Scugog bungalows for sale

Three settings account for most of the results. The first is Port Perry itself: the streets between Simcoe Street and the lake, plus the seventies subdivisions west of Old Simcoe Road, hold the town's original bungalows, many with the basement finished decades ago and some already opened up into a great room. The second is Canterbury Common and the smaller adult-lifestyle groupings around it, where the houses are newer, the lots are compact and a monthly fee covers the grounds; ask for the fee schedule and the rules on fences and exterior changes before you write an offer. The third is the countryside, where a raised bungalow on a rural lot gives you a bright lower level with full windows, a double garage below or beside, and room for a workshop. Blackstock and Greenbank reportedly draw from municipal wells, while most other hamlets rely on private ones.

Age matters more than style here. A fifties bungalow in Port Perry may still carry its original galvanized plumbing, a sixty-amp panel or attic wiring on knob-and-tube, and any of those will come up with your insurer, so ask for the electrical inspection record. Raised bungalows from the seventies often have a lower level that was finished without a permit, which is fine for your own use but affects what you can call it later. On rural lots, get the well flow and potability test, ask for the date of the last septic pump-out and for the bed's position relative to the drilled well, and confirm the road is township-maintained in winter. In the adult-lifestyle enclaves, read the age restriction and the resale rules. Everywhere, walk the lot after rain: Scugog's clay holds water, and a bungalow's low profile puts the basement windows close to grade.