ADDRESS: 60 Old Mill Road
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Oakville, Ontario
AGENT: Agnes Chaitas, Coldwell Banker Terrequity Realty
PRICE: $899,900
THE PLACE: A two-level, three-bedroom penthouse suite with ample terrace space overlooking Sixteen Mile Creek and the Oakville lakeshore. The building’s equipped with a gym, indoor pool and guest suites.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: The omnipresent floor-to-ceiling windows and soaring 18-foot ceilings put the condo in the running for the brightest home we’ve ever seen.
BIG SELLING POINT: This apartment is big enough for a family. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a three-bedroom penthouse condo in the core that’s under a million dollars. Sure, it’s outside the city, but Oakville isn’t exactly a backwater. There’s a Whole Foods down the street and the G0 station is just a 10-minute walk away.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Inside, the cheery yellow paint scheme may guard against the winter blues, but a step onto the terrace and you’ll be rudely reminded that this ain’t California: the view of grey streets and leafless trees break the illusion of a warmer clime.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $899,900
• 2,350 square feet
• $1,025 monthly maintenance fees
• 18-foot ceilings in living/dining area
• 10-minute walk to the Oakville G0 station
• 7 walkouts
• 3 terraces
• 3 bedrooms
• 3 bathrooms
• 2 levels
• 2 fireplaces
• 2 parking spaces
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- The living space, featuring 18-foot ceilings, remote-controlled blinds, pot lights and a gas fireplace to the right
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- One side of the first-floor terrace, which has entrances from the kitchen, living space, dining room and master and second bedrooms
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- The other side of the first-floor terrace. Lake Ontario and Sixteen Mile Creek are visible in the distance
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- One of three bathrooms
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- One of three bedrooms, with a pair of creepy dolls on the chair
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- The den, featuring an electric fireplace and access to the second-floor terrace
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- A very well-ventilated kitchen, with floor-to-ceiling windows and access to the first-floor terrace
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- Two fruit bowls: the sign of true wealth
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- The dining room, showing off the room’s crown moulding and a painting evocative of TV error bars
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- A Batman’s-eye view of the main floor, terrace and surrounding area
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- The first-floor hallway leading to the living/dining room, kitchen and all bedrooms
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- A nexus of wealth
amazing… but the kitchen looks odd compared to the rest.. impressive and worthy of thet price…
December 30, 2011 at 7:56 pm | by Peter212The bathroom is a knock out! Wow Wow Wow!!!
December 31, 2011 at 10:55 am | by pcWith so many condo developments up I don’t know if its a smart time to be buying a condo in this price point. If the market goes down, which I think it will, condors will be the first ones to be affected (especially in the suburbs).
January 2, 2012 at 12:56 pm | by xoxoxoxoxo.. if people have the cash and can afford it, who are you to decide if a smart time to be buying a condo? Join all the naysayers and doomsayers who have been predicting the market downfall for the past 8 years, it will happen but must the city stop waiting or continue to rock and roll?!
January 2, 2012 at 10:25 pm | by PeeCeeThe GO train station is actually 20 seconds by foot from the front door. Look left on the balcony and you will see the train tracks. It’s a great area to be in, 25 minutes by express train to Union Station. We lived in 40 Old Mill and loved it there, extremely convenient and a nice building to be in. Lots of seniors.
January 2, 2012 at 11:20 pm | by former neighbour900K to live by the train tracks – in Oakville! really?
January 3, 2012 at 9:40 am | by AliceAlice… for a beautiful great condo…. YES.. or would you rather pay $900K to live by the train tracks in Toronto called Cityplace in s dump with poor workmanship and rattling windows in a mass produced upper St jamestown?!
January 3, 2012 at 2:48 pm | by TodNice place. Great for well-to-do empty nesters. Easy commute to the city, Oakville living. This is a gorgeous building too, not a slapped together waterfront deal.
Re the reviewer’s comment that it is grey outside the windows, it is trees as far as the eye can see with a hint of the lake. The trees may be bare since it’s the middle of winter (and, yes, GTA is not California), but this will be stunning three seasons a year.
Many nice touches, good-sized rooms. Maybe I should put in an offer…
January 3, 2012 at 3:59 pm | by IgnatzOakville is not California.
January 10, 2012 at 10:21 am | by rawinderToronto is not New York.
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February 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm | by Robsouth ajax beauty on lake