- Bedrooms
- 4+2
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Size
- 1,500–2,000sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $548at the range’s middle
- Lot
- 20 x 140 ft
- Tax a year
- $5,9272025 tax year
- Parking
- 21 detached
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 539 Lansdowne Ave
539 Lansdowne Ave is a 4+2-bedroom, 2-bathroom detached house in Dufferin Grove, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $959,000 (MLS® C13830694).
Outstanding opportunity for builders, developers, investors, renovators and contractors in Toronto's sought-after Dufferin Grove neighbourhood. Situated on a generous 20 x 140 ft lot, this detached property offers exceptional value-add potential for renovation, customization, conversion, expansion or possible redevelopment. Featuring three separate entrances, two kitchens, a finished basement with a separate walkout, and a rough-in for a third kitchen on the second floor, the property presents excellent live-and-rent, multi-generational and income-property possibilities. A detached garage and additional parking pad add further value. Ideally located steps from transit and within walking distance of Lansdowne Subway Station, schools, parks, shops, cafés and restaurants, with convenient access to Bloor Street, College Street and downtown Toronto. A rare opportunity to renovate, reconfigure or build your vision in a neighbourhood experiencing continued growth and investment.
Insights
Condition Score
Good68/1006 condition-related facts documented
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Strong98/100+$2,130/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 49 detached homes with 6 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
- $5,927 / 2025
- MLS® number
- C13830694
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Detached
- Days on market
- Size
- 1500-2000 sqft
- Lot Size
- 20 x 140 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- 1 Detached, 2 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Detached
- Style
- 2 1/2 Storey
- Community
- Dufferin Grove
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 1500-2000 sqft
- Construction
- Brick
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 4+2
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 3pc 2nd, 1 × 3pc Bsmt
- Basement Type
- Finished
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Garage Type
- Detached
- Garage
- 1
- Additional Parking
- 1
- Total Parking
- 2
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Window Unit
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 20 ft
- Depth
- 140 ft
- Lot Size
- 20 x 140 ft
Additional
- Foundation
- Brick
- Roof
- Asphalt Rolled, Asphalt Shingle
- Fireplace
- No
- Pool
- None
- Den
- No
- Family room
- No
- Extras
- All existing appliances
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dining | 3.6 × 3.4 m | — | Ground |
| Living | 2.9 × 4.8 m | — | Ground |
| Br | 3.12 × 2.9 m | — | 2nd |
| 2nd Br | 3.0 × 4.72 m | — | 2nd |
| 3rd Br | 2.47 × 4.65 m | — | 2nd |
| 4th Br | 3.18 × 5.8 m | — | 3rd |
| Br | 4.32 × 2.45 m | — | Bsmt |
| Br | 3.02 × 2.46 m | — | Bsmt |
| Kitchen | 4.54 × 3.41 m | — | Bsmt |
| Laundry | 2.0 × 1.2 m | — | Bsmt |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 539 Lansdowne 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 | $959,000 | N/A | Pc | C13830694 |
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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
- $191,800
- Total mortgage amount
- $767,200
- Total interest payment
- $545,600
- Total purchase cost
- $1,504,600
- Mortgage payment
- $4,376/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
—Monthly carrying cost
$4,870- Carrying cost $4,870
- Surplus $2,130
Rental income opens at $7,000, the median asking rent of 49 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
- $15,655
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $15,655
- Total land transfer tax
- $31,310
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $22,835
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 $959,000
- $11,180
- Ontario total
- $15,655
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $15,655.
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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Market estimates use sold comparables and are available after you sign in and accept MLS® VOW terms.
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
Comparable sales require sign in
Closing prices and sold comps are available to registered visitors who accept MLS® VOW terms on this site.
The land
Lot
- Lot area
- 2,800 sq ft260 m²
- Street frontage
- 20 ft6.1 m
- Depth
- 140 ft42.7 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 MPAC.
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation4
- 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 m50 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
- Groundwater recorded about 3.7 m below ground nearbyThe middle water level in the well records within 500 m (562 records). It changes with the season and from spot to spot.500 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
- 90 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- 3 open development applications within 250 mAn application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built.250 m
- Nearest airport: 4.3 km4.3 km
- Mapped parcel: about 3,170 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: 210 m210 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
- 2 facilities within 1 km report pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is Nestle Canada Inc. — STERLING ROAD FACTORY, 360 m away. Facilities report to the National Pollutant Release Inventory above set thresholds; reporting a release is not a finding of harm.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 Toronto Hydro-Electric System LimitedAt the address
- Wired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at a household 70 m awayFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (70 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.70 m
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Beanfield Metroconnect, Bell, FibreStream, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: 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)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 d0.6
Density: floor area is capped at 0.6 times the lot area.
2 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.10 of By-law 569-2013
3 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.
512 LANSDOWNE AVEOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
230 m away510 LANSDOWNE AVEOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
240 m away514 LANSDOWNE AVEOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
250 m away1301 BLOOR ST WOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
270 m away1293 BLOOR ST WOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
280 m away1293 BLOOR ST WSite planUnder Review
The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is proposed, consisting of 18,145 square metres of residential uses and 247 square metres of grade-related retail uses.
280 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
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The street
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Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 400 m |
| Dufferin Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 700 m |
| Bloor GO | GO Transit train: KitchenerUP Express train | 700 m |
| Dundas West Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 1 km |
| Fairbank Station | TTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 450 m | 86%Grade 6 average |
| St Helen Catholic SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 650 m | 82%Grade 6 average |
| Pauline Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 | 750 m | 83%Grade 6 average |
| École élémentaire Charles-SauriolConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades JK–8 | 1.8 km | 95%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| École secondaire Toronto OuestConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades 9–12 | 300 m | 82%Grade 9 math |
| ÉSC Saint-Frère-AndréConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades 9–12 | 400 m | 69%Grade 9 math |
| Caring and Safe School 4Toronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 400 m | — |
| St Mary Catholic AcademyToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 800 m | 45%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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