- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 3
- Size
- 2,000–2,500sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $1,311at the range’s middle
- Lot
- 21.42 x 157.19 ft
- Tax a year
- $13,4362026 tax year
- Parking
- 2none
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 31 Farnham Ave
31 Farnham Ave is a 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom semi-detached house in Yonge-St. Clair, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $2,949,000 (MLS® C14137390).
An exceptional opportunity in the heart of Yonge & St. Clair. Set on an impressive extra-deep lot, this substantial 3-storey semi-detached century home offers over 3,000 sq ft of living space, generous principal rooms and a wealth of architectural character. Thoughtfully maintained and improved over the years, every renovation has been undertaken with an emphasis on quality materials, fine workmanship and meticulous attention to detail. The home features hardwood floors, an inviting open-concept living and dining room, and a separate eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, a matching granite table, large windows and premium Miele and Sub-Zero appliances. Four bedrooms provide excellent flexibility, including a spacious primary with walk-in closet and semi-ensuite access, and a versatile 2nd-floor bedroom, currently used as an office, with fireplace and custom built-ins. The 3rd-floor bedrooms offer additional privacy, including one with sliding-door walkout to an expansive rooftop deck. The beautifully finished lower level features a recreation room with a full-wall entertainment unit, wet bar with wine fridge, 3-piece bathroom, laundry/utility room and separate walkout entrance. Outdoors, discover a truly special mature woodland garden, where towering evergreens, perennials, shrubs, ivy and professionally designed stone patios create a remarkably private, tranquil oasis. Just 1 minute from Yonge Street, yet the backyard feels worlds away, like a retreat in the countryside. Enjoy multiple outdoor living spaces, including a deck off the living room and a rooftop terrace. A rare, city-permitted double-wide private driveway accommodates 2 cars. Ideally situated between St. Clair and Summerhill subway stations, with easy access to Yonge Street's shops, restaurants and amenities, and some of Toronto's most prestigious private schools. A wonderful opportunity to enjoy space, privacy and convenience in one of midtown Toronto's most desirable neighbourhoods.
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−$10,624/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 43 semi-detached homes with 4 bedrooms for lease in Toronto right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $13,436 / 2026
- MLS® number
- C14137390
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Days on market
- Size
- 2000-2500 sqft
- Lot Size
- 21.42 x 157.19 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- None, 2 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Style
- 3-Storey
- Community
- Yonge-St. Clair
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 2000-2500 sqft
- Construction
- Brick
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 3
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 4pc 2nd, 1 × 3pc 3rd, 1 × 3pc Lower
- Basement Type
- Finished with Walk-Out
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Driveway
- Pvt Double, Front Yard
- Garage Type
- None
- Additional Parking
- 2
- Total Parking
- 2
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Wall Unit
- Heating Type
- Radiant
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 21.42 ft
- Depth
- 157.19 ft
- Lot Size
- 21.42 x 157.19 ft
Additional
- Foundation
- Brick
- Roof
- Asphalt Rolled, Asphalt Shingle
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Pool
- None
- Den
- No
- Family room
- No
- Extras
- Granite Kitchen Table, Glass Dining Room Table, All Window Coverings, Bsmt Panasonic Television, 2nd Bedroom Television
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | 3.708 × 3.975 m | B/I Appliances, Eat-In Kitchen, Large Window | Main |
| Dining | 3.505 × 5.067 m | Combined W/Living, Recessed Lights, hardwood floor | Main |
| Living | 4.064 × 5.067 m | W/O To Deck, Sliding Doors, hardwood floor | Main |
| Foyer | 1.067 × 5.651 m | B/I Closet, Slate Flooring, Glass Block Window | Main |
| Primary | 3.657 × 5.105 m | W/I Closet, South View, hardwood floor | 2nd |
| 2nd Br | 3.7211 × 5.156 m | B/I Desk, Fireplace, hardwood floor | 2nd |
| 3rd Br | 2.9845 × 5.1308 m | Casement Windows, B/I Closet, hardwood floor | 3rd |
| 4th Br | 2.9083 × 5.2959 m | W/O To Deck, B/I Closet, hardwood floor | 3rd |
| Rec | 5.0673 × 7.9629 m | Wet Bar, W/O To Patio, hardwood floor | Lower |
| Laundry | 2.5273 × 3.6449 m | Laundry Sink, B/I Shelves, Tile Floor | Lower |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 31 Farnham Ave, Toronto, 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 | $2,949,000 | N/A | For Sale | C14137390 |
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The numbers
Mortgage Calculator
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
- $589,800
- Total mortgage amount
- $2,359,200
- Total interest payment
- $1,677,000
- Total purchase cost
- $4,626,000
- Mortgage payment
- $13,454/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
83%Monthly carrying cost
$14,574- Rent $3,950
- Shortfall $10,624
Rental income opens at $3,950, the median asking rent of 43 comparable homes for lease in Toronto. 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
- $60,200
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $60,200
- Total land transfer tax
- $120,400
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $111,925
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 $2,949,000
- $23,725
- Ontario total
- $60,200
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $60,200.
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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The estimate is an automated value built from public and MLS® data. It is not an appraisal; ask Kassaundra Dobson, Broker of Record for a full comparative market analysis.
