I have listed a new property at 17 Bridle Path in Rideau Lakes. See details here

Everyone says a detached home with a private yard is gone under $200,000. Here's one, minutes from Smiths Falls. 17 Bridle Path sits at the end of the road in Otterdale Estates on a double lot, with open fields and bush on one side instead of a neighbour. This is the lot everyone else in the park wanted.The backyard is the reason to come see it. Mature trees, a privacy fence, a deck off the back, and a firepit for the nights that run long. The front deck is new in 2026 and looks out at the quiet end of the road. Inside, the modular bungalow gives you two bedrooms and a full bath, plus a third bedroom the current owners opened up as a flex room. Office, den, playroom, whatever your life needs it to be. Put a wall back in and it is a bedroom again. New interior doors and lighting in 2026, fresh paint in every room including the kitchen cabinets, and a fireplace that was WETT certified under previous ownership and can be recertified by the buyer if you want to burn wood. The practical side: New breaker panel in 2025. Hot water tank is a Reliance rental at $20 a month with all maintenance and replacement included, and can be bought outright if you would rather own. The carport came down in 2025 and became a 10 by 20 interlock parking pad, with an EV charger mounted on the exterior of the home. The lot fee is $473 a month. That covers water and sewer through the park's shared system with nothing for you to maintain, snow removal on the roadways, and upkeep of the green space. There is a playground for the kids, and garbage and recycling are picked up weekly by Rideau Lakes township. Fields on one side, trees on the other, a fire out back, and a charger for the car. Book a showing today!

I have listed a new property at 440 Featherston Lane in Tay Valley. See details here

The hard part of buying a cottage is inheriting the last owner's to do list. The family at 440 Featherston spent ten years clearing theirs, and upgraded every major component along the way. All that is left for you to do is walk down to the dock. The property runs 1.46 acres with 95 feet of frontage on Farren Lake, 25 minutes from Perth. Two bedrooms on one level, a full bath and a two piece off the hall. The kitchen was opened up to flow right into the living/dining room, so whoever is cooking is still in the conversation. The wood stove is new in 2017 and heats the whole cottage in the shoulder seasons, with electric baseboard backup. The screened gazebo out front is where the weekend actually happens. Coffee at seven, cards after dinner, and the bugs stay outside for both. At the shore, there is six feet of water off the end of the dock, deep enough to jump in from, and a small sandy beach for the kids to splash around in instead. The rest of the shoreline was left natural on purpose, which is better for the lake and less maintenance for you. The cedar shed by the driveway is powered and runs as a second kitchen and laundry, with a washer, dryer, dishwasher, fridge and a sink. That is what makes the gravel RV pad beside it work. The pad has a 30 amp plug, a water line and its own sewer outlet plumbed to the septic, so the trailer can come and nobody has to share a bathroom. Roof 2023. Windows 2010. Water system 2016, well 2015, septic 2015, water heater 2024, and wood stove 2017. 100 amp service on breakers, and WTC fibre is run to the property and ready for hookup. Featherston Lane is private and the owners pay $120 a year for summer maintenance. This cottage sells fully furnished, down to the dishes and the cutlery, so you can pick up the keys on a Friday and be swimming by Saturday.

I have listed a new property at 150 Urbancrest Private in Barrhaven. See details here

Stop paying someone else's mortgage. 150 Urbancrest Private is a 2013 townhome condo that makes the jump from renting to owning about as painless as Barrhaven gets: painted this year, new carpet in both bedrooms, and nothing on the to-do list but moving in. The main floor is one open, sensible space. Stainless appliances in a kitchen that opens to a dining and living area, with clean laminate and tile throughout. Off the living space is a private patio, the morning coffee spot you didn't know you needed. Downstairs, two bedrooms with brand new carpet, and each one has its own bathroom. No negotiating counter space on workday mornings, and overnight guests can have a real setup instead of a couch. The practical side is covered: in-unit laundry, natural gas heat, central A/C, and a dedicated parking spot, so winter mornings skip the street shuffle. And because this is a ground floor unit, groceries roll straight from the car to the kitchen without hiking up a mountain of stairs. The location does a lot of the selling. Five minutes on foot to Half Moon Bay Park and the Stonebridge trail system. The nearby rec centre provides a rink, pool, turf, courts, gym, and classes. Strandherd Drive's groceries and shops are minutes away, and downtown Ottawa is 30 minutes. Ground floor units here rarely come up, and when they do, they tend to sell for more than the ones upstairs. This one is priced to compete. Book a showing before another renter figures that out.

