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Thanks Bobblehead. Are there many ameneties nearby or are they yet to be built?

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Well, I'm in Taradale; my house was built in '87, but 90% of the rest of Taradale has been built in the last 6 years. You can really see the difference. My area - all the houses on the street are different, bungalos, bi-level, 2 story, 1 1/2 story, and lots of trees. The new section is very cookie cutter with immature trees.

There are some premium sections around man-made water features, but outside of those spots it is pretty tight, small yards, few attached garages. A lady here at work signed to get a unit in a townhouse that is yet to be built. She isn't scheduled to move in until Nov.'07, so there is still a lot of building scheduled for the next few years. A lot of the homes in the area are starter homes with younger families.

A few years ago, there were regularly a few houses for sale in my area - people who had outgrown the starter home and moving up - but in the last 18 months it seems everyone is staying put.

Traffic has gotten steadily worse, but they are working like crazy on the new 36th/McKnight overpass and tse C-Train extension, so that should help.

Personally, my wife and I would like to move, but with the rising home prices, and not wanting to make the daily commute too much worse (currently 15-20 minutes for me), we'll probably hang tight for a while.