3765 Sheppard Townhouses: 1977 Towns With a Rec Room Near Agincourt

3765 Sheppard Townhouses is a 1977 complex on Sheppard Avenue East that offers something most townhouse communities of its age do not: a recreation room. It has 61 condominium homes near Birchmount Road, west along Sheppard from the Agincourt Mall lands that are slated for major redevelopment. It is an older complex in an area that is about to change. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A townhouse complex with a rec room

Most 1970s townhouse corporations in Scarborough have nothing to share beyond the grounds and the parking. Condos.ca lists a rec room and a security system here, along with a parking garage and visitor parking.

A rec room is a genuine plus for a family complex: space for a birthday party, a meeting or a board election without booking a hall. It also costs money to heat, clean, insure and eventually renovate, so look for it in the budget and the reserve fund study.

Ask what the security system covers. In a townhouse complex it might mean a monitored garage door, cameras on common areas or an entry system, and each comes with its own contract and replacement cycle. The budget will show what the corporation pays for it.

Shared amenities also need rules. Ask how the rec room is booked, whether there is a fee, and who is responsible for damage. These details are usually in the rules, and they tell you a lot about how the complex is run.

Sixty-one homes from 1977

The corporation is YCC-306, registered in January 1977, within the first decade of condominium ownership in Ontario, which began with provincial legislation in 1967.

At 61 units, the complex is a reasonable size for a townhouse corporation. Major repairs are shared widely enough to be manageable, and there are usually enough sales over time to compare prices against, though sales here are not frequent.

Condos.ca records two storeys and does not publish suite sizes. Ask for a floor plan and measure the home, and confirm whether your unit has its own entrance at grade or is arranged differently within the block.

When the data was collected, two units were listed for lease and none for sale. That suggests a rental market exists here, which matters both to investors and to owner-occupiers who want to know how many neighbours are tenants. Ask management for the current number of rented units and read the declaration for any leasing rules.

The parking garage and the age of the complex

Condos.ca lists a parking garage. If that is a shared underground structure, it is likely the single most expensive item the corporation maintains, because waterproofing membranes and concrete slabs are costly to repair. Look for it by name in the reserve fund study, with the last repair date and the next planned one.

The rest of the list is familiar for a complex approaching fifty: roofs, windows and doors, exterior walls, paving and drainage. The reserve fund study should date each one. Several original items due at once usually means higher fees or a special assessment.

Inside the home, ask about the electrical panel and wiring, the furnace and air conditioner, the water heater and whether it is rented, and any original plumbing. Check the declaration to see which of these the owner maintains.

If a previous owner renovated, ask for permits and for written board approval of any work that touched the exterior or common elements, such as windows, doors or a patio. You inherit whatever was agreed, formally or not.

Sheppard East and the Agincourt Mall plan

The complex sits on Sheppard Avenue East near Birchmount, in an established area of houses, townhouses and apartments. The data panel on this page covers transit, schools and parks in detail.

The big change nearby is at Sheppard and Kennedy, where North American Development Group plans to redevelop the Agincourt Mall site. The master plan calls for 12 towers with new streets and parks across about 26 acres, close to Agincourt GO Station.

The first phase filed with the City, Block 7, includes 42- and 26-storey towers on a shared podium with about 659 homes and a new urban-format Walmart at its base. Projects of this size take years, but over time they bring new shops, services and parks to the area, along with construction and traffic while they are built.

For owners at 3765 Sheppard, the likely effect is gradual: more people and more retail choice along Sheppard over the next decade. Whether that lifts townhouse values here is not guaranteed, so I would buy for the home and the corporation and treat the redevelopment as a possible bonus.

What a home here costs

When the data was collected, nothing was listed for sale, and condos.ca publishes no suite sizes, price per square foot or fees for this complex. I will not invent a figure.

The right way to price a home here is against recorded sales inside YCC-306, adjusted for size, renovation and parking, and then against other 1970s townhouse complexes in the Sheppard and Birchmount area. The rec room and garage should show up in the fee, so compare fees with what each complex actually provides.

Ask the seller for the current fee and what it covers, and for any special assessment history. If you want the recorded sales here rather than asking prices, I can pull them through my building sold report.

Building specifications

Amenities at 3765 Sheppard Townhouses

The rec room sets this complex apart from most townhouse communities of its age, and it is useful for families and owner events. Together with the garage and security system, it is also part of what your fee pays to run and eventually replace.

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