153 Balsam Dr
Old Oakville, Oakville, Ontario L6J 3X4
- Bedrooms
- 4+1
- Bathrooms
- 5
- Size
- 3,500–5,000sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $1,547at the range’s middle
- Lot
- Under 0.50 acres
- Tax a year
- $30,5462026 tax year
- Built
- 0-5
- Parking
- 73 attached
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 153 Balsam Dr
153 Balsam Dr is a 4+1-bedroom, 5-bathroom detached house in Old Oakville, Oakville, listed for sale at an asking price of $6,575,000 (MLS® W13779262).
153 Balsam Drive is a sophisticated 4,337 sqft custom residence set on a 50' x 304' park-like lot in one of Oakville's most sought-after settings. Close to Downtown Oakville, top-rated schools, the home pairs craftsmanship with thoughtful functionality. A dramatic double-volume marble foyer with heated flooring and architectural staircase creates an elegant arrival, while custom millwork, designer lighting, oversized windows and premium white oak flooring establish a refined aesthetic throughout. The main level is designed for family living and entertaining, with gracious living and dining spaces flowing into a warm family room with a wood-burning fireplace. A dedicated office overlooks mature greenery. At the heart of the home, the kitchen features a 10' x 4' marble island, face-frame cabinetry, marble surfaces, bespoke lighting and a 60" Lacanche range with a custom plaster hood. A marble-finished pantry and heated natural-stone mudroom add function and elegance. Upstairs, four bedrooms each feature a walk-in closet. The primary suite offers a vaulted ceiling, double skylights with remote blinds, a lounge area and an oversized walk-in closet. The spa-inspired ensuite features heated marble floors, a steam shower with double heated marble seating, custom wainscoting, detailed marble trim and an imported Water Monopoly bathtub. The lower level extends the home's living and entertaining spaces with 10' ceilings and zoned underfloor heating. A fifth bedroom, recreation and games rooms, gym, wine cellar and theatre/flex space offer exceptional versatility for family living and entertaining. A heated three-car garage with car-lift capacity for two additional vehicles, plus exterior snow-melt infrastructure, adds year-round convenience. 153 Balsam Drive is a rare combination of timeless architecture, refined materials, modern functionality and exceptional attention to detail, thoughtfully brought together on one of Oakville's most coveted streets.
Insights
Condition Score
Good68/1006 condition-related facts documented
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Shortfall5/100−$26,843/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 33 detached homes with 5 bedrooms for lease in Oakville right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $30,546 / 2026
- MLS® number
- W13779262
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Detached
- Building Age
- 0-5
- Days on market
- Size
- 3500-5000 sqft
- Lot Size
- 49.89 x 304.51 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- 3 Attached, 7 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Detached
- Style
- 2-Storey
- Community
- Old Oakville
- Municipality
- Oakville
Building
- Size
- 3500-5000 sqft
- Building Age
- 0-5
- Construction
- Board & Batten
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 4+1
- Bathrooms
- 5
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 2pc Main, 2 × 5pc 2nd, 1 × 3pc 2nd, 1 × 3pc Bsmt
- Basement Type
- Full
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Driveway
- Pvt Double, Tandem
- Garage Type
- Attached
- Garage
- 3
- Additional Parking
- 4
- Total Parking
- 7
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 49.89 ft
- Depth
- 304.51 ft
- Lot Size
- 49.89 x 304.51 ft
Additional
- Foundation
- Concrete
- Roof
- Asphalt Shingle
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Pool
- None
- Den
- Yes
- Family room
- Yes
- Extras
- Please see attached Schedule C
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foyer | 1.88 × 6.17 m | — | Main |
| Office | 3.4 × 5.05 m | — | Main |
| Dining | 4.24 × 4.55 m | — | Main |
| Kitchen | 4.17 × 5.82 m | — | Main |
| Mudroom | 2.18 × 2.9 m | — | Main |
| Breakfast | 2.13 × 2.46 m | — | Main |
| Family | 4.44 × 4.93 m | — | Main |
| Room 8 | 3.78 × 4.93 m | — | Main |
| Primary | 4.72 × 4.93 m | — | 2nd |
| Sitting | 4.44 × 5.03 m | — | 2nd |
| 2nd Br | 3.38 × 5.92 m | — | 2nd |
| 3rd Br | 3.89 × 3.94 m | — | 2nd |
| 4th Br | 3.4 × 4.14 m | — | 2nd |
| Laundry | 2.11 × 3.1 m | — | 2nd |
| Rec | 6.02 × 8.89 m | — | Bsmt |
| Br | 4.6 × 6.63 m | — | Bsmt |
| Exercise | 3.91 × 6.3 m | — | Bsmt |
| Games | 5.41 × 5.82 m | — | Bsmt |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 153 Balsam Dr, Oakville, Ontario
Sale history on this site covers the last 2 years, the window permitted under the TRREB MLS® VOW agreement.
| Date Start | Date End | List Price | Price | Event | Listing ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date StartN/A | N/A | $6,575,000 | N/A | For Sale | W13779262 |
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The numbers
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Plan with the current asking price
CMHC insurance: not required at 20% down. Payments use Canadian semi-annual compounding.
