45.3832° N · 75.6678° W — Alta Vista, Ottawa — MLS® #X13873592
1272 Livingstone Ave
$679,900
Alta Vista, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 7P8
- 2
- BedroomsBeds
- 2
- BathroomsBaths
- 1100-1500 sqft1100-1500
- SizeSq ft
- 57 x 81 ft
- Lot sizeLot
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In short · from the listing record
1272 Livingstone Ave is a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom detached house in Alta Vista, Ottawa, listed for sale at an asking price of $679,900 (MLS® X13873592).
Welcome to 1272 Livingstone Avenue, a charming 1950s 1.5-storey home ideally situated in a mature, family-friendly neighbourhood close to Alta Vista Public School, parks, shopping, transit, and everyday amenities.Thoughtfully cared for and refreshed, the home offers a functional layout with two bedrooms and a full bathroom on the second floor, a convenient powder room on the main level, and a partially finished basement providing additional living space, storage, or flexibility for a home office or gym. Most rooms have been freshly painted, updated light fixtures throughout the home, including the basement and cold room, feature energy-efficient LED lighting.The kitchen has been refreshed with newly refinished cabinetry and updated hardware, giving the space a clean, renewed look. A thoughtful addition completed in the 1990s expanded the main level with a spacious family room featuring a gas fireplace, creating a warm and comfortable gathering space. The fireplace has recently been professionally cleaned and safetied. A covered three-season sunroom extends off the back of the home, overlooking the backyard, and has recently been reinforced with a new corner support post.Numerous updates over the years provide added comfort and peace of mind, including electrical updates in the early 2000s, a renovated bathroom around 2007, windows replaced in 2016, furnace in 2018, and roof shingles in 2023. Offering timeless character, practical living space, and thoughtful updates in a desirable central Ottawa location, 1272 Livingstone Avenue is a wonderful opportunity to make a well-established home and neighbourhood your own.
Listing readings
How it measures up
Scores from the listing record and the market around it.
83Good
Condition score
3 documented update signals
Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
19Shortfall
Cash flow quality
−$1,439/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Median of 24 detached homes with 2 bedrooms for lease in Ottawa right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The data table
Every fact
Everything the board publishes for this home.
- Tax
- $5,250 / 2025
- MLS® number
- X13873592
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Detached
- Time on market
- Size
- 1100-1500 sqft
- Lot Size
- 57 x 81 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- 1 Detached, 3 Parking
Listing history
Listing activity for 1272 Livingstone Ave, Ottawa, Ontario
| Date Start | Date End | List Price | Price | Event | Listing ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date StartN/A | N/A | $679,900 | N/A | Pc | X13873592 |
Inside
Room by room
From the listing.
- Living3.48 × 4.18 m
- Dining2.76 × 2.96 m
- Kitchen2.98 × 3.3 m
- Family4.42 × 4.62 m
- Den2.82 × 4.16 m
- Primary3.45 × 4.08 m
- 2nd Br2.8 × 4.15 m
- Rec3.78 × 7.86 m
- Laundry3.38 × 6.96 m
- Other4.48 × 4.6 m
Property
- Property Type
- Detached
- Style
- 1 1/2 Storey
- Community
- Alta Vista
- Municipality
- Ottawa
Building
- Size
- 1100-1500 sqft
- Construction
- Stone
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 2pc Main, 1 × 4pc 2nd
- Basement Type
- Partly Finished
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Garage Type
- Detached
- Garage
- 1
- Additional Parking
- 2
- Total Parking
- 3
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Baseboard
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 57 ft
- Depth
- 81 ft
- Lot Size
- 57 x 81 ft
Where it sits
The street and the area
Asking prices on the map.
Map and tour
Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Billings Bridge | OC Transpo bus rapid transit: Transitway | 750 m |
| Heron | OC Transpo bus rapid transit: Transitway | 1.1 km |
| Pleasant Park | OC Transpo bus rapid transit: Transitway | 1.1 km |
| Mooney's Bay | OC Transpo light rail: O-Train Line 2 | 1.4 km |
| Riverside | OC Transpo bus rapid transit: Transitway | 1.5 km |
The nearest subway, light rail, train, bus rapid transit stations 5 km, as the crow flies. Source: OC Transpo schedule data (GTFS) from the City of Ottawa under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa, downloaded October 18, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa.
Around it
Detached in Alta Vista
Active listings only, today.
Detached homes for sale in Alta Vista right now
- For sale now
- 7
- Median asking price
- $800K
- New in 7 days
- 0
- Price cuts
- 57%
Middle half: $749K to $825K
0 in 28 days
4 listings
This home is asking 15% below the median, lower than three quarters of them.
See all homes in Alta VistaAsking prices and counts of the MLS® listings on this site as of today. Asking figures only, never sold or leased prices.
Site report
What the record says
What the City and the conservation authority have on file for this address.
