Homes For Sale in Braestone

About Braestone

Braestone is a freehold adult-lifestyle community in Oro-Medonte operated by —. Homes are typically bungalows and low-maintenance designs aimed at the 55+ buyer.

Adult-lifestyle communities turn over steadily as owners downsize or relocate. Every listing below sits inside the community boundary shown on the map.

The homes of Braestone

An important correction first: the sources seen describe Braestone as a luxury freehold estate community in Oro-Medonte — not a 55+ community. Homes are large custom and semi-custom builds on generous lots: a 4,228-square-foot home on a near-acre lot at Lt 221 Friesian Court was listed at $1,709,000, a custom Gelderland model at 66 Thoroughbred Drive sat on 0.86 acres with nearly 4,000 square feet and over $600,000 in upgrades, and a 2018 Georgian International build at 8 Morgan Drive offered over 5,300 square feet. Expect three-car garages, finished walkout basements, stone fireplaces and high-end kitchens as the norm rather than the exception.

The builder name that recurs is Georgian International, and listings describe the community as nationally recognized for excellence in community design. This is estate-country living — fenced grounds, forested backdrops, room for 9-car driveways — aimed at buyers who want space and privacy within reach of Barrie and Orillia. Adult-lifestyle buyers do look here, but they are buying into a family-oriented luxury community, not an age-targeted one.

How Braestone works: tenure and fees

Braestone homes are freehold — you own the house and the lot — so financing and resale work like any conventional purchase, with no land-lease or mandatory condo structure identified in the sources seen. That simplicity is part of the appeal for buyers comparing against the land-lease adult communities elsewhere in Oro-Medonte.

What is not documented in the sources seen is whether any homeowners' association or architectural controls apply, and what — if any — shared fees exist for the farm, trails or community events. Ask the listing agent and your lawyer to confirm any registered covenants, shared-cost arrangements and design guidelines before you firm up, since estate communities of this type often carry them.

Amenities and daily life

Braestone's signature amenity is Braestone Farm, a working community farm woven into the neighbourhood: listings describe pond skating, a baseball diamond, pumpkin and berry patches, a maple sugar shack where neighbours gather to tap trees, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and community and farm events through the year. Kilometres of walking trails thread the community, and the Starfall Observatory is another distinctive on-site feature.

Beyond the gates, so to speak, the location delivers four-season recreation: Horseshoe Resort is minutes away, Braestone Golf Club is close, and Bass Lake and Lake Simcoe are nearby. Daily shopping and services come from Orillia, about ten minutes away, with Barrie about 25 minutes south for the bigger centres and the hospital.

Location and getting there

Braestone sits in Oro-Medonte between Barrie and Orillia, on the Horseshoe Valley side of the township — listings consistently describe it as about 10 minutes to Orillia and 25 minutes to Barrie, and roughly an hour from Toronto. The setting is rolling countryside on the edge of the valley's ski and trail country.

Access is by car on township roads, with Highway 11 and Highway 400 the main regional arteries. For GTA buyers this is an easy weekend-or-full-time drive; for daily Barrie or Orillia commuters it is a straightforward reverse commute against the heavier southbound flow.

Braestone market snapshot

There is not enough current listing data to publish a reliable average price for Braestone, but the band is clearly the luxury tier of Oro-Medonte: recent listings seen range from about $1.7 million for a 4,200-square-foot new build to higher for larger custom estates with extensive upgrades. New construction and custom builds make up much of the activity, so resale comparables can be thin.

If you are comparing, use Braestone resales and comparable Horseshoe Valley estate properties — not the township's smaller bungalows or the land-lease adult communities nearby. And note that upgrade levels vary enormously between builders and owners, so price-per-square-foot comparisons need the finish schedule alongside them.

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