reno expert, jazzed the place up on HGTV and instantly increased its value
This island cottage just sold for $550,000. It’s got a fully powered treehouse
The sellers bought the one-acre island property, in 2016, for $425,000. They listed it because they want a four-season cottage for when their kids leave for college
A former Miss America just sold this $2.3 million Muskoka property. It’s got a bocce court and a big boathouse
The buyers wanted a mainland cottage. Eventually, they came around to this two-acre property with three buildings
After their travel plans got cancelled, a couple of globe-trotters bought this $925,000 Muskoka cottage
In early 2020, Bob and Chris had plans to visit Europe. When international borders went on lockdown, Bob decided to realize his life-long dream of owning lakeside property
A couple just bought this $385,000 Haliburton cottage. Why? The pandemic delayed their wedding
When it became clear the virus would disrupt their summer plans, Matt and Caylen went and bought this riverside bungalow
