480 Douglas Street

Neighbourhood

# Units – 23

Built 2003

Registered as condos 2004

Average “MLS” selling price 2018

No MLS sales

Average “MLS” selling price 2017

Sample size (1) too small to report

This complex is built in three clusters. Units 1-8, 9-46 and 17-23. Unit sizes are 1375 or 1413 square feet. All of these units have single car garages and covered front porches. Red brick exteriors, brown shingles and asphalt driveways. A small number of units enjoy lower level rear walkouts.

A surprise comes on the inside. They are of a 1 + 1 bedroom design. One master bedroom on the main level and a main floor laundry area. Then there is an upper loft area with a second bedroom. With this design feature, the upper loft area overlooks the living room down on the main floor. The living room has a vaulted ceiling. This design feature is not apparent from the street. There are other condo projects in town which share this design feature.

Some units enjoy skylights and the end units enjoy extra side windows. Each unit has rear sliding doors to a back deck.

A wooden fence surrounds the streetside perimeter of this property accentuated with a small number of brick pillars. Directly across the street is the “Matilda and Douglas Street Playground”. Speed signs on the street say 20 kms as there is a sharp curve.

Neighbouring new shopping experiences include the “Stratford Square Mall” and a new “Sobey’s”. There is also a “No Frills”, a “Shoppers Drug Mart” and a “Giant Tiger”. Many people enjoy living close to these types of amenities.

In this neighbourhood, 12% of the population lives in apartment buildings. 70% single family homes, 14% in semi-detached units and 4% in row house style or condo style units such as these ones. 36% of single family homes are 26-60 years of age and 38% are sixty years and older. Newer homes in newer subdivisions are also slowly starting to move in.

Going west on Huron Street, the name changes to Highway 8 (Line 34) and heads out to Mitchell and beyond that places like Clinton, Bayfield and Goderich. Stratford to Bayfield is 65 km and less than an hour away.

Given the small sample size of 23 units, seldom do units here become available.