Gooding Crescent

Gooding Crescent is a quiet residential loop in Milton's Ford neighbourhood. It sits east of Ontario Street, just north of Derry Road, in a pocket where townhouses dominate the streetscape. The crescent curves gently, creating a contained, low-traffic environment. Mature trees line portions of the street, and sidewalks run along both sides. Ford District Park sits directly adjacent, giving the street an immediate connection to green space. The area feels settled, with most homes built in the early 2000s. Gooding offers a suburban rhythm without feeling remote.

Gooding Crescent is composed entirely of townhouses. They are freehold units, typically two-storey with attached garages. The architecture is consistent: brick and vinyl exteriors, pitched roofs, and front-facing windows. Units range from roughly 1,400 to 1,800 square feet. Most have three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. The builder is not attributed with high confidence, but the construction era and style align with early-2000s production builders active in Ford. Lot sizes are modest, with small front yards and private rear patios or yards.

The street's townhouses share a cohesive look but vary in condition. Some have been updated with modern kitchens, hardwood floors, and renovated bathrooms. Others retain original finishes, offering potential for personalization. End units often feature additional windows and slightly larger lots. Driveways are narrow, typically accommodating one car. The overall impression is of a well-maintained, family-oriented street where turnover is steady. Townhomes here trade in the high-$700s to mid-$800s.

Ford District Park is steps from Gooding Crescent. It offers a playground, sports fields, and walking paths. For groceries, Sobeys Milton is an eight-minute drive west, with Walmart and FreshCo also within a ten-minute drive. Milton District Hospital is eight minutes by car. The Milton GO Station is ten minutes away, with trains to Toronto Union Station in about 70 minutes via GO and TTC. Highway 401 access at Regional Road 25 is nine minutes from the street.

Several schools serve the area. Craig Kielburger Secondary School is a four-minute drive. St. Scholastica Catholic Elementary School is also four minutes away. For conservation areas, Rattlesnake Point and Kelso are each about six minutes by car. The Milton Muslim Community Centre is nine minutes away. The street's location in Ford places it within easy reach of daily essentials while maintaining a quiet, residential feel.

Gooding Crescent trades infrequently; the street has recorded only two sales over the tracking period, both townhouses. Days on market average around 68 days, pointing to a market where supply remains limited and pace is moderate. The single active listing suggests continued scarcity. Rental activity on the crescent shows three-bedroom townhouses leasing around $3,000 per month, a signal of underlying occupancy demand despite the thin sales volume. Without sufficient resale comps to establish a reliable price band for the street itself, the market read must anchor to the immediate neighbourhood context and the broader Ford area pattern. The street's character as a townhouse corridor places it in a comparables universe where similar properties in the wider neighbourhood have established their own rhythm.

Across the Ford neighbourhood, comparable townhouses have moved through a measured market over the past year. These homes typically settle around the mid-$840s, with the broader sample reflecting 189 transactions across the neighbourhood. Year-over-year, prices have eased back marginally, drifting lower by roughly one percent as the period closed. Buyer-seller balance tilts modestly in the seller's favour; homes trade at approximately 97.6% of ask, indicating minimal negotiation tension and steady absorption. Days on market for neighbourhood-wide comparable townhouses stretch to around 97 days, running slightly longer than Gooding's own pace of 68 days, suggesting the crescent may be clearing at a fractionally faster clip despite its thinner sample.

Gooding Crescent sits in the Ford neighbourhood, a position that makes the Milton GO station the realistic Toronto commute — a ten-minute drive puts Union under seventy minutes total. For those working in Mississauga or Oakville, the 401 ramp at Regional Road 25 is the daily handle, a nine-minute drive that opens the western GTA. The street itself is quiet enough that the road network handles the load without the through-traffic noise of busier corridors. Pearson runs around thirty minutes by car.

Public elementary catchment draws to E.W. Foster Public School, a six-minute drive, with W.I. Dick Middle School at a similar distance for the upper grades. Catholic elementary students attend St. Scholastica Catholic Elementary, four minutes from the crescent. Secondary students route to Craig Kielburger Secondary School for the public board, a four-minute drive, or St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary for the Catholic board, seven minutes out. The mix of nearby elementary options gives families some choice depending on program fit.

Gooding Crescent tends to suit buyers who want a quiet crescent in a newer subdivision without sacrificing highway access. The townhouse stock here appeals to first-time buyers and young families who need three bedrooms and a manageable footprint. The tradeoff is distance to daily errands — grocery stores and the hospital are eight to twelve minutes by car, so this is not a walkable neighbourhood. Renters on the street tend to anchor longer-term, with unfurnished units and a typical lease velocity that suggests stable demand rather than transient turnover.

If a detached home with more space is the priority, Wellwood Terrace trades around $1.7M and offers a different lot dynamic. For buyers who want a mixed stock with detached options, Apple Terrace sits in a similar pocket with typical prices around $1.6M. Both streets share the same Ford neighbourhood context but shift the balance toward larger homes and more private outdoor space.