Living in Fairview VW: What the Listings Say

Condos make up 74. 5 percent of what is for sale in Fairview VW, 79 of the 106 active listings. Townhouses account for another 25 listings, or 23. 6 percent. Detached houses are rare here. Just two are on the market. The median year built is 1991, so most of this stock has had three decades to settle in. Condos carry a median price of $739,000. Townhouses run higher at a median of $1,399,000, and the two detached houses sit at $1,799,000. The typical unit is small. Median living area is 889 square feet, which works out to a median of $1,006 per square foot. One-bedroom homes lead the count at 44 listings, with two-bedrooms close behind at 39. If you want three or four bedrooms, the field narrows to 21 listings combined. New construction is a sliver of the market at 5. 7 percent.

The median strata fee here runs $523 a month, a line item you pay on top of your mortgage in a market where the typical home is 889 square feet. That fee covers the shared costs of a building stock with a median age dating to 1991, so maintenance is a real part of the budget. Picture the daily reality. A one-bedroom at the median of $649,000 keeps your purchase price and your monthly carrying cost both on the lower end. Step up to a two-bedroom at $1,075,000 and the math changes. You get more room to spread out, but the mortgage and the strata contribution both climb. Some of these units cluster in buildings you will see again on the listings, like Kits360, Hycroft Towers, and Fairview Village. Living here means apartment living for most. At a median of $1,006 per square foot, every square foot counts. Budget for the strata fee the same way you budget for property tax and insurance. It is fixed, it recurs, and it shapes what you can actually afford in Fairview VW.

Start with the price band that fits your budget, then pull the listings inside it. Thirty-seven of the 106 active listings sit between $500,000 and $750,000, which is where most one-bedroom condos land. If you need more room, the 22 listings in the $1M to $1. 5M band cover most two and three-bedroom options. Book viewings in two or three of the repeat buildings first, Kits360 and Hycroft Towers among them, so you learn what a 1991-era strata building feels like before you commit. Ask for the strata documents early. At a median fee of $523 a month, the building's finances matter as much as the unit. Then narrow. The field is small enough to see in a week.