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494 Mortimer Ave

City score 74/100 — yellow categoryLaundry room scored 1/3 on City evaluation
74 / 100
City of Toronto RentSafeTO rating: Yellow — needs improvement.

Last evaluated 2024-06-13. Buildings scoring 85–100 are green, 70–84 yellow, 0–69 red — the same thresholds behind the colour-coded signs posted at rental building entrances since June 15, 2026. What the sign colours mean →

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Evaluation.

Building facts

Year built
1965
Units
12
Storeys
3
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
A/C
None
Pets allowed
YES
Laundry room
YES
Visitor parking
UNAVAILABLE
Non-smoking
YES
Managed by
Deborah Holmes
Ward
Toronto-Danforth

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Registration (owner-reported).

City evaluation by area

Each common area is scored 1–3 by a City evaluator (3 = no issues observed).

Common-area pests
3/3
Building cleanliness
2/3
Laundry room
1/3

Short-term rentals

0 active short-term-rental registrations at this address (104 in postal area M4J). High counts can mean hotel-style turnover in hallways and elevators.

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, Short Term Rentals Registration (refreshed daily).

Resident reviews

No published resident reviews yet. If you've lived at 494 Mortimer Ave, you know things no dataset does — two minutes of your experience saves the next renter months of regret.

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Elevators (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Pests (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Noise (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Heat & hot water (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Management responsiveness (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Deposit / key money returned (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Were the elevators out of service in the past month?

Known issues worth flagging if you have first-hand knowledge: Kitec plumbing, special assessments, chronic elevator outages, pest treatments, heat/water interruptions, short-term-rental churn.

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