Riverboat Landing Courtyard Villas: Three-Storey Condo Towns by the Humber

Riverboat Landing Courtyard Villas is a small, quiet answer to a common question: how do you get three bedrooms near the Humber without paying freehold prices? Thirty-two condo townhomes, built in 2000 by B.G. Schickedanz Homes, on a crescent off Weston Road. It is not glamorous, and it trades rarely, but the space per dollar is hard to match. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Townhomes around a courtyard, not a tower

The name tells you the format. These are condo townhomes grouped around shared space, three storeys high, with 32 homes in total. The Courtyard Villas at 64 and 66 form one corporation. Several other condominium addresses on Sidney Belsey Crescent are registered as separate corporations.

That separation matters when you compare prices or fees. A neighbouring address on the same street can have a different builder phase, a different reserve fund and a different set of rules, so check which corporation a listing actually belongs to before you treat it as a comparable.

B.G. Schickedanz Homes is a long-established Ontario builder, and this complex reflects a practical, family-first approach: three-bedroom plans, underground parking and modest common areas. Twenty-five years later, though, build quality is something you judge on the tour rather than take on reputation.

The layout: three floors and three bedrooms

Recorded sizes cluster around 1,222 square feet, although a recent listing described a home here at about 1,400 square feet. Sources measure differently, so ask for the floor plan and measure the rooms yourself.

The typical plan, as described in recent marketing, puts an open living, dining and kitchen area on the main floor with a powder room and in-suite laundry. The second floor holds the primary bedroom with its own ensuite, a second bedroom, another full bathroom and a shared balcony. A third bedroom takes the top floor.

That third-floor bedroom is the flexible room. It works as a teenager’s space, a home office or a guest room, and it gives you separation that a two-bedroom apartment cannot. The trade-off is stairs: three levels suit young families and active buyers far better than anyone planning to age in place.

Mount Dennis and the river

The location is the strongest argument for this building. You are close to the Humber River valley, with parks and trails running along the river, and the Weston Road corridor gives you everyday shopping without needing to drive downtown.

Mount Dennis is also changing. The Eglinton Crosstown project put its western terminus here, with a connection to GO and UP Express rail, and that investment is slowly pulling new development and attention to a part of the city that was overlooked for decades. Over a ten-year hold, that is the kind of change that can lift a whole neighbourhood’s demand. The transit panel on this page shows the exact walk and ride times.

It is still a neighbourhood in transition. Weston Road has older plazas and car-oriented stretches, and the polish you find in the Junction or Bloor West Village is not here yet. For many of my buyers, that is exactly why the price per square foot makes sense.

Owning in a 32-home corporation

With 32 owners sharing the costs, every decision the board makes shows up quickly in your fee. A small corporation can be very well run, with owners who know each other and keep a close eye on spending, but it has less cushion when a major repair arrives.

Townhouse complexes also blur the line between what you own and what the corporation owns. Balconies, front doors, windows and storage areas are often exclusive-use common elements, and the declaration sets out who pays to maintain them. Read that section before you plan any exterior changes, because what feels like your house is, legally, partly shared property.

The good news is that low turnover usually signals owners who stay. When I tour a complex like this, the state of the garage, the hallways and the landscaping tells me more about the corporation than any brochure would.

Pricing: space at a discount, with thin data

The building average sits around $478 per square foot, which is low for Toronto and reflects the age, the format and the location. For three bedrooms and roughly 1,200 square feet or more, that is a figure few condo apartments in the city can touch.

There was only one home for sale here when I prepared this review, and in a 32-unit complex that is normal. I will not quote a single listing’s price or fee. With so few trades, the right approach is to compare against nearby condo townhouses of a similar age and size, adjust for condition and parking, and look at the sales panel on this page. My building sold report gives you the full picture before you offer.

The fee covers common elements, building insurance and water. Heat and hydro are not listed as included, so add your own utility bills to the fee when you compare against an apartment where heat is bundled in.

Building specifications

Amenities at Riverboat Landing Courtyard Villas

There are no recreation facilities here, so the fee goes to the envelope, the garage and the grounds rather than a gym or pool. Underground parking is the amenity that matters most in a townhouse complex, because it keeps cars off the courtyard and out of the snow.

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