Mortgage Details
4.8% · 5-year term · 25-year amortization · 20% down
- Total down payment
- $1,315,000
- Total mortgage amount
- $5,260,000
- Total interest payment
- $3,739,100
- Total purchase cost
- $10,314,100
- Mortgage payment
- $29,997/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
92%Monthly carrying cost
$32,543- Rent $5,700
- Shortfall $26,843
Rental income opens at $5,700, the median asking rent of 33 comparable homes for lease in Oakville. Type over it with the rent you expect. This is a planning tool, not advice.
Land transfer tax on this home
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $150,850
- Total land transfer tax
- $150,850
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000)
- −$4,000
- Total for first-time buyers
- $146,850
See how this is worked out
- 0.5% on the first $55,000
- $275
- 1.0% from $55,000 to $250,000
- $1,950
- 1.5% from $250,000 to $400,000
- $2,250
- 2.0% from $400,000 to $2,000,000
- $32,000
- 2.5% from $2,000,000 to $6,575,000
- $114,375
- Ontario total
- $150,850
An estimate at the asking price, for a home with one or two single-family residences. Your lawyer confirms the exact amount.
Estimate
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Comparable sales
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The land
Lot
- Street frontage
- 49.89 ft15.2 m
- Depth
- 304.51 ft92.8 m
- Lot size
- Under 0.50 acresAs the board bands it
The record marks this lot irregular, so its area is not the frontage multiplied by the depth. It is not given here. Confirm with a survey before you buy.
Source: the MLS® listing record, measured by GeoWarehouse.
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation2
- No mapped wetland within 120 m120 m
- No water-supply well recorded within 250 m5 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity1
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
Province of Ontario open data
Around the home1
- A trail on the Ontario trail network within 1 km1 km
Province of Ontario open data
Environmental records4
- No licensed pit or quarry within 2 km2 km
- No recorded oil, gas or salt well within 250 m250 m
- No facility within 1 km reports pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is Dana Canada Corporation — Dana Oakville Kerr, 2.4 km away. Only facilities above the inventory’s reporting thresholds are listed.1 km
- No federal contaminated site within 1 kmThe federal inventory covers federal land only; it says nothing about provincial or private sites.1 km
Province of Ontario open data · Government of Canada open data
Power and internet3
- Electricity is distributed here by Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc.At the address
- Wired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at a household 80 m awayFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (80 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.80 m
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Bell, Cogeco Connexion. Cable: Cogeco Connexion. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Bell, Rogers, SkyChoice Communications. Mobile: Bell, Freedom Mobile, Rogers, Telus. Satellite: Xplore. ISED’s list for the surrounding ~25 km² area; check with a provider for this address.Area-wide
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The market
Detached homes for sale in Old Oakville right now
- For sale now
- 27
- Median asking price
- $4.1M
- New in 7 days
- 2
- Price cuts
- 19%
Middle half: $2.77M to $5.24M
7 in 28 days
5 listings
This home is asking 60% above the median, higher than three quarters of them.
See all homes in Old OakvilleAsking prices and counts of the MLS® listings on this site as of today. Asking figures only, never sold or leased prices.
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The street
Map and tour
Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Oakville GO | GO Transit train: Lakeshore West | 1.6 km |
The nearest subway, light rail, train, bus rapid transit stations 5 km, as the crow flies. Source: GO Transit schedule data (GTFS) from Metrolinx under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx, downloaded October 18, 2026. Data used in this product or service is provided with the permission of Metrolinx. Metrolinx makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the Data and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the data used in this product or service. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx.
Schools nearby
| Elementary | Type | Distance | EQAO average 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Central Public SchoolHalton DSB | Public · grades JK–6 | 100 m | 90%Grade 6 average |
| St. Vincent Catholic Elementary SchoolHalton CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 1.5 km | 76%Grade 6 average |
| E J James Public SchoolHalton DSB | Public · grades 1–8 · French Immersion | 1.7 km | 93%Grade 6 average |
| ÉÉC Sainte-Marie-OakvilleConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades JK–8 | 2.3 km | 91%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville Trafalgar High SchoolHalton DSB | Public · grades 9–12 · French Immersion | 2.3 km | 86%Grade 9 math |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary SchoolHalton CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 2.4 km | 72%Grade 9 math |
| White Oaks Secondary SchoolHalton DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 3.3 km | 81%Grade 9 math |
| École secondaire Gaétan GervaisConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades 9–12 | 3.5 km | 85%Grade 9 math |
EQAO: share of students at or above the provincial standard, 2024–25 (Ontario open data). These are the schools nearest this home, not the schools it is assigned to: boundaries change, and some schools take students by application. Confirm with the board before you buy. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
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