I have listed a new property at 1039 Sunset Strip Lane in Frontenac. See details here

Remember when the night sky actually had stars in it? Ompah still does. These 6.4 acres sit under some of the darkest skies in southern Ontario, the kind where the Milky Way shows up over the campfire without anyone asking, and the loudest thing after dark is the fire itself. The daytime story is just as good. The building site is already cleared, and hydro already crosses the property, so powering a trailer, cabin, or future build doesn't start with a five-figure servicing bill. Park the rig this summer, build when you're ready, or hold it as your base camp in the highlands. Five minutes down the road, Palmerston Lake brings the sand beach and public boat launch. A public road allowance at the end of Lake Rd runs straight down to the water, an easy spot to drop a kayak. Hundreds of kilometres of ATV and snowmobile trails cross the area, and the lakes and rivers around Ompah keep anglers and paddlers busy in every season. The practical picture: hydro distribution line on the property, cleared building site, and frontage on Sunset Strip Lane, a privately maintained lane. Days on the water, machines on the trails, and nights under more stars than you've seen since you were a kid.

I have listed a new property at 352 Highway 15 in Rideau Lakes. See details here

Property taxes under $2,100 a year. Heat and hydro under $300 a month. A self-contained one-bedroom suite with its own entrance that can put rent against your mortgage from day one. On carrying costs alone, almost nothing at this price keeps up. Set on just under an acre at the edge of Smiths Falls, in Rideau Lakes Township where the tax bill stays small, this is two fully separate living spaces under one roof. The suite has its own entrance, full kitchen, living room, bright bedroom, and 4-piece bath. Rent it, move your parents in, or give adult kids their own front door. The floor plan can also convert back to a single 3 plus bedroom home without a gut renovation. The main residence offers two bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and a vaulted kitchen and dining area where skylights (2022) and a south-facing picture window keep the whole level bright in every season. An oversized island and generous cabinetry handle the real cooking. The big-ticket work is done: shingles 2024, electric furnace 2023, A/C 2021, crawl-space spray foam 2021, siding and windows 2020. Water softener with reverse osmosis at both kitchen sinks, a 200 amp panel with separate generator panel, attached double garage, basement workshop, and a 23 by 13 outbuilding out back waiting to be restored. This isn't the house for buyers who need conventional. It's the house for buyers who can do math. Book a showing and bring a calculator.

I have listed a new property at 294 Lavant Mill Road in Lanark Highlands. See details here

Every kid who walks this property asks the same thing first: can we go to the island? It's a little one, sitting just off your own stretch of Pauls Creek, close enough to wade out and claim as a fort, a pirate ship, a whole summer of stories. Around it, 294 Lavant Mill Rd consists of 2.2 acres of creekside land in McDonalds Corners, with a rail fence on two sides, the creek on a third, and everything you need to start using it the day you close. A two bedroom trailer sleeps six comfortably with the dinette converted, and a powered bunkie adds a double bed below, a loft up the ladder that fits another double or queen, and a covered porch for rainy afternoons. Starlink is set up and cell signal is strong enough that the weekend can stretch into Monday morning work calls with ease. Cast a line in the creek off your own frontage, or make the 1 km run down the road to the Dalhousie Lake boat launch; the public beach is another 500 metres past that. This is waterfront ownership at its simplest: no house to maintain, no renovation list, just a drilled well, septic, and 100 amp service feeding the trailer and the bunkie, all on a year round road. For the weekender or the first time cottage buyer priced off Dalhousie Lake itself, the math works: the same lake down the road, a fraction of the buy in, and weekends that start when you park. Come see it, and bring the kids. The island is waiting.

