26 Nelson Street, Centre Hastings, ON K0K 2K0
- Property tax
- $5,985 / year
History comes alive in this exceptional estate property in the heart of Madoc Village. One of the town's signature residences, this hilltop home spans four town lots, with beautifully landscaped grounds extending across two streets. Built circa 1860 by the Orr family, the home blends timeless character with thoughtful updates. Its distinctive patterned slate roof was replaced just three years ago, preserving its original charm while providing modern durability. A paved drive leads to the former carriage house, now an attached double garage with a spacious loft for ample storage. Inside, original details, including baseboard trim, hardwood floors, and a grand staircase, showcase the home's rich heritage. The main level offers elegant formal living and dining rooms, a comfortable family room, 3-piece bath, and convenient laundry. The updated kitchen, renovated eight years ago, combines style and function with a large centre island, seating, and beautiful backyard views. Outside, manicured perennial gardens surround a striking locust tree, creating a tranquil and private setting. The secluded back deck is perfect for relaxing, while the private 14' x 28' in-ground pool, enclosed by a privacy fence, provides a refreshing summer retreat. Upstairs are four generously sized bedrooms and a full bathroom featuring a relaxing jacuzzi tub. Numerous updates have been thoughtfully completed, while the home's 165 years of history remain evident throughout. Ideally located within walking distance of the school, post office, pharmacy, medical centre, and Foodland, the property is also close to numerous lakes and recreational trails. Conveniently situated between Toronto and Ottawa, this remarkable home offers character, privacy, space, and an exceptional village lifestyle, beautifully maintained and ready for its next chapter. A quick closing is available if needed.
- MLS number
- X13695014
- Type
- Detached
- Status
- Active
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Postal code
- K0K 2K0
- Photos
- 50
This home has been listed 2 times in the last two years. "This property" adds up the days each of those listings was actually on the market before being withdrawn, suspended or expiring — the quiet months between them are not counted.
Rooms
11 rooms as the listing brokerage filed them, with measurements.
Main
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | 4.29 × 5.25 m | — |
| Dining Room | 3.83 × 3.16 m | — |
| Sitting | 3.83 × 4.50 m | — |
| Living Room | 3.89 × 4.32 m | — |
| Laundry | 3.94 × 3.17 m | — |
| Bathroom | 1.89 × 1.66 m | 3 Pc Bath |
Second
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | 5.04 × 3.79 m | — |
| Bedroom 2 | 3.34 × 3.76 m | — |
| Bedroom 3 | 3.55 × 3.77 m | — |
| Bedroom 4 | 2.78 × 3.89 m | — |
| Bathroom | 2.74 × 3.87 m | 4 Pc Bath |
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-Storey
- Class
- Residential Freehold
- Age
- 100+
- Fronting on
- East
- Community
- Centre Hastings
- Municipality
- Centre Hastings
- Cross street
- Davidson/St Lawrence
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bedrooms above grade
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Washrooms
- 1 on the main floor · 1 on the second floor
- Kitchens
- 1
- Rooms above grade
- 11
- Family room
- Yes
- Basement
- Full, Unfinished
- Size
- 2000-2500
Building
- Construction
- Brick
- Roof
- Slate
- Foundation
- Stone
- Other structures
- Garden Shed
Parking
- Garage
- Attached
- Covered spaces
- 2
- Driveway spaces
- 8
- Total parking
- 10
Land
- Lot
- 132 × 337.19 feet
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Pool
- Inground
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Forced Air
- Heat source
- Gas
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Water
- Municipal
- Sewer
- Sewer
- Electricity
- Yes
- Gas
- Yes
- Cable
- Available
Features
- Property
- Arts Centre, Library, Place Of Worship, Golf
- Interior
- Auto Garage Door Remote, Water Softener
- Exterior
- Deck, Landscaped
Listing
- MLS number
- X13695014
- Status
- New
- Previous status
- Draft
- Listed on
- 2026-08-19
- Expires
- 2026-11-19
- Taxes
- $5,985 (2025)
- Board
- Central Lakes Association of REALTORS
Listing history
This address has been listed 2 times.
Where this home is
Where this address sits, matched against open government data.
Approximate — placed from the postal code, which can cover a block or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Hastings School Secondary School Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | Secondary | 710 m | / 10 64% met the standard · 2 of 6 measures |
| Central Hastings School Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | Elementary | 779 m | / 10 71% 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
The market around this home
Detached houses in Centre Hastings — 119 sales over the last five years.
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 centre hastings. 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 662 people.
The neighbourhood, by the census
Statistics Canada 2021 Census for dissemination area 35120416 — the few blocks around this address, home to 662 people. It describes the area, not this property.
Percentages are of the 380 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
Monthly rent starts from a rule of thumb — two per cent of the asking price a year — because no comparable lease was found nearby. Change it to anything you like.
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.