I've noticed a few fellow Canadians say that basement footage doesn't count. While strangely this is true...should it be? I mean, we spend alot of time in our basement - our office, workshop, family room (TV setup), toy play area, laundry, Mustachian Brewery! If the basement didn't exist - we would need a 'bigger' house. So, intuitively it makes no sense to NOT count the basement. Therefore I will!
Our 'triple level' home (basement, ground level, upper level) are approximately 550, 550, 600 square feet (Total = 1700 sq/ft). Selling price of similar are around 290K. So, we are about $170/sqft. That is within Ottawa's greenbelt (i.e. not an outlying commuter community) and biking distance to both Mrs and Mr Ottawa's jobs.