My $1100/month Toronto Apartment Tour | Oct 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- A tour of my midtown Toronto bachelor apartment. I've been living here since 2014 and with the housing market going the way it has, I'll probably be here for quite a while longer.
Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS on Sunday, October 6, 2024.
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Thanks you for the tour! I love to see how people have set up their spaces.
Thank you!!!
Your apartment is basically the size of a newer 1 bedroom condo. I really like the way you have things laid out! Don't ever leave.
Thanks, and I have no plans on it anytime soon :)
Looks nicely decorated! Nice couch! Mind blowingly cheap! My daughter's one bedroom apartment suite is $3,000 in Toronto, near the U of T. My husband and I do pay her rent as she is in her first year of medical school - no time to have a side job and we are so proud! I'd get some art up! Lol! You are looking fit! Cheers!
You'll be glad when those days are over! My son also went to UofT Med and lived all over the place over the years due to hospital placements. He's now in his last year of residency, so he's making a bit of money. My younger son is now in Law at Osgoode. With what we paid between tuition, rent, and expenses, I could have retired at 55 or purchased a nice place down south. All good though, I still plan to retire before 60. I wish your daughter the best of luck!
@@BungHoleCamper You are so kind!! Thanks so much!! Our youngest plans to go to Law School and Osgoode is fabulous! He and our middle kiddo are at McGill right now in undergrad. I visit a lot being in Vancouver! Thankfully med students in residency make some money although it's not much is it? My husband is a paediatrician and earned about $55,000 during his residency. I did my Ph.D. in clinical psych but no salary! I wish! Lol! I am sending huge care and good luck wishes for your kids and hope they enjoy their chosen professions immensely! Our daughter is aiming for paediatrics but she might shift choice during her rotations. Hey retirement before 60 is fabulous!! 🙂
Thanks! I have been trying to reduce body fat and gain some muscle but it's only about 3 weeks in.
@@JohnnyStrides You look lean! Way to go! I know it’s a lot of work!
Great deal for $1100 these days! I love how you maximized the spaces with the layout. Everything's just in the right place. 🙂
Thanks for having me in your place. I loved it
Don’t move out. You won’t find anything less than $2000 these days.
thats what im doing. i have a 2 bedroom 1000sq ft unit in an older building for $1200 including utilities and 2 underground parking spots. well maintained building
I like, I like!😁 Thanks for showing your apartment Johnny.😘
You've done an awesome job with a bachelor apartment, Johnny! I'm glad for both of us for the rent increase caps every year. It's horrifying that rent has doubled in 10 years when over 50% of the households in Ontario rent.
That's why there are so many families using the food banks.
To be honest..i was surprised! In a nice way..that you allow us..your loyal followers to get ino your apartment something that intimate and personal…and your wardrobes and drawers..wow! .. ! Goes to say how down to earth and humble of a person you really are.and how much you appreciate and trust us..❤
$1,100.00/month? For an apartment and you're not sharing? The average apartment in Toronto is $2,000.00/month
read the description, hes been there since 2014 under rent control
@@Eckaez 10 years later the the rent has not gone up? I'm a born and raised Toronto resident. It's most likely Government Housing.
@@BritneyWaldron the maximum they can raise it per year is 2.5%, i've been in a apartment since 2017, my rent is $1575, same unit they're asking $1975 as a new tenant
He shares with the plants
@@Eckaez He mentioned buildings older than 2018 are rent controlled. If you somehow found a vacancy in a building pre-2018, would they be astronomically high but just cannot raise the rent as much as they want?
There is no way you can find this bachelor for $1,100 probably $1,500 or more and that would be a bargain.
Great tour of yur apt. Very well organized. The balcony is a plus. Often older buildings don't have balconies.
save for 0 cable management
$1100 for that location and space is an excellent deal these days in Toronto, very nice
Hey, Johnny. Thank you so much for opening up your private space to us. I also live in an one bedroom apt in Thorncliffe Park and I could relate to you so much. LOL. Man, how on earth are you paying only $1100 per month for an apartment like that? I envy you so much. My rent is like $1950 for a one bedroom unit infested with cockroaches and I thought I was the lucky one! At least, I don't see any rats inside the building, so that's a plus. Anywho, thank you!
