Bellavista, 60 Gulliver Rd: 18 Suites with Hydro and Heat in the Fee

Bellavista is one of the smallest condominiums I cover: 18 suites in a three-storey building on Gulliver Road, north of Keele and Eglinton. It has an elevator, underground parking and a fee that covers hydro as well as heat, which is rare. Small buildings like this are quiet to live in and hard to price, and I will explain both sides. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Eighteen suites, and what that means day to day

With 18 suites over three storeys, Bellavista has about six homes per floor. You will know your neighbours, the lobby is quiet and the elevator is rarely busy. For many buyers, especially downsizers and people coming from a house, that scale is the whole appeal.

The flip side is that every shared cost is split 18 ways. A new roof, an elevator modernization or garage repairs cost about the same whether a building has 18 suites or 180, so each owner’s share is much larger here. That makes the reserve fund the most important document you will read.

Small buildings also depend heavily on their boards. With so few owners, the same handful of people often serve for years. That can mean careful, steady management or it can mean decisions that get put off, and the board minutes will tell you which.

A fee that includes hydro

Condos.ca lists the fee here as covering air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water. Hydro is the unusual one. Most newer Toronto condos put each suite on its own electricity meter, so hydro is a separate bill.

When everything is in the fee, your monthly costs barely move between January and July. That suits buyers on a fixed income or a tight budget, because the main surprise is the annual fee increase rather than a winter heating bill.

The trade-off is that you pay for the whole building’s energy use, including neighbours who run their air conditioning all summer. When you compare Bellavista’s fee with a newer building’s, add back hydro, heat, cooling and a parking space to the newer building’s figure before deciding which is cheaper.

Ask the manager how the building’s utility costs have moved over the last few budgets. In an all-inclusive building, energy prices feed straight into the fee, so the trend in the operating budget is a better guide to future fees than any single year’s figure.

Suites from about 630 to 992 square feet

Condos.ca records suites from about 630 to 992 sq ft. In a 1990s building that usually means one-bedroom and two-bedroom plans with more generous rooms than a new tower would give you at the same size, and kitchens that are closed or partly open rather than strung along one wall.

Because the building was finished in 1996, many suites will have had at least one renovation, and some will not have. Finishes vary a lot from suite to suite in buildings this age, so compare like with like when you look at what others have sold for.

Condos.ca lists a parking garage and visitor parking, and parking is in the fee. Confirm on the status certificate that the suite you are buying has a parking space and whether it comes with a locker, because in small older buildings the allocation is not always one per suite.

Gulliver Road and the Keele corridor

Gulliver Road is a residential side street just west of Keele Street, north of Eglinton Avenue. Bellavista shares the street with another condominium, Parkview Towers at 50 Gulliver, so it is worth comparing the two when you shop this block.

The biggest change nearby is transit. Line 5 Eglinton opened in February 2026, and its Keelesdale station sits at Keele and Eglinton, beside Keelesdale Park. The data panel on this page shows the walking time to the nearest station.

Keele Street itself is changing too. The former Northwestern hospital site, a few blocks north of Eglinton on Keele, was proposed by Daniels for a mix of condos and stacked townhouses, about 731 homes in the original application. More new housing on the corridor tends to bring more shops and services, and also more construction for a few years.

On a practical level, this is a car-friendly location as much as a transit one. Keele Street gives you a direct run north towards Highway 401 and south towards the Junction, and Eglinton connects east and west. If you are buying here to commute by Line 5, walk the route to the station at rush hour before you commit.

What Bellavista costs

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $554 per square foot. That is well below newer buildings along the Eglinton corridor, and it reflects the age of the building and how rarely suites trade here.

There were no suites listed for sale or lease when I checked. With 18 suites, a year can pass with only one or two sales, so the average can swing on a single result. The recorded sales and leases in the data panel are the best starting point, and I would always compare with other 1990s low-rise buildings near Keele and Eglinton too.

Judge the fee against what it includes. A fee that pays for hydro, heat, air conditioning, water and parking will look high next to a newer building’s fee, and it often is not once you add those bills back. If you are watching for the next suite here, ask me for the building sold report.

Building specifications

Amenities at Bellavista

There is no gym or pool, but an elevator and an underground garage in a three-storey building make a real difference for anyone carrying groceries or avoiding stairs. Condos.ca also lists a security guard, which would be unusual for 18 suites, so ask the manager what security the building actually has.

Jatin’s honest take on Bellavista

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