70 Crockamhill Drive Townhouses: A 1972 Agincourt North Complex

70 Crockamhill Drive is the kind of complex buyers drive past on Midland Avenue without noticing, and that is part of its appeal. It is 49 condominium townhouses from 1972, tucked onto a side street in Agincourt North, and it gives you a house-sized home for less than a freehold on the same streets. The catch is age: you are buying into a corporation that is more than 50 years old, and its paperwork matters more than its paint. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

One of Toronto’s early condominium corporations

The number tells you a lot. YCC-79 is a low number in the York condominium series, and the corporation registered in October 1972. Ontario only introduced condominium ownership in the late 1960s, and Rockport Group says it registered the first condominium corporations in the Toronto area in 1968. This complex arrived about four years after that.

That makes 70 Crockamhill a piece of history as much as a home. Townhouse complexes like this were how condominium ownership first reached ordinary families in Scarborough, before the towers took over. The idea was simple: a house you own, with the roof, the grounds and the snow handled by a corporation.

Age cuts both ways. A complex this old has a long, readable track record of how its board spends money, which is something a new building can never offer. It also means the original roofs, windows and paving have almost certainly been replaced at least once, and you want to know when, and how it was paid for.

What a 49-unit corporation means for you

With 49 homes, every major repair is divided among 49 owners. A new roof cycle or a garage repair lands on a small group, so the reserve fund has to be healthy before the work comes due, not after.

The upside of a small complex is that owners can actually shape decisions. Annual meetings are small, board members are neighbours, and a buyer who wants to get involved can. Ask how long the current directors have served and how often the board meets.

Condos.ca lists Affable Property Management as the manager. Ask the seller’s agent how long they have been in place. A long relationship with one manager usually means stable records, and stable records make your lawyer’s job easier.

Parking, homes and the fee

Condos.ca lists a parking garage and visitor parking. In 1970s complexes, that can mean a garage attached to each home or a shared garage serving several units, and the cost to maintain each is very different. Confirm exactly what comes with the home you are looking at and who is responsible for repairing it.

The listing data does not say how many levels each home has, so walk the unit rather than relying on the database. Townhouses of this era usually stack living space over two or more floors with a basement, which suits families and does not suit anyone who wants single-floor living.

Condos.ca does not publish a fee inclusion list for this complex. In most townhouse condos, each home has its own furnace, water heater and hydro meter, and the fee covers the exterior, grounds and insurance. Do not assume that here. Read the declaration and the budget, and ask for a year of utility bills.

One more check for a home of this age is the electrical system. Some Ontario homes built in this period used aluminum branch wiring, and insurers often ask about it. A home inspector can tell you quickly what is behind the walls.

Agincourt North, day to day

Agincourt grew from a 19th-century village at Sheppard and Midland into one of Scarborough’s busiest suburbs. From the 1980s, the Sheppard and Midland area became one of the GTA’s best-known suburban Chinese communities, and the plazas along these roads still reflect that in their food and grocery shopping.

The bigger change nearby is Agincourt Mall at Sheppard and Kennedy, which began a large mixed-use redevelopment process in 2018. If it builds out, the area gains new homes, shops and people over the coming years. For a townhouse owner, more retail nearby is usually good news, and construction traffic is the cost.

The data panel on this page shows the transit options, schools and parks around Crockamhill Drive. In practice, most owners here drive, and the location between Highway 401 and Finch Avenue makes that easy.

Crockamhill itself is a quiet residential street lined with several townhouse complexes of the same generation. That matters at resale. Buyers who search this pocket are usually looking for exactly this kind of home, so you are selling into a market that already understands the product.

What 70 Crockamhill Drive costs

When I checked, there was a single home for sale and nothing for lease. I do not quote a single listing’s price or fee, and with one listing there is no range to give. Condos.ca does not publish a building average per square foot here, which is common for small townhouse complexes.

The aggregate sales data in the panel on this page is your starting point. With so few trades, the best comparables are often the neighbouring complexes on the same street, including 90 Crockamhill Drive and the homes at 2 to 20 Crockamhill Drive, which share the location and era.

When you compare, put price and fee side by side and adjust for condition. In a 50-year-old complex, a fully renovated home and an original one can sit very far apart, and that gap is usually about kitchens, bathrooms and mechanicals rather than the land.

If you are selling, low supply works in your favour. A well-kept family-sized townhouse in this pocket has little direct competition at any one time, so price it against the best recent comparables, not the average, and get the status certificate ordered early.

Building specifications

Amenities at 70 Crockamhill Drive Townhouses

There is no clubhouse or pool here, and that is not a weakness. With no shared recreation facilities to run, the fee goes to the roofs, grounds and parking rather than to equipment most owners would rarely use.

Jatin’s honest take on 70 Crockamhill Drive Townhouses

70 Crockamhill Drive Townhouses — frequently asked questions

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