Thank you so much Johnny! Excellent video!☺️
Thumbnail - "I've fallen and I can't get up."😂My old apartment on Queen W was about $900 now I think it's $2300 😮
Your rent is unheard of with what you showed. I'm from the west coast 🇨🇦🥲
In 2006 I had a 400 sqft apartment in Newport Beach for $1000. Lived there a year. It had a murphy bed that folded down from the wall. Currently it's $1700 and way out of my price range. Ah well.
Thank you for showing us around your home.love the couch and office set up.👍🥰
Awesome tour of your apartment, Johnny! ❤ it.
Your bachelor is large and the finishes are great. The room layouts are excellent. I would keep this and show shade to anyone who thinks this is subpar.
Nice tech. The layout of the apartment looks really cozy.
THanks!
Very nice apartment. It is small, but well organized. Good taste.
You are lucky to rent an apartment in the Yonge Eglinton area for 1100.😮
Nice Bachelor apartment. Nice plants.
Thanks!
Nice Toronto Apartment Tour Johnny
Thanks for the tour. I totally agree on upgrading to a OLED television. I saved a little bit on a year old model LG G1 55” and am totally impressed. My viewing experience changed completely. If I had rent control I wouldn’t move. I would stack the cash.
Nice utilization of space Johnny. Plants add a splash of colour.
Great video. Love the QD OLED. Can't go back to MiniLed is true once you go OLED. I bought an LG C3 42 inches as a monitor and is amazing. Beautiful apartment Johnny.
Thanks Jennifer! OLED is the light for sure.
I am looking forward for this your apartment video
Cant wait for another video. He's great at making youtube videos. You have to have skills to be able to talk about a speck of dust for 15 minutes
Haha I love how he says “the bedroom” and here is “the living room” and over here “the kitchen”. If it was legal, they wouldn’t even put a door on the washroom.
Ps. Your voice is unforgettable. I watched your old videos.
The toilet paper is wrong. Under drives me crazy. Over is so much easier to reach for.
Under for life.
I used to do it under. Then my wife came into my life 27 years ago and guess what, I have being doing it over ever since. 😆
Creative use of space. For the bathroom a towel rack helps if more space is needed, but it looks like the right side of the medicine cabinet would block it. 🤔For the closet, cascading hangers that hold 5 items create more space too.
Toilet paper should be the other way? lol
Nope
Thanks so much for the apartment tour. Really like what you've done with the place.
Absolutely beautiful sharing upload and share ! .. loved the beautiful lovely place to live in, and appreciate your efforts and hard work for sharing your beautiful sharing lifestyle and millions thanks again from Montreal QC ! ..
WOW!! I didn’t know such a thing was even possible. Lucky guy!
Thanks for the update Johnny. You've really maximized the space well. I've been looking for a good walking shoe. I'm going to check out this Xero brand. Happy Thanksgiving!
clean up that awesome balcony. very similar to my own apt. My shoe collection is ridiculous. I'm a 67 yr. young shoe-junkie. My 24 year old nephew is always borrowing them. Your set-up is to be envied. I'm very happy for you.
Wow! Johnny, your apartment looks fantastic! You've done an excellent job redecorating, and also your furniture choices are great! Your place now looks bigger and brighter. It's much better organized partly because of the new and efficient furniture, and due to the layout. The plants add some more colour and warmth especially since you're not really able to put up art work.
I'm a former teacher so I am grading your efforts and results with a solid 'A'. :)
Thank you :)
You're welcome. Happy Thanksgiving.
Susan
very cool.. you have utilized your space very efficiently great job.
I can’t wait for the apartment video
Looks awesome Johnny. Also a fan of structure & IKEA.
