Topic: CFC Toronto as a posting

[PPCLI Guy]

If you are thinking of renting, I currently live in a 3 bedroom house in the Beach, that has a separate 1 bedroom apartment.  The house is a turn of the century row house, and it is admitedly small.  On a cul de sac, with off leash area and kiddie park (including water park) at end of road.  140 metres from a good pub (although sometimes when I come home it seems longer...)  Backyard is fenced, but no driveway (so just one car is ideal as you park on the street).  Commute to CFC is about 40 minutes by TTC, and about 25 minutes by car.  I am paying 1300, and landlord loves Army Guys.  I am leaving mid July - PM me if you wish.

Dave

[Zombie]

Just to add to this - I was living in a 3 bedroom house at Yonge and Sheppard right in the middle of North York for $1200/month. One subway stop away from York Mills, which is where you go for the CF College (There's also a good daycare facility in the York Mills Centre, not sure of prices though, and the CFC is one traffic light west). I also lived for years right next to the Downsview base and the area is really not that bad. As far as Markham, I grew up in Thornhill and it's one of the best areas around. Car insurance I'm only paying $70/month. Just keep looking around, it's not that bad. Good Luck

[shado_wolf]

I guess you're all right.  Rent ain't too bad for the area.  We signed a lease on Thurs for a brand new duplex in S.E. Markham for 1400.  4 bdrm, master ensuite, unfinished bsmt.... the works.

Just got a quote for 290 for the two vehicles and tenant insurance.  Thanks for the advice, I'll keep shoppin...

Dylan

[Danjanou]

Dylan, Markham's not bad and that rent sems reasonable if such a word exists here in the GTA. Actually the one advantage of the seemingly never ending condo boom is that there are some fairly good rental deals now. Mostly apts for sibngles or couples w/o kids but they're there if you go looking.

There are plenty of us on the site from the GTA, serving and retired if you have any general questions or important ones like the name of the pub PPCLI Guy was talking about.

[RMC_Cadet]

$1400 is about average for rent here in Markham, the most expensive areas are probably Unionville and old Markham (near Main Street). Markham is mostly a great place, some areas are a little sketchy but its nothing compared to other areas in the GTA.
 
One of my Captain's was in almost the same situation as you, he came from BC to work at CFC as a civilian a couple of years ago and he is now living in Markham.

[shado_wolf]

It's a nice area.  Just N of steeles and E of Markham Rd.  I have two kids so we were lookin for a place that seemed to be really kid friendly.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Dylan

[Zoomie]

Markham is a nice place to live.  Still far enough outside of the GTA so that you can escape into the country.

[Begin playing Devil's Avocate]
Does Markham even fall within the PLD zones for T.O. ?  I would suspect not.  $1400/month can get you a mortgage - albeit probably not enough to buy a house in York Region.  Take that $1400/month and move closer to CFC, get your PLD of approx. $1000/month and now you can afford a much larger mortgage (around $350,000).  Food for thought.
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