The new “Tom Patterson Theatre”, “The Avon Theatre” and the “Studio Theatre”. So many venues to experience all within walking distance if you live in downtown Stratford. Purchase your favourite tickets early, some performances sell out quickly.
Pick your favourite times of the day to walk the pathways of “Lake Victoria”. In the winter these times will be different. Pick your favourite coffee shops and chocolate shops. Find a big calendar that you can post on your refrigerator door and use it to help you keep track of all of the special events happening. People living in condos in downtown Stratford have no problems keeping busy.
Does downtown Stratford have a good supply of condo buildings? Well to be honest, not really. Infill development sites to build on are also becoming increasingly difficult to find and the city hall has imposed height restrictions. In a way, that’s a good thing.
If we look at the neighbourhood around the “Thirty-Six Front” condo building near the “Tom Patterson Theatre” we will find that 66% of the population still live in single family houses and 45% of these houses are sixty years of age and older. In this area 24% of the population live in apartment buildings.
A similar profiling exists for the 154 Downie Street condo building on one of the main streets in town about ten blocks away. Around this building 55% of the population live in single family homes and 60% of these houses are sixty years of age and older. In this area 36% of the population live in apartment buildings.
So what does all of this really mean? Well many new people coming to this city often do so with the intentions of finding a condo to purchase, however, end up being instead the proud owners of a century home with the often used expression of having good bones.
Let us help you in your condo or home search. We know the Stratford real estate market.
* Some residents living in downtown Stratford feel they need an escape in the summertime. Some residents go day tripping to Bayfield on Lake Huron in the summertime which is less than an hour away. Port Dover on Lake Erie is another option at ninety minutes drive away and Collingwood is a two hour drive away. Stratford, for many reasons is a convenient place to live.
