Westmount Real Estate & Houses for Sale

Westmount offers a variety of experiences for home buyers who enjoy a vibrant atmosphere and spending time in green spaces. There are numerous energetic parts in this city to visit. Even though there are few nearby entertainment venues, there are many people around most of the time, and finding one of the over 50 bars is easy since they are generally located a short distance away. Rue Sainte-Catherine in particular offers a broad selection of nightlife. This city also features a fair amount of greenery as the tree canopy coverage for numerous streets is fairly good. Public green spaces, such as Parc Tiohtià:ke Otsira'kéhne and King George Park, are very well-distributed and there are over 150 of them nearby for residents to check out, which makes them very easy to access.

Transportation

Westmount presents house buyers with the choice between a variety of modes of transportation. Westmount is very suitable for pedestrians; all common errands can be run without a vehicle, and plenty of businesses are close at hand. Westmount will also attract active home buyers as it is rather suitable for biking. More precisely, this part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area features good cycling infrastructure. This city is especially transit friendly as a result of many nearby rapid transit stations on the Ligne 1 - Verte, Ligne 5 - Bleue and Ligne 2 - Orange, and over 50 nearby bus lines. This city is also car friendly. It is a very short drive to the closest highway, such as Autoroute Ville-Marie, from anywhere in Westmount.

Housing

Roughly one third of buildings are large apartment buildings, making it easy to find apartments in Westmount, whereas the remainder are mainly small apartment buildings, single detached homes, and townhouses. This city experienced its most significant construction boom pre-1960, so most of the available properties are from this era. This part of Montréal also has a good choice of housing size options; properties range from lofts to four or more bedrooms. There are equal parts owners and renters living in this city.

Services

It is usually practical for house buyers in Westmount to buy general and specialty groceries as pedestrians. Rue Sherbrooke is among the best streets for groceries. Likewise, those who are fond of dining out won't have to go far in this part of the Greater Montreal metropolitan area, where over 450 restaurants and over 50 cafes can be found. Residents benefit from many nearby clothing stores. Regarding education, it is a very short distance to reach schools and daycares from most homes for sale in Westmount.