I have listed a new property at 338 Ennis Road in Tay Valley. See details here

Half the people shopping for land out here want open field. The other half want forest. This 9.78 acre lot near Bennett Lake refuses to choose: sunny meadows mixed with blocks of mature bush, and almost ten acres to make your own. The groundwork is already started, too. The road entrance is in, hydro runs along the road, and Ennis Rd is a year round, township maintained road, so the first steps of a build are done before you own it. A registered development agreement defines where the home can be built; full details available on request. Behind the lot, an informal path over the surrounding land reaches a quiet stretch of Bennett Lake shoreline, the kind of water that herons, ducks, and paddlers appreciate. Water access remains informal and undeeded due to township restrictions. For open water, the public boat launch at the end of the road puts you on Bennett Lake proper, known for clear water, good fishing, and a relaxed pace. Fallbrook and the village of Lanark are minutes away, golf at Blue Heron and Timber Run is just down the road, and Perth, with its shops, restaurants, and hospital, is about 15 minutes. Kanata is just under an hour. Rural zoning. Lot lines and dimensions approximate. Book a showing today to walk the field, walk the woods, and picture your house between them.

I have listed a new property at 476 Ennis Road in Tay Valley. See details here

Half the people shopping for land out here want open field. The other half want forest. This 9.78 acre lot near Bennett Lake refuses to choose: sunny meadows mixed with blocks of mature bush, and almost ten acres to make your own. The groundwork is already started, too. The road entrance is in, hydro runs along the road, and Ennis Rd is a year round, township maintained road, so the first steps of a build are done before you own it. A registered development agreement defines where the home can be built; full details available on request. Behind the lot, an informal path over the surrounding land reaches a quiet stretch of Bennett Lake shoreline, the kind of water that herons, ducks, and paddlers appreciate. Water access remains informal and undeeded due to township restrictions, but the public boat launch at the end of the road puts you on Bennett Lake proper regardless. Known for clear water, good fishing, and a relaxed pace, Bennett Lake is highly sought after. Fallbrook and the village of Lanark are minutes away, golf at Blue Heron and Timber Run is just down the road, and Perth, with its shops, restaurants, and hospital, is about 15 minutes. Kanata is just under an hour. Rural zoning. Lot lines and dimensions approximate. Book a showing today to walk the field, walk the woods, and picture your house between them.

I have listed a new property at 3800 Wolf Grove Road in Lanark Highlands. See details here

Most rural listings come with a to-do list. This one comes with receipts. The owners have spent decades maintaining this home in show-ready condition, most recently having every main floor room painted in 2026 and the 4 pc bath refreshed in 2025. The raised bungalow sits on 1.1 treed acres between Almonte and Hopetown. The main level contains everything you need for daily living: three bedrooms, 1.5 baths, spacious living room, a kitchen with solid wood cabinetry in excellent condition, and a dining room that walks out to the wrap around deck, the spot dinner moves to from June through September. The lower level earns its keep: a second living room centred on a wood stove, a fourth bedroom, a bathroom, and endless storage space. With its own walk in entry off the carport and a kitchenette space already set up, there is excellent in-law suite potential here. And the receipts: propane furnace 2021, central air 2019, hot water tank and well system 2019, GenerLink generator connection 2023, and a 10x10 Amish built shed new in 2023. Bell fibre is available at the house, so working from home is not a compromise. Fifteen minutes to Almonte, twenty to Carleton Place, thirty five to Kanata. A house that asks nothing of you on day one, on a quiet treed lot with an easy run to the city.

