Bristol House, 10 Tobermory Dr: An All-Inclusive 1977 Tower With a Pool

Bristol House is the building I point to when a buyer near Jane and Finch says they want one bill and no surprises. This 13-storey, 162-suite tower from 1977 bundles hydro, heat, air conditioning, water and parking into the fee, and it has an indoor pool and sauna. That makes the fee look high, until you add up what you would otherwise pay. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

The all-inclusive fee is the whole story

Most condo fees in Toronto cover the building and leave you to pay for your own hydro. At Bristol House the published inclusions are unusually complete: common elements, heat, hydro, air conditioning, water, building insurance and parking. Apart from cable, internet and your own contents insurance, the fee is close to your total cost of living in the suite.

That is why the fees on current listings, roughly $930 to $1,050 a month, look high next to buildings down the street. Once you add back a hydro bill, a summer of air conditioning and a winter of heat at a building that does not include them, the gap shrinks a lot. For buyers on a fixed income, predictability matters as much as the number itself.

There is a trade-off. When utilities are bundled, every owner shares the cost of every other owner’s usage, and the corporation carries the risk of rising energy prices. Ask how the utilities line in the budget has moved over the last few years and whether the board has looked at energy retrofits or sub-metering.

A pool and a sauna in a 162-suite building

The amenity list here goes further than most buildings of this age and size. Bristol House lists an indoor pool, a sauna, a gym, guest suites and bike storage, along with a security system and a parking garage. In a 162-suite corporation, that is a lot of shared facility per owner.

Pools are what bring some buyers to the building, and they are also one of the most expensive things a condominium can own. Pumps, filtration, tiles, ventilation and eventual replacement all come out of the reserve fund. I would want to see what the reserve fund study allows for the pool and when the last major work on it was done.

Guest suites are a quietly useful extra. If family visits for a week, you are not paying for a hotel or turning a living room into a bedroom.

Suites sized for a household

The reported suite range is about 875 to 996 square feet, and current listings include two- and three-bedroom plans. Like most buildings from the late 1970s, these were laid out for people who planned to live in them, with separate dining areas and more storage than you find in new construction.

As always with older data, confirm the size of the specific suite. Size ranges harvested from listings can miss the largest and smallest plans, and three-bedroom units in a building whose maximum is reported below 1,000 square feet deserve a look at the actual floor plan.

At 13 storeys, Bristol House is shorter than many of the towers around it, which means fewer residents per elevator and a slightly more manageable community.

In a building this age, suites usually vary a lot inside. Some will have been renovated with new kitchens, flooring and bathrooms, and some will still have finishes from decades ago. When you compare listings, separate the price of the renovation from the price of the space, and budget properly if you are buying an original suite to update. Ask the corporation what its rules are for renovation work before you plan anything structural.

Tobermory Drive and the Line 6 effect

Tobermory Drive is a residential street just off the Jane and Finch intersection, part of the cluster of 1970s towers in this corner of the old North York. Line 6 Finch West opened on 7 December 2025 with a station at Jane and Finch, which gives owners here a rapid-transit option along Finch and a connection to Line 1 at Finch West Station.

The City’s Jane and Finch Initiative, a secondary plan and a community development plan written in response to the LRT, sets out how the area around the station is expected to grow, including a proposed redevelopment of the Jane and Finch Mall. Expect change around you over the next decade, including construction.

5 San Romanoway, a 1977 tower nearby with the same property manager, is the obvious comparison. It is larger and its fee is lower, but it does not include hydro or air conditioning and it has no pool.

Pricing: low per square foot, higher per month

The reported building average is about $414 per square foot, almost identical to 5 San Romanoway. That puts Bristol House near the bottom of the Toronto condo market on price per square foot, which reflects its age and its location.

Only two units are for sale at the time of writing, asking between about $393,500 and $565,000. With so little on the market, you have less to compare against, and a well-presented suite can set its own price.

The fee is where your budget really gets decided. Fees run roughly a dollar a square foot or a little more on current listings, but they cover far more than a typical fee does. When I compare this building with others, I compare total monthly housing cost, not the fee alone. My building sold report will give you the sold history if you want to price a specific suite.

Building specifications

Amenities at Bristol House

An indoor pool, sauna and gym under the same roof mean you can skip a club membership, and guest suites solve the visiting-family problem. The cost of keeping those facilities running is built into the fee, so check that the reserve fund is keeping pace.

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