A Toronto couple was expecting. So they ditched the city and bought this $715,000 home in Niagara A Toronto couple was expecting. So they ditched the city and bought this $715,000 home in Niagara
Portrait by Katie Wideman
Who: Courtney Mowatt, 32, senior manager of business distribution and strategy at RBC; Justin Mowatt, 36, network support manager at Rogers; and their three-month-old son, Pete.
The history: In 2016, Justin and Courtney moved into a one-bedroom condo in Moss Park, which they rented for $2,050 a month. They were both avid curlers and often played at the Leaside Curling Club. One afternoon, in the spring of 2017, they passed a sign for a condo being built across from the club. Courtney joked that they should buy a unit there so they could walk to the club. That idea stuck. The next day, Courtney researched the building online, and the couple decided to put in an offer. They purchased a two-bedroom, two-bath pre-sale unit with a parking spot, for $625,000.