The buyers: Ari, a 36-year-old healthcare marketer and his wife, Amanda, a 33-year-old lawyer.
The budget: $850,000 to $1 million
The story: When Ari and Amanda started looking for their first home, they assumed they would get what they wanted: a fully detached with a master ensuite and a big yard in the downtown Wallace-Emerson neighbourhood. But the Winnipeg transplants quickly discovered that the Toronto housing market is far more challenging than they imagined. “We realized we couldn’t afford our dream house,” says Amanda. “We had champagne taste on a beer budget.”
Two years, one baby and several compromises later, the couple’s house hunt is finally over. Watch their story in the video below:
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