- ca regulatedNone in rangeNot in Rideau Valley Conservation Authority’s mapped regulated area
- floodNone in rangeNot in the municipality’s mapped flood area
- provincial plansNone in rangeOutside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areas
- wetlandNone in rangeNo mapped wetland within 120 m
- aggregateNone in rangeNo licensed pit or quarry within 2 km
- wellsNone in rangeNo recorded oil, gas or salt well within 250 m
- railOn recordNearest rail line: 620 m
- transitOn recordTransit stop within 400 m From the transit agency’s published stop map; the nearest is 250 m away. Routes and stops change; check the agency’s schedule.
- trailOn recordA trail on the Ontario trail network within 1 km
- permitsOn record9 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years
- airportOn recordNearest airport: 4.6 km
- water wellsOn record7 water-supply wells recorded within 250 m All were drilled for domestic use; 8 test or monitoring holes also recorded. From Ontario’s well records; locations can be approximate. The records do not show how this home gets its water. Wells nearby typically go down about 5.9 m.
- groundwaterOn recordGroundwater recorded about 3 m below ground nearby The middle water level in the well records within 500 m (86 records). It changes with the season and from spot to spot.
- bedrockOn recordBedrock about 5.2 m down nearby The middle depth to bedrock in the well records within 500 m.
- npriNone in rangeNo facility within 1 km reports pollutant releases to Environment Canada The nearest is Public Works and Government Services Canada — Confederation Heights Central Heating and Cooling Plant, 1.5 km away. Only facilities above the inventory’s reporting thresholds are listed.
- fcsiOn record6 federal contaminated sites within 1 km 5 still active or suspected; the rest are closed. The federal inventory covers federal land only, not provincial or private sites.
- electricityOn recordElectricity is distributed here by Hydro Ottawa Limited
- internet speedOn recordWired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at a household 60 m away Fixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (60 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.
- broadbandOn recordAcross the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listed Fibre to the home: Bell, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Netsolid, OmniTEC Wireless, Rogers, Storm Internet, Xplore. Mobile: Bell, Rogers, Telus, Vidéotron. Satellite: Xplore. ISED’s list for the surrounding ~25 km² area; check with a provider for this address.
Each record is the map at the home’s location, not an inspection. Confirm anything that matters with the municipality, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority or the record’s publisher.
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Lot
- Lot area
- 4,617 sq ft429 m²
- Street frontage
- 57 ft17.4 m
- Depth
- 81 ft24.7 m
The area is the frontage multiplied by the depth, so boundaries are approximate. Confirm with a survey before you buy.
Source: the MLS® listing record, measured by MPAC.
Land transfer tax on this home
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $10,073
- Total land transfer tax
- $10,073
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000)
- −$4,000
- Total for first-time buyers
- $6,073
See how this is worked out
- 0.5% on the first $55,000
- $275
- 1.0% from $55,000 to $250,000
- $1,950
- 1.5% from $250,000 to $400,000
- $2,250
- 2.0% from $400,000 to $679,900
- $5,598
- Ontario total
- $10,073
An estimate at the asking price, for a home with one or two single-family residences. Your lawyer confirms the exact amount.
Schools
Nearest schools
Straight-line distances. Check catchments with the board.
ElementaryEQAO average 2024–25
- Alta Vista Public SchoolOttawa-Carleton DSBPublic · grades JK–8 · French Immersion77%Grade 6 average250 m
- École élémentaire publique Marie-CurieConseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'OntarioFrench-language public · grades JK–651%Grade 6 average1.1 km
- Charles H. Hulse Public SchoolOttawa-Carleton DSBPublic · grades JK–6 · French Immersion54%Grade 6 average1.1 km
- St. Gemma Elementary SchoolOttawa Catholic School BoardCatholic · grades JK–6 · French Immersion81%Grade 6 average1.7 km
SecondaryGrade 9 math 2024–25
- St Patrick's High SchoolOttawa Catholic School BoardCatholic · grades 9–12 · French Immersion35%Grade 9 math850 m
- Ridgemont High SchoolOttawa-Carleton DSBPublic · grades 9–12 · French Immersion25%Grade 9 math1 km
- Brookfield High SchoolOttawa-Carleton DSBPublic · grades 9–12 · French Immersion32%Grade 9 math1.8 km
- École secondaire catholique Franco-CitéConseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-EstFrench-language Catholic · grades 9–1259%Grade 9 math2.8 km
EQAO: share of students at or above the provincial standard, 2024–25 (Ontario open data). These are the schools nearest this home, not the schools it is assigned to: boundaries change, and some schools take students by application. Confirm with the board before you buy. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
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What it costs to own
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A month, all in
$3,539
- Mortgage$3,102
- Property tax$437
A planning figure, not a quote.
Land transfer tax
$10,073
$6,073 for first-time buyers.
Rent, similar homes
$2,100
a month, median asking rent of 24 similar homes in Ottawa.
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