Old building or new building
The choice under this line in Whitby usually comes down to a compact suite in a recent Port Whitby building or a roomier one in a Pringle Creek low-rise from an earlier decade. The newer buildings offer the commute, a gym and a reserve fund still early in its life, with fees that can climb once the developer hands the corporation to the owners. The older buildings offer square footage, mature trees and established budgets, with the roof, windows and boiler being the items to check in the status certificate. Parking and lockers are owned in some buildings and assigned in others, which affects resale. Visit at rush hour and on a weekend evening, walk the corridor and the parking level, and ask the concierge or a neighbour what the last special assessment was for.