Bloom Park Towns, 17 Coneflower Cres: Compact Towns Near Bathurst and Finch

Bloom Park Towns is one I bring up when a buyer wants a townhouse-style condo in north Toronto for roughly the price of a one-bedroom in a tower. It is a 2015 complex of 96 compact suites near Bathurst and Finch, with parking and water in a modest fee. It is also a building with very little public information, which is a reason to do your homework carefully. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

What the public record tells you, and what it does not

Most of the buildings I review have an architect, a developer’s marketing history and some press coverage to work from. Bloom Park Towns has very little of that. Condos.ca does not name a developer, and I could not find a developer page or an UrbanToronto project entry that I could confirm belongs to this corporation.

What is on record is clear enough. TSCC-2431 was registered on 24 February 2015, it has 96 suites across 17 and 19 Coneflower Crescent, condos.ca lists two floors, and the suites run from about 629 to 906 square feet. FirstService Residential, one of the largest managers in the city, runs it.

Coneflower Crescent has other townhouse condominiums along it, listed separately at other street numbers. When you look at a listing on this street, confirm which corporation the suite belongs to, because the fees, rules and reserve funds are not shared between them.

Townhouse living in a compact size

With 96 suites across two floors and sizes from about 629 to 906 square feet, this is a complex of small homes in a townhouse format rather than family-size townhouses. Think of it as an alternative to a one- or two-bedroom condo in a tower, with no elevators and no long corridors. Condos.ca’s two-floor figure describes the buildings, so ask the listing agent how the specific suite is arranged across them.

That format has real advantages. There is no elevator to wait for or to fund, the common areas are smaller, and you are closer to the ground and to your parking. For a first-time buyer, a couple or someone downsizing from a house nearby, it can feel more like a home than a suite.

The size range means layout matters. Ask for the floor plan, check where the stairs fall if the suite has more than one level, and measure the second bedroom if there is one. In a suite under 900 square feet, a poorly placed staircase can take a surprising amount of usable space.

Bathurst and Finch, day to day

The complex sits near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue West, in the area condos.ca calls Westminster-Branson, a short drive north of Bathurst Manor. This is an established part of North York, with mostly low-rise housing on the side streets and apartment towers along the main roads.

Bathurst Street gives you the everyday shopping, and Finch is the main east-west route. Drivers have Highway 401 and the Allen Road to the south, and the panel beside this review shows the nearest transit and the walking times.

What you will not get here is a downtown pace. For most buyers who look at Coneflower Crescent, that is the point: a quieter street, a townhouse format and a price well below what similar space costs closer to Yonge.

Why a small, low-rise corporation runs differently

A 96-suite complex with no elevators, no pool and no concierge has a simpler budget than a tower. The big-ticket items are roofs, decks, exterior cladding, windows and doors, any shared parking structure, and the grounds. That is a shorter list, and it is the reason fees in low-rise complexes like this tend to stay modest.

The flip side is that each owner carries a larger share of every repair. When roofs or a parking membrane come due in a building of 96 suites, the cost is split among 96 owners rather than 300 or 400. A healthy reserve fund matters more here, not less.

At about 11 years old, Bloom Park Towns is past the warranty period and entering the stretch where the first round of exterior maintenance starts to show in reserve fund plans. Ask for the latest reserve fund study and look at what it schedules for the next five to ten years.

Pricing: about $690 a foot, with a low fee

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $690 per square foot. That is below the newer towers in this part of North York, which is typical for low-rise townhouse product without a concierge, pool or gym.

Supply is thin. Condos.ca showed one suite for sale and none for lease when I checked, so a single asking price tells you little. Use the 12-month sold data in the panel beside this review, and ask me for a building sold report that includes the other townhouse corporations on Coneflower Crescent for context.

The fee is the strong point. With parking, water and building insurance included, and no elevators or large amenity spaces to fund, fees here are low for the size of home you get. Hydro and heat are not on condos.ca’s inclusion list, so assume they are billed to you, and confirm in the status certificate.

Building specifications

Amenities at Bloom Park Towns

Condos.ca lists a rooftop deck, visitor parking, bike storage and permission for barbecues. That is a small package, but barbecues and a rooftop deck matter more to daily life in a townhouse complex than a party room would. Bike storage is worth checking in person, since in compact suites without garages it is often the only place for bikes and strollers.

Jatin’s honest take on Bloom Park Towns

Bloom Park Towns — frequently asked questions

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