[Hondaracer]

Even in that price range and those areas you might be hard pressed..

Just saw a realtor I follow on Facebook say he sold a gross row home style place in Clayton heights for “the highest sale price for a coach home ever” at 1.1..

A place like that or maybe even in Willoughby etc may be doable and you may even be able to find a newer place with either a basement suite or a coach house out back.

Maintainence in a detached is a never ending process and the more you are able to do yourself the more money you will save. Just gardening and general exterior upkeep alone is a -Tonne- of work.

Inspections are important but you probably want to go with a relatively well respected builder either way. Consider all the things like hot water tank, furnace, washer dryer etc, are they at the end of their life cycle? Is that gonna be another 10-20k short term?