74 OAK KNOLL Drive, Hamilton, ON L8S 4C4
- Property tax
- $17,522 / year
This is the kind of home people wait years for-quietly set along one of Hamilton's most distinguished streets, set on an oversized, double-width lot and framed by an exceptional natural backdrop. With the Royal Botanical Gardens quite literally at your doorstep, you're surrounded by lush forest, winding trails, and the beauty of Cootes Paradise just moments away.The home itself strikes a rare balance between character and contemporary comfort.Original details have been preserved and elevated, while thoughtful renovations have introduced a striking layout designed for modern living.At the centre of it all is a beautifully appointed kitchen with granite finishes, effortlessly connecting to an expansive family room where the dramatic ceiling height and curved wall creates a true sense of space and light.The main living areas feel both refined and welcoming, with detailed millwork, rich hardwood floors, and a statement fireplace anchoring the space.One of the home's most distinctive touches is the elevated library-an architectural feature that adds both character and function, overlooking the family room below.Upstairs, the bedrooms are generously proportioned and filled with natural light.The primary suite offers a walk-through w/i closet that opens to a spa-like ensuite, making everyday living feel effortless.The lower level has been fully finished with versatility in mind, offering an entertainment lounge, additional bedroom, full bathroom with in-floor heating, and a separate exercise area-ideal for growing families or hosting guests.Parking is never a concern here, with a wide driveway accommodating multiple vehicles in addition to a dble garage.All of this is set within the vibrant Westdale community, where excellent schools, McMaster University, and a charming village filled with cafés, dining spots, and everyday amenities,all within walking distance.It's a lifestyle location that's as connected as it is serene.Some photos virtually enhanced. Luxury Certified
- MLS number
- X12914060
- Type
- Detached
- Status
- Active
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bathrooms
- 5
- Postal code
- L8S 4C4
- Photos
- 50
- Laundry
- Lower Level level
This listing’s own days on market are shown above. How long the property has been for sale across every earlier listing is drawn from records the board releases only to registered users — a free account opens it, along with the sale history below.
Rooms
17 rooms as the listing brokerage filed them, with measurements.
Main
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Foyer | 3.48 × 2.77 m | — |
| Dining Room | 5.66 × 4.75 m | — |
| Office | 3.15 × 1.91 m | — |
| Living Room | 4.57 × 4.22 m | — |
| Pantry | 3.35 × 3.25 m | — |
| Kitchen | 4.57 × 3.43 m | — |
| Family Room | 8.89 × 5.36 m | — |
| Mud Room | 3.81 × 1.85 m | — |
Second
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Bedroom | 5.21 × 3.96 m | — |
| Office | 8.89 × 2.64 m | — |
| Bedroom 2 | 4.52 × 3.96 m | — |
| Bedroom 3 | 4.01 × 3.66 m | — |
Third
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom 4 | 4.72 × 3.38 m | — |
Basement
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Recreation | 8.38 × 4.75 m | — |
| Bedroom 5 | 4.24 × 3.63 m | — |
| Laundry | 2.90 × 2.44 m | — |
| Exercise Room | 4.17 × 3.91 m | — |
Property details
As filed by the listing brokerage. Anything the board left blank is left out rather than shown as unknown — and none of it is guaranteed accurate by PropTx, so verify what you rely on.
Property
- Type
- Detached
- Style
- 2 1/2 Storey
- Class
- Residential Freehold
- Age
- 51-99
- Fronting on
- South
- Community
- Westdale
- Municipality
- Hamilton
- Cross street
- DALEWOOD CRES
- Zoning
- C/S-1361
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bedrooms above grade
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 5
- Washrooms
- 1 on the main floor · 1 on the second floor · 1 on the second floor
- Kitchens
- 1
- Rooms above grade
- 11
- Family room
- Yes
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Fireplaces
- 1
- Basement
- Full, Finished, Walk-Up
- Laundry
- Lower Level
- Size
- 3500-5000
Building
- Construction
- Brick, Stone
- Roof
- Asphalt Shingle, Flat
- Foundation
- Concrete Block, Poured Concrete
- Other structures
- Fence - Full, Shed
Parking
- Garage
- Detached
- Covered spaces
- 2
- Driveway spaces
- 4
- Total parking
- 6
- Features
- Private Double
Land
- Lot
- 110 × 90.56 feet
- View
- Clear, Pool, Garden
- Pool
- Inground
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Other
- Heat source
- Gas
- Cooling
- Other
- Water
- Municipal
- Sewer
- Sewer
- Electricity
- Yes
- Gas
- Yes
- Cable
- Yes
Features
- Property
- Fenced Yard, Hospital, Park, Library, Rec./Commun.Centre, School
- Interior
- Auto Garage Door Remote, Countertop Range, Water Heater Owned
- Exterior
- Landscaped, Patio, Porch, Year Round Living
Listing
- MLS number
- X12914060
- Status
- Price Change
- Previous status
- Extension
- Listed on
- 2026-03-24
- Expires
- 2026-10-05
- Taxes
- $17,522 (2025)
- Board
- Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
Listing history
This address has been listed 2 times.
