Pick Your Favorite $875,000 Home in Montreal

Golden Square Mile | $895,000 (1.295 million Canadian dollars)

A duplex in an 1899 building that once housed Germany’s consulate

This three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment sprawls across two floors in Benjamin Tooke House, a converted mansion named for the shirt maker who built it in 1899. The building housed the consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s and was converted to condominiums in 1984.

The apartment is in downtown Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, once the city’s wealthiest enclave, now a busy district that includes McGill University and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gare Centrale, Montreal’s main train station, is about a mile south. Sainte-Catherine Street, a commercial hub, is less than a mile south. Mount Royal Park, with a 295-acre green space designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is just north. Montreal-Trudeau International Airport is 11 miles west.

Montreal’s status as a census metropolitan area (CMA) means homes are subject Canada’s ban on foreign buyers, which has been extended until 2027. Exceptions include work permit holders, spouses of Canadian citizens, and refugees.

Size: 2,095 square feet

Price per square foot: $427

Indoors: The main floor features 11-foot ceilings and pristine original details including a fireplace with a mantel mirror, ornate woodwork and stained-glass windows. The kitchen has hardwood floors and an island. There are two bedrooms on this level, one with its own marble fireplace. The bathroom has marble fixtures and floors.

The apartment’s lower floor has two more bedrooms and a family room with original brick and stone walls. There is one bathroom on this floor.

Outdoor space: There is no outdoor space, but two-acre Percy Walters Park is across the street. The sale includes a deeded parking spot, one of two in a converted coach house attached to the mansion.

Costs: Annual taxes total about $5,230 (C$7,300). Condo fees come to about $6,950 (C$9,684) per year.

Contact: Gabriel Pliva, Sotheby’s International Realty Québec

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | $895,000 (C$1.249 million)

A century-old house with original woodwork

Built as a duplex in 1922 and converted to a single-family home in 1982, this four-bedroom, two-bathroom house is in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, just northwest of downtown Montreal.

Monkland Avenue, a lively stretch of bakeries, cafes and independent shops, is a mile north. Atwater Market, one of Montreal’s largest public markets, is four miles east. St. Joseph’s Oratory, Canada’s largest church and a major tourist draw, is three miles north. A bus stop is steps from the home’s front door.

Size: 2,099 square feet

Price per square foot: $426

Indoors: An open-plan layout on the main floor includes the living room, family room and a spacious kitchen with quartz countertops and appliances from Bosch and Samsung. Hardwood floors and door frames on this level are original. A burnished wood staircase was salvaged from a defunct Quebec monastery and installed by the previous owners.

Both the first and second floors have one full bathroom with marble floors and custom cabinets. The upper level includes three bedrooms with walk-in closets. A smaller fourth room could serve as an office. The finished basement includes two rooms with six-foot ceilings. The home’s roof, masonry and plumbing have been updated over the past 20 years.

Outdoor space: There are three terraces — two in front and one in back. The cedar-and-composite rear deck overlooks a compact backyard designed by the sellers, with synthetic grass and wood fencing.

Old Montreal | $860,000 (C$1,199,999)

A loft with a marble fireplace in a converted 1860s warehouse

This second-floor loft is in Old Montreal, the downtown neighborhood whose cobblestone streets date to the city’s 17th-century founding. Built in 1864 on an industrial strip once known as the Dominion Block, the six-story warehouse was converted to condominiums in 1997.

The Phi Centre, which showcases contemporary art, is steps away. Montreal’s Old Port, whose seasonal attractions include a giant Ferris wheel and a Cirque du Soleil tent, is a quick walk south. Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal, known for hosting Celine Dion’s 1994 wedding and the 2016 funeral of her husband, René Angélil, is just north.

Size: 1,886 square feet

Price per square foot: $456

Indoors: Three oversized, arched windows illuminate the loft, which features 11-foot ceilings and original brick and stone walls. The seller renovated the unit in 2020 with a marble fireplace, a sleek white kitchen with built-in Fisher & Paykel and Bosch appliances, and a minimalist bathroom with heated floors, marble shower enclosure and stand-alone tub. The sleeping area has an interior window looking out to the living room and decorative metal beams evoking the building’s industrial history.

Outdoor space: There is no outdoor space. As an incentive for buyers, the seller has paid for a nearby parking spot for the next three years.

Costs: Annual taxes total about $5,060 (C$7,053). Condo fees are $6,460 (C$9,012) per year.

Contact: Sebastien Henaff | Re/Max Haute Performance

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