I have a good sense of direction, tested in numerous cities around the globe, despite having grown up thinking west was north in Ottawa. (I know!) At the heart of the issue: aside from getting some fun driving lessons in a hot little red Fiat Spider convertible tooling around Rockcliffe (back when it was still a village) I never really drove in Ottawa. I grew up walking all over the downtown core: Centretown, the Glebe, the Market, Golden Triangle, and so I oriented around the Rideau Canal which occurred to me (erroneously) as running east-west. I've got it handled now... don't worry. If you tell me you want sunset views, I won't sell you a place where you'll wake up blinded every morning. I promise! I refuse to give yoga mats out as apologies.
But lately, I've been wondering about my Ottawa real estate colleagues... There's been an awful lot of confusion about the field "fronting on", which you'll see when perusing real estate listings on the multiple listing service (MLS). I find that it's wrong about 50% of the time. Here's why:
This field refers to which side of the street the front of the property abuts, or said another way, the side of the street to which the front of the property is adjacent.
Contrary to popular belief, "fronting on" does NOT describe the direction the property is facing.
Remember there are no dumb questions, just dumb people who won't ask questions. Seriously, don't be shy to ask me your Ottawa real estate curiosities.
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