Completely boarded-up Toronto house is still somehow selling for $630K

If you've ever wondered how far the Toronto real estate market can stretch your imagination — and your definition of "move-in ready" — let us present 5 Gillespie Ave. 

This house, complete with boarded-up windows and caution tape, is still asking for a hefty sum of $629,000.

Located in Davenport Village, this three-bedroom, two-bath semi-detached home has… well, "potential" feels too generous.

The listing offers exactly one detail — "PROPERTY SOLD AS IS WHERE IS CONDITION." Translation: whatever is going on behind those boards, that's your problem now.

The danger-taped off backyard. 

We're talking full plywood chic and a suspicious amount of red "danger" tape. The whole place is giving "post-apocalyptic set piece," and yet, in this city, that still counts as affordable-ish.

To put things in perspective, the average semi-detached in this neighbourhood sells between $785,000 and $1.27 million, which means this house is priced low enough that your brain starts whispering, "Maybe it's not that bad?"

(Your brain is lying. But that's how housing works here.)

Of course, there's no interior photography — presumably because the inside currently looks like the part of a video game level where zombies spawn.

Still, this could be the deal of the decade for someone willing to bring in an engineer, a hazmat team, and possibly an exorcist.

The side of the house. 

Despite its state, the house does sit on a quiet residential street in a neighbourhood with parks, transit, and coffee shops that won't judge you for dragging drywall dust inside.

So yes, even completely boarded up and wrapped in caution tape, 5 Gillespie Ave. proves once again that in Toronto, the dream of homeownership is alive and a bit unhinged.

The boarded-up back of the house. 

But if you've ever wanted to purchase a house at a reduced price, this is one way to do it.