$1100 is an *amazing* price for an apartment. My first apartment in Manhattan, I paid $1100 plus utilities back in 1990 (yes, 34 years ago) it did have a separate bedroom. Back in 2002, I paid $1100 (plus utilities & internet) in Los Angeles (building was built in 1970s) but it also had a garage for my car, which was very nice. Where I live now, I haven't paid $1100 (plus utilities & internet) since 2013 and it was built in the 1930s, but it did have a driveway for parking. So, hang on to that place as long as you can. Owning a home is so overrated because it takes up so much of your time taking care of it.
Today, you'd be lucky to find a studio/bachelor for less than $3K USD. This is a college town outside of San Francisco called Berkeley. Even in rent controlled apartments, if a family member moves in, they can legally evict you. If you try and fight it, an eviction stays on your credit record for years and makes it almost impossible to rent or buy a condo after that. This law is in both NYC and California.
I have never seen an apartment with cement walls where you can knock and not hear your neighbors. That is a musicians dream!
Very practical and stylish bachelor. If I had a place that cheap with all utilities included except internet, I'd probably never move. Seriously. Hang onto it and sock money away for as long as you can!
In most places in Canada you can also get evicted if a close family member moves in.
Some landlords try to take advantage of this loophole by lying so tenants need to do their research if it happens (i.e., if the landlord has a multimillion dollar business, it’s unlikely their family member is willing to move into a 500 sq. ft. suite in an old building.). In some cities or provinces you can get compensated if you find out that the landlord lied. If you’re willing to move, you can also negotiate to see if they’ll cover moving expenses or rent increases in your new place. It pays to know what your rights are.
@@polishtheday Agreed! Some landlords will get up and lie in front of a court, too, so you (sadly) do have to document. It can take up a lot of your time and life energy to fight someone like this, and your money, too, if you have to hire legal counsel.
I don't know what it is like in Canada, but in the US, it's not about who is right, it's about who can prove their case in court. The party with the best attorney is the one who walks away the "winner", so to speak.
One of the nicer bachelors I've seen, and spacious. Looks like not on the ground floor either. A lot of them here are. They definitely don't make em like they used to.
Thanks for the laugh Johnny. 1:00 "Maybe someday the crosstown will open up.."
Funny stuff.
I love your layout! I wish my apartment was that well organized. And a big shout out to all of us "toilet paper from the back" people! It's the only way to live!
You'd have to be some kind of freak to hang your tp any other way!
You know what you
want
Like❤
And stayed in your budget. 🎉🎉
I would be very comfortable if I came to visit. Yeah for a well thought out apartment 😉
Real Estate/Rental prices are pretty much the same in Vancouver. I saw another Utuber do an apartment tour and pretty sure she lives in your building as her apartment has the identical layout. She has her bedroom where you have your office. You are in a prime location in Toronto - don't ever move. I sometimes miss my bachelor apartment days as it forced you to be super organized and only keep what you love & need.
wow! Love what you did with the place! Looks awesome
Oh come on on! You didn’t even show me the view from your balcony! 😢…
( did your know that you have people following you all the way from Egypt ?😊
Nice old, i.e. decent-sized and livable apartment. I love the black blackout curtains. Your internet speeds make me cry though (no fibre optic in my Don Mills condo).
Bro is proud of his backwards toilet paper . That's one of my pet peeves.
Nice space! It’s quite similar to my $780 per month apartment in Montreal but newer vibe, with a bigger kitchen, more storage and a balcony.
The only thing that would make me want to move is facing a busy street but we gotta hold on to cheap rent. 🤣 So I think I’m gonna use your layout as inspiration since I’ve been wanting to redecorate mine! Great work 🫡
$1100 for this is not bad at all!
This is very relatable
Hi Johnny your apartment looks better then it did the last time you made a video a few years ago. $1,100 a month for Toronto is Very cheap. Me and Elisa pay $1,200 a month for our 1 bedroom apartment here in Downtown Calgary. I would not move if you don't have to as you would pay a lot more if you did.