Comparable sales
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The land
Lot
- Lot area
- 3,367 sq ft313 m²
- Street frontage
- 21.42 ft6.5 m
- Depth
- 157.19 ft47.9 m
The area is the frontage multiplied by the depth, so boundaries are approximate. Confirm with a survey before you buy.
Source: the MLS® listing record, measured by Survey.
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation3
- Not in Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s mapped regulated areaAt the address
- No mapped wetland within 120 m120 m
- No water-supply well recorded within 250 m23 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority · Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity5
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
- 93 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- 9 open development applications within 250 mAn application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built.250 m
- Nearest airport: 5.5 km5.5 km
- Mapped parcel: about 2,950 sq ftMeasured from the municipal parcel map, which can differ from the survey and from the lot size in the listing.At the address
Province of Ontario open data · Municipal building permits · Municipal development applications · toronto.parcels
Around the home2
- Nearest rail line: 450 m450 m
- 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 The Governing Council of the University of Toronto — St George Campus, 2.6 km away. Only facilities above the inventory’s reporting thresholds are listed.1 km
- 1 federal contaminated site within 1 kmAll of them are closed. The federal inventory covers federal land only, not provincial or private sites.1 km
Province of Ontario open data · Government of Canada open data
Power and internet3
- Electricity is distributed here by Toronto Hydro-Electric System LimitedAt the address
- Wired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at a household 50 m awayFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (50 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.50 m
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Beanfield Metroconnect, Bell, Dotto One, FibreStream, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Bell, Rogers, Routcom, 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
Ontario Energy Board · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Each record is placed at the distance its own line states. None of it is an inspection of the property. Confirm anything that matters to you with the municipality, Toronto and Region Conservation Authorityor the record’s publisher.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Open Data Licence v1.0.
Heritage and ravine protection
- Not found on the Heritage Register
- Not in a mapped Heritage Conservation District
- Not in the mapped ravine protection area
What this means: None of these City records was found at this address. That does not rule out other approvals, such as a conservation authority permit, so check before you plan work.
City of Toronto Heritage Register, Heritage Conservation Districts and the Ravine and Natural Feature Protection by-law, read at this address from the City’s maps. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Zoning
Zone
R (d0.6) (x762)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 d0.6
Density: floor area is capped at 0.6 times the lot area.
2 x762
Site-specific exception 762: this site has rules of its own, written in the by-law.
3 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.10 of By-law 569-2013 · Exception 900.2.10(762)
4 What that means in practice
These are the zone’s rules, not permission for this lot. What can be built also depends on the exceptions, overlays and setbacks that apply here. Confirm with the City before you plan.
City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, read at this address from the City’s zoning map. Open the City’s zoning map. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Permit history
No building permits on file at this address.
Signals around this home
Changing nearby. 6 open development applications within 800 m of this home.
1303 YONGE STSite planUnder Review
Site plan approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for an 11-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 4105.30 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 15,949.90 square metres. 102 residential dwelling units are proposed.
160 m away1257 YONGE STSite planUnder Review
Site plan approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for an 11-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 4105.30 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 15,949.90 square metres. 102 residential dwelling units are proposed.
180 m away1366 YONGE STPlan of subdivisionUnder Review
Draft Plan of Subdivision for 1 lot.
180 m away1366 YONGE STSite planUnder Review
A 41-storey mixed-use building, containing 489 residential units and 2 parking spaces.
180 m away1233 YONGE STSite planUnder Review
Revised Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 49-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 309 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 46,603 square metres. 724 residential dwelling units are proposed, of which, 40 are rental replacement units.
220 m away9 WOODLAWN AVE ESite planUnder Review
Revised Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 49-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 309 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 46,603 square metres. 724 residential dwelling units are proposed, of which, 40 are rental replacement units.
220 m away
City of Toronto Open Data — Development Applications and Building Permits (cleared permits since 2017). An application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
The market
Semi-detached homes for sale in Yonge-St. Clair right now
- For sale now
- 7
- Median asking price
- $3.5M
- New in 7 days
- 2
- Price cuts
- 0%
Middle half: $3.22M to $4.52M
3 in 28 days
0 listings
This home is asking 16% below the median, lower than three quarters of them.
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The street
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Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Summerhill Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 350 m |
| St Clair Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 400 m |
| Rosedale Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 1 km |
| Eglinton Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-UniversityTTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 2.3 km |
| Union Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-UniversityGO Transit train: Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, StouffvilleUP Express train | 4.5 km |
The nearest subway, light rail, train, bus rapid transit stations 5 km, as the crow flies. Source: TTC schedule data (GTFS) from the Toronto Transit Commission under the Open Government Licence – Toronto; GO Transit and UP Express schedule data (GTFS) from Metrolinx under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx, downloaded October 18, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottingham Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 | 450 m | 100%Grade 6 average |
| Brown Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 · French Immersion | 550 m | 91%Grade 6 average |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 900 m | 92%Grade 6 average |
| ÉÉC du Sacré-Coeur-TorontoConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades JK–6 | 3.1 km | 60%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msgr Fraser College (Isabella Campus)Toronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 2.2 km | — |
| St Joseph's College SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 2.3 km | 66%Grade 9 math |
| Jarvis Collegiate InstituteToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 2.5 km | 34%Grade 9 math |
| Collège français secondaireConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades 9–12 | 2.8 km | 86%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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