Freehold row, condo row or something in between
Whitby uses the word townhouse for three distinct arrangements. A true freehold row means the house and the lot are both yours with no monthly charge, and the roof, the shingles and the driveway repair are yours too when they come due. A condominium townhouse puts the exterior, the roads and the landscaping under a corporation, with a fee to pay and a status certificate to read; this is common in the 1980s complexes east of Garden Street. The third form, everywhere in Brooklin's and West Whitby's newer phases, is a freehold house tied by its deed to a small common-elements corporation, which owns the rear lane or the shared driveway and bills each home a modest fee to plough and repave it. Listings do not always label that clearly, so ask for the parcel register. Then check the parking count, because rear-lane towns often fit one car in the garage and none in front.