Nice place. Nice stuff from IKEA, Ahhhh Yonge and Eglinton my old stomping grounds. I know the area well. Lived there from the 1980's to 2008. It sure has changed a lot since then. Was up there recently. Now I am down here by the St Lawrence Market.
me as well. lived at 1989 Yonge. it was a corner store and now a Rogers. the two blocks south going towards Davisville on the east side are completely different from my time. pretty much its all changed.
Wowwwww for 1100$ in Toronto is good 👍
Nice Apartment Johnny
Thank you!! That was quite fun and satisfying to my vicarious interests! 🪴
good morning everyone
If you water your plant from the bottom, it will discourage those fungus nat bugs. They love to lay eggs in wet soil. Just don't let your plant sit in water for too long (root rot).
Magnific!!! Lovely Johny!!!
You got a great deal in Toronto that is quite a low price. My brother pays that same amount for a small bedroom in a shared house.
Haha I love how he says “the bedroom” and here is “the living room” and over here “the kitchen”. If it was legal, they wouldn’t even put a door on the washroom.
I might copy your sofa, road table and side table. I loath my sofa. Too big for my living room.
I have thick walls like you also. A gem of older in Toronto.
I lived in the same bachelor apt on the 33rd floor facing east in the late 1990s. I was paying close to $700 including a parking space and the bubble swimming pool was not operational. Great location!
The pool has been up for most of the time I've lived here fortunately :)
Well done sir! I like your set up! You have inspired me to do a beaches apartment video !
the 'wrong' way to hang the toilet paper is the over the roll way. it's preferred because it's less likely that people will touch the wall. I learned this is generally the preferred way after working at a place with public facilities. it also prevents unnecessary contact at home!
Nice pad Johnny! Keep up your great work!
Put some damn art or something on those walls!
lol, I thought there would be some art from his travels.
Maybe I'll fingerpaint them...
😁😁👍🏻
Command strips.
That's not a plant anymore it's a stump. And I'm grandfathered in over on Thorncliffe Park Drive. I have a 2 bedroom for just over $1400. Your place is nice.
Pretty blessed to have that place. There are some good landlords out there etc that dont kick you out or overcharge. I was in a place in scarborough for 650 just a few years ago. My brother since moved in and only pays like 680 now. But the location is whats solid
Love your apartment set up.
Great apartment and in Toronto fabulous price!
Nice appartment , looks good !
I actually think that’s not too bad. Seems in good shape too. I lived at 45 Dunfield Ave in the mid-1990’s and my one bedroom went for $625 a month back then.
cool to see the updated version johnny! im surprised you dont use alexa for your lights (edit after watching more if you are going to get a new monitor upgrade your main monitor and use the old one on the side) im sure you knew that tho lol
Nice looking at Toronto apartment, mate! I can't wait to see this afternoon here & £1,100 Isn't that bad Johnny! 😎👍
About 610 GBP would be the conversion. Even better? 😄
Hi Falcom!! How are you doing?! I hope super well! Agreed - not bad pricing at all!! Have a fabulous weekend!! Cheers!!🥂
@christinecamley Good morning Christine, I'm doing well here! I just came back to my flat from my local Tesco Express shop for more food here! Hope you have a beautiful weekend! 😀👋
@crickey__in__durham lol crickey! 😆 Stay safe, mate & enjoy the weekend!
@@FalcomScott312 Sounds awesome! When I rent an Air B&B flat in London my husband and I often shop at Tesco!! Thanks so much Falcom!! 🙂
I have been living in the same apt building in your area for over 20 years. My unit is a jr 1 bedroom which is under rent control. I pay close to $1300 a mo. your place looks great.
It's not bad now a day one room apartment rent 2000$ plus utilities
Apartment looks great and you can’t beat the rent. I did notice, however, that Pinocchio is missing from your wall!
I pay here in Germany (city 100,000 inhabitants) 290 euros per month for a 2 bedroom apartment, the wages are a bit lower here, but Toronto is really extremely expensive! I work 30 hours per week, and can live fine.
that's so shockingly low for rent wow
Idk why but the lone bulb in the bathroom just seems very on brand 😂😂. I love the plants and small improvements since the last video. Would you ever tackle the closet?
