Terrasse at the Hunt Club, 1316 Kingston Rd: 32 Suites, a Car Lift

Terrasse at the Hunt Club is one of the smallest new condos on Kingston Road, with 32 suites, a porte cochère entrance off a private side street and a mechanical lift that parks your car for you. It is new, quiet and unusual, and the unusual parts are exactly what you need to understand before you buy. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

The parking lift is the feature you must understand

Instead of a conventional ramped garage, Terrasse uses a mechanical parking lift system that stores cars indoors. On a small, tight lot this lets the builder provide parking without digging several levels, and it is the single biggest difference between this building and its neighbours.

Living with a lift is different from living with a ramp. Ask how long it takes to retrieve a car at a busy time, what happens during a power cut or breakdown, and whether there is a service contract with response times. Ask too about vehicle size limits, because some systems cannot take taller SUVs.

Most important, ask how the lift is treated in the reserve fund study. A mechanical system has a service life and a replacement cost, and in a 32-suite building that cost is shared by very few owners. A well-funded plan for the lift is the difference between a clever feature and a future special assessment.

A porte cochère, a private street and future retail

The developer describes the entry as a porte cochère reached from a quiet private street rather than straight off Kingston Road. In practice that means pick-ups, deliveries and guests can stop under cover without pulling into traffic, which is rare in a building this size.

Ground-floor retail is planned. Until it is leased, ask what is allowed in those units and how the retail and residential costs are split, because a commercial component affects both the budget and the noise at street level.

Condos.ca and the developer listing disagree on height, seven storeys against eight. That kind of gap often comes down to how a mechanical or mezzanine level is counted, but confirm against the registered plan if the floor matters to you.

Suite sizes run from compact to very large

The developer listing describes one- to three-bedroom suites, and condos.ca puts them between about 563 and 2,461 square feet. That top end is unusual on Kingston Road and points to a small number of large upper-floor suites, which fits the terraced form the name suggests.

With only 32 suites and a recent registration, resale supply is very thin. At the time of writing only one suite was listed for sale. That makes pricing harder to pin down, because there are few comparables inside the building.

For a buyer, the practical answer is to look at the building next to its neighbours. Upper Beach Club at 1400, Residences at the Hunt Club at 1350 and Hunt Club Terrace at 1340 are all newer boutique mid-rises on the same stretch, and their resale data is the best guide to what a suite here should be worth.

Ask for the floor plan of the specific suite rather than relying on a marketing plan. In small buildings with stepped upper floors, many suites are one-offs, and the terrace size, ceiling height and window line can differ from the suite directly below.

Daily life on this stretch of Kingston Road

This part of Birch Cliff has changed quickly. A run of small condo buildings has replaced older car dealerships and low commercial buildings along Kingston Road, while the side streets stay detached houses. The Toronto Hunt golf club lies along the south side of the road nearby, and neighbouring buildings are marketed on views over it toward the lake.

Whether a particular suite here has that outlook depends on its floor and which way it faces, so visit before you assume it. North-facing suites look over the residential streets of Birch Cliff.

Kingston Road is a busy bus corridor, so street-facing suites on the lower floors will hear traffic. For transit, schools and walkability, the data panel on this page has the details.

Pricing a building with almost no resale history

Condos.ca does not yet show a stable average price per square foot for Terrasse, and with a single active listing I will not quote one suite’s asking price or fee. In a building this small, any one sale can move the average a long way.

As a reference point, Upper Beach Club down the road averages about $768 per square foot on condos.ca. A new boutique building on this stretch with a covered entrance and large upper suites should sit in that general territory, but use real comparables, not the average.

The fee includes common elements, building insurance and water. Heat and hydro are separate. Ask how the parking lift’s operating and service costs are charged, whether to all owners or only to those with spaces, because that changes the real monthly cost.

When you compare Terrasse with an older, larger Scarborough condo, the fee per square foot may look higher, and that is normal for a small new building with few owners. Compare the full monthly cost instead: fee, property tax, hydro, and any separate charge for the parking space. Then compare the age of the building, because a 2024 building should not need major repairs for years if the reserve plan is sound.

Building specifications

Amenities at Terrasse at the Hunt Club

For 32 suites the list is reasonable: a gym, a party room, a rooftop deck with barbecues permitted and bike storage. It is enough for daily use without the operating cost of a pool or concierge, which helps keep a small building’s fee under control. Ask for the booking rules for the rooftop deck and party room, because in a 32-suite building a few regular users can end up treating them as their own.

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