Where this property is
Where this address sits, matched against open government data.
Matched to a published address point for this address.
Schools
The school boundaries this address is inside, and the schools nearest it. Boards redraw boundaries and cap programs — confirm with the board before this affects a decision.
Other schools nearby
By distance from this address, not school boundary — a school 400 m away can be in another school’s attendance area.
| School | Level | Distance | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cootes Paradise Public School Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | Elementary | 547 m | / 10 70% met the standard · 3 of 6 measures |
| Canada eSchool | Secondary | 808 m | Not reported |
| Dalewood Senior Public School Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | Elementary | 838 m | / 10 67% met the standard · 3 of 6 measures |
| Hamilton Hebrew Academy Zichron Meir | Elementary | 945 m | Not reported |
| Westdale Secondary School Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | Secondary | 915 m | / 10 73% met the standard · 2 of 6 measures |
| Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | Elementary | 1.3 km | / 10 73% met the standard |
How the rating is calculated
EQAO — Ontario’s testing agency — publishes, for each school, the percentage of students meeting the provincial standard in Grade 3 and Grade 6 reading, writing and mathematics. The rating is the average of those percentages divided by ten. A school where 72% of students met the standard rates 7.2 out of 10.
Nothing is weighted or adjusted, and schools are not ranked against each other. Where EQAO withholds a result to protect the privacy of a small group of students, that measure is left out rather than counted as zero — so a rating built on fewer than six measures says so.
What it does not measure. It is one year of standardised testing in three subjects. It says nothing about teaching, programs, or whether a school suits a particular child, and it tracks neighbourhood household income closely enough that it partly measures the neighbourhood rather than the school. Treat it as one figure among many.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–25), Open Government Licence – Ontario.
H-Value
What an H-Value is and how it is calculated — the method and our measured error, no account needed.
The market around this home
Detached houses in Hamilton — 5,837 sales over the last five years. Too few sold in this community to chart it on its own, so this is the whole city.
How these are built, and what they cannot tell you
Each point is the median of the sales that closed in that quarter among detached houses in hamilton. A quarter with fewer than eight is left out rather than drawn, and the line breaks where that happens — a median over three sales is really one home’s price, and joining across a gap would draw a number nobody measured.
This is not an estimate of what this home is worth. The segment is a property type in an area; it takes no account of this home’s size, condition, renovations, lot, exposure or how it compares to its neighbours, and half the homes in any quarter sold for more than the median and half for less. It is context for a conversation with an agent, not a valuation.
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board closed transactions. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed accurate by PropTx.
This neighbourhood
Statistics Canada 2021 Census, for the surrounding few blocks — about 451 people.
The neighbourhood, by the census
Statistics Canada 2021 Census for dissemination area 35250678 — the few blocks around this address, home to 451 people. It describes the area, not this property.
Percentages are of the 245 responses in this category. Statistics Canada rounds counts and withholds small ones to keep individuals unidentifiable, so categories with too few people to publish are absent rather than shown as zero.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Work out the numbers
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If you rented it out
How this is calculated, and what it leaves out
Canadian fixed-rate mortgages compound semi-annually, not monthly, so the monthly rate here is (1 + rate/2)1/6 − 1. Most calculators use rate ÷ 12, which is the American convention and overstates the payment by tens of dollars a month.
Below 20% down, default insurance is mandatory and is added to the loan rather than paid at closing: 2.80% at 85% loan-to-value, 3.10% at 90%, 4.00% at 95%. It is unavailable at or above $1.5M, which is why 20% is a hard floor there.
Not included: vacancy, property management, capital repairs, income tax, and the fact that a lender qualifies you at a stress-test rate rather than the one you are quoted. This is arithmetic on the numbers above, not a mortgage approval or an opinion of what you can afford.