Man, that bathroom needs a remodel ASAP. The shower walls look like they are caving in and water is getting in between the titles. I doubt they would remodel a bathroom, but that unit is in desperate need of one. This is why I would never rent or own a condo. At least with home ownership, you can get someone to fix the stuff, or do it yourself, and know its going towards something. It's sad that this has become less of a possibility and more of a dream for people. Canada is in for some dark times. Young people are screwed.
I wanted to see the view from the balcony!!!! :P
Maybe next one :)
very comfortable and lovely home ❤
nice stuff johnny
Hey, JS! Thanks for the apartment tour. It looks nice, but your toilet paper is installed the wrong way. 😅
You spalled installed wrong, the correct spelling is... correct. 🤣
You should check out a drying mat to replace the dish rack. I’ll never go back
Only a few bucks at the Dollarma on the West side of Yonge😅
I had to convert to USD - you're paying way less than I am for my place down here 😭 You've really made the most of your space. Great tour 🙂 and happy Thanksgiving to you!
rents in Toronto is pretty affordable compared to rents in similar US cities
@@TheTroyc1982 Oh, yeah - you'd probably pay double the price in NYC or LA for an apartment that size. It's crazy!
@@TheTroyc1982 This isn't typical rent, JS has a good deal for Toronto.
Same here ! Waiting to buy my house 🏠
In the US, this would be called an alcove studio apartment. Nice use of space and you're lucky you can't hear your neighbors.
Really nice place for an amazing price. Yeah you need to stay there for as long as possible, I hope your landlord will never get shady and try to push you out 😶 Thanks for showing where Johnny Sleeps and Johnny Eats lol
I remember my parents and I living in the west end of Toronto in Etobicoke, to be precise in a 12-story building on the corner of Martingrove Rd and The Westway. I don't know if you know that area ? Anyway we lived there from 1983 to 1998 and it was a huge 2 bedroom apartment with 3 big walk-in closets. One in the living room and one in the kitchen and the third walk-in closet in the master bedroom, my parents' bedroom. When my parents moved out in 1998 to move down east in New Brunswick where they are from. The rent on that huge apartment was $650. I kid you not. The apartment was under rent control, and the landlord could not raise the rent any higher than $650. I am sure the landlord was ecstatic to see my parents move out of that apartment ? LOL 😂 my parents are no longer here. 😔 I often wonder about that apartment and how much the rent would be now. Hopefully, the landlord or a new landlord will put in new elevators because the elevators in the 80s and 90s kept breaking down. When one elevator breaks down, the landlord would call in someone to fix the elevator. When that elevator is fixed, the other elevator breaks down. It was a pain , especially when you have elderly parents living on the 6th floor. Anyway, you have a beautiful bachelor apartment. It looks very comfortable. I like your couch 🛋 and the coffee table that matches your bed's headboard. 😊
Luckily it is an older building under rent control and you moved there ten years ago. The only problem is you probably cannot move from there to another place in Toronto because the rent would be twice as much. You mentioned most utilities included? Does that include electricity along with heating and cooling?
You cannot get a self contained apartment for $1,100. I don’t know where in Toronto you can rent for that price. However, if you have been in an apartment for like 10 yrs then I can see a studio apartment, would be a realistic price.
I'm down the street by Eglinton/Laird in the low rise apartments. I got in late summer 2020 at $1450, currently $1540 and going up to $1570 in January. One bedroom with den and pretty much double your space including water, hydro and a car port. Laundry and dryer are $1.50/load. Management is decent and a similar situation where I wanted to move out then everything skyrocketed just as the pandemic was recovering. Guess I'm staying here for a bit like yourself. I'm curious, how wide is your hallway in your entrance? Been trying to convince myself to get a bigger shoe rack and felt like it might make my hallway too narrow until I saw yours.
The sofa is amazing
I quite like it!
Thanks for the vid! Is there a place to get xero shoes in Toronto? I thought that was only available in the US.
Nice cozy place, very nice.
Good morning