I have listed a new property at 28 South Street in Drummond/North Elmsley. See details here

The kitchen island began life as a church altar. It sets the tone for the whole house: an 1875 stone home at the edge of historic Perth where the original character was kept and the important updates were made. A natural gas furnace within the past five years, central air installed this year, a metal roof within the past ten, and modernized plumbing and electrical mean this is a century home to be enjoyed rather than worked on. Original hardwood, high ceilings, and the detail of a craftsman era carry through the principal rooms, warmed by three fireplaces: a wood-burning insert in the formal living room, a second wood fireplace in the family room, and a natural gas fireplace in the dining room, where a pass-through to the kitchen serves gatherings gracefully. The home offers three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, including a primary suite with a luxurious ensuite. The grounds extend across 1.88 acres, with the house set well back from the road for genuine privacy. A screened solarium, a hot tub on the rear deck, and a substantial barn suited to a workshop, studio, or hobby farm pursuits complete the setting. The property is served by its own well, with excellent water quality, a septic system, and fibre internet available. Downtown Perth's shops and restaurants are a short walk away, though the property retains the quiet of the countryside. Homes of this era and condition seldom come to market. This one is ready for its next century.

I have listed a new property at 710 Burchill Road in Montague. See details here

Fifteen acres of hardwood forest, walking trails winding through ash, birch, oak and cedar, and not a neighbour in sight. Minutes from the Village of Merrickville and under an hour to Ottawa, this high ranch bungalow delivers the privacy buyers dream about without trading away convenience. The main level has been refreshed top to bottom. A brand new kitchen with new appliances anchors an open-concept living space, with fresh paint throughout. The kitchen and living area flow together around a wood-burning fireplace and open to the back deck overlooking the landscaped yard and treeline beyond. Two bedrooms and a full bath complete the main floor. Downstairs, the finished walk-out lower level opens the home up considerably: two more bedrooms, a second full bathroom, and a sprawling 37-foot family room with space for a home theatre, games table, or quiet office in the corner. The walk-out design keeps it bright and grade-level, never the dim afterthought a lower level can be. Then there is the shop. A detached 30 x 40 steel building on an engineered concrete slab, with an oversized 12 x 14 door and the power to run whatever you bring into it. Hobbyists, contractors, mechanics, and RV owners, this one was built for you, and it rarely comes alongside a house like this. The homes mechanicals are handled: a furnace replaced in 2022, a water softener added in 2021, a sediment and UV filtration system, gas hot water, a private security system, and a Generac generator sized to carry the entire home through any outage. Bell fibre internet keeps you connected for work or play. Homes with this combination of acreage, shop space and move-in-ready updates rarely surface this close to Merrickville. Book your private showing, walk the trails, and stand in that shop. You'll understand the appeal before you reach the front door.

I have listed a new property at 363 Napoleon Street in Carleton Place. See details here

Two country acres on the edge of Carleton Place, and a custom ICF bungalow built to keep the heating bills low and the comfort high. Heated radiant floors run through every room, so you feel it the second you step out of bed on a January morning. Inside, the open floor plan easily transitions between everyday family life and hosting friends and family The living room anchors around a large window and a stone fireplace with gas insert. Off the dining area, patio doors open to a covered patio for the long stretch of three season evenings. The white, bright kitchen works hard with a peninsula, wraparound cabinets and a pantry cupboard. The primary bedroom has a walk in closet and a door to the 4pc bath, where a soaker tub and separate rainhead shower mean nobody has to compromise. The attached insulated garage features an inside entrance from the utility room, 8' ceilings, and a 250V compressor plug ready for projects. Outside is where the two acres earn their keep. Mature trees, extensive lilac bushes, open lawn, a paved circular driveway, and two storage sheds. Roof reshingled in 2018 with 30 year architectural shingles. Underground wiring to the home and Bell fibre already in place. Backing onto the Ottawa Valley Rail Trail, you can walk/bike straight into downtown Carleton Place and beyond. At almost 300 km in length, the trail extends all across the Ottawa Valley, easily accessed right from your backyard. Energy smart, low maintenance, and minutes from town. Book your showing before it's gone.