How is living in Toronto?

Question

I live in USA in a Residencial Community Apartment in the suburb, it is not a building apartments, neither a house. I am looking to move in near Toronto, but any time a google an "apartment" the result shows low/hight rise apt in a building.

How can search for a familiar community complex apartment in Toronto area (like Mississagua)? ...should I searching for Houses?? ...I'd saw many basement apartments offers: it is legal to live in a basement?, it's is comfortable for a family of 4? ...it's a Condo what I should look for?

Please help me out! I'll appreciate any apartment's link or shared experience.

Answer 1

you may want to search "townhouses" which are a nice compromise between apartments and houses.  usually linked together with communal park or pool facilities.  usually they have laundry facilities in each unit/townhouse.  

Answer 2

go to http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/apa/  

they have LOADS of rental listings for houses, rooms, basements, apartments - EVERYTHING.

good luck!

Answer 3

You can rent houses or townhouses but it will be at least $1,200+ a month for rent.  Toronto and Mississauga are very expensive places to live.

Answer 4

Toronto is an expensive place to live and the winters are horrible (very cold, lot's and lot's of snow). It's over rated. If I were you, I wouldn't move there. Move to Seattle, Boston or Vancouver but NOT Toronto.