1131 Sandhurst Circle Townhouses: 1978 Homes Beside Woodside Square

1131 Sandhurst Circle is the townhouse complex I think of when a family tells me they want to walk to the mall, the library and the grocery store without giving up a backyard. It is a 115-home condominium from 1978 in Agincourt North, on the same loop road as Woodside Square, and its homes have basements and private yards. It is also one of the older corporations in this part of Scarborough, which shapes what you need to check. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A townhouse complex on Woodside Square’s loop road

Sandhurst Circle is the loop road that wraps the northwest corner of Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road, and its anchor is Woodside Square, the shopping mall at 1571 Sandhurst Circle. The mall opened in 1977, the year before this complex was finished, so the two have grown up together. The homes here sit on Sandhurst Circle itself and on Thunder Grove, a short side street.

The complex has 115 homes in one corporation, YCC-378, registered on 1 March 1978. That makes it one of the earliest of the 1978 Scarborough townhouse corporations; several others in L’Amoreaux and Dorset Park were registered later the same year, in the YCC-380s and 400s. I could not find a developer named for this complex, and condos.ca does not list one.

Sandhurst Circle has a real mix of housing around it. Wedgewood Grove, a tower at 30 Thunder Grove, sits on the same side street, and Sandhurst Circle Townhomes, a much newer complex from 2002, is further around the loop. When you look at a home here, confirm from the status certificate that it belongs to YCC-378.

Backyards, basements and the family layout

Current listing details describe homes with an open living and dining area on the main floor that walks out to a private backyard, bedrooms upstairs, and a fully finished basement. That is the classic family townhouse layout: living space at grade, sleeping space above, and a flexible lower level for a family room, office or gym.

The walk-out from the main floor to a private yard is the feature I would weigh most here. A yard you can step into from the kitchen changes how a family uses a home in summer, and it is something most condo apartments, and even some newer stacked townhouses, simply do not offer.

Condition varies from home to home after nearly fifty years. Some owners have renovated kitchens and floors; others have left the homes close to original. Ask what the seller has replaced themselves, such as windows, the furnace, air conditioning or the electrical panel, and what the corporation has done to the exterior.

An older corporation and its reserve fund

Condos.ca does not publish fee inclusions here, so get them from the status certificate. In other 1978 Scarborough townhouse complexes I have reviewed, listings report the fee covering common elements, building insurance and parking, sometimes water, while owners pay their own heat and hydro. Confirm what applies to YCC-378 before you compare fees with anything else.

A complex registered in early 1978 is well into its second cycle of major exterior work. Roofs, windows, doors, fences, the private road and underground services all have finite lives. Ask ICC Property Management for the most recent reserve fund study and the last two or three years of board minutes, and look at whether the planned work is funded or deferred.

With 115 homes, the corporation is large enough to spread big projects across a reasonable number of owners. That helps. It does not replace reading the numbers, and in a complex this age a low fee alongside a thin reserve fund is a warning, not a bargain.

Living next to Woodside Square

The practical draw is the mall on your doorstep. Woodside Square has more than 90 stores, and a Toronto Public Library branch has operated inside the mall since its early years. Current listing descriptions also point to groceries, banks, restaurants, medical offices and a cinema around the mall, so a lot of weekly errands can be done on foot. The trade-off is weekend traffic around the mall and its parking lot.

Since the 1980s Agincourt has grown into one of the GTA’s best-known suburban Chinatowns, and the restaurants and grocers across the area reflect that. For drivers, McCowan Road and Finch Avenue East connect to Highway 401 to the south and to Markham to the north.

The bigger change is coming from the south. The Line 2 subway extension from Kennedy Station will end at a new terminus at Sheppard Avenue East and McCowan Road, and is expected around 2030. That puts future subway service on the same road as this complex. The data panel on this page shows current routes and stations; check it against your own commute.

What 1131 Sandhurst Circle costs

When I checked, there was one home listed for sale and none for lease. I do not quote a single listing’s price or fee on these pages, because that identifies one owner’s sale, and one asking price is not a market.

Condos.ca does not publish square footage or a price per square foot for this complex, so a per-square-foot comparison is not possible. The comparison I would make is with recorded sales of similar townhouses around Sandhurst Circle, adjusted for condition, finished basement and whether the yard backs onto the loop road or onto green space.

With 115 homes, a few sales a year is normal here, and a longer window gives you a better read than any single listing. I can pull the recorded sales for you through my building sold report.

Building specifications

Amenities at 1131 Sandhurst Circle Townhouses

Condos.ca lists no shared amenities for this complex, so do not expect a gym, pool or party room. In practice the mall next door does much of that work, with a library and shops on the same loop road, while the corporation’s budget stays focused on roofs, roads and grounds.

Jatin’s honest take on 1131 Sandhurst Circle Townhouses

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