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This three-bedroom home in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., has an attached, double garage and a driveway with space to park eight cars.Photography provided by Affinity Group Pinnacle Realty Ltd.

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7 Ranchers Rd., Kawartha Lakes, Ont.

Asking price: $699,000 (August, 2026)

Selling price: $686,500 (September, 2026)

Previous selling price: $227,000 (January, 2007)

Taxes: $4,306 (2026)

Days on the market: 18

Listing agents: Jason Challenger, John Ireland and Bryce Boyce, Affinity Group Pinnacle Realty Ltd.

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The home has an eat-in kitchen.

The action

This three-bedroom bungalow is on a roughly two-acre lot near Sturgeon Lake, about 140 kilometres northeast of downtown Toronto. Persuading buyers to travel to check it out was easier done with a list price under $700,000 this summer. Within the first week, two guests delivered competing purchase offers.

“That property is in a more rural environment, and it does take time for people to get there,” agent Jason Challenger said.

“But things that are priced appropriately still get multiple offers.”

Part of the appeal of this home was its proximity to shops, grocery stores and restaurants, as well as the historic FLATO Academy Theatre in Lindsay, Ont.

“There were lots of properties available,” Mr. Challenger said.

“Ranchers Road is about five minutes outside of Fenelon Falls and about 10 minutes outside of Lindsay, kind of between two larger towns in the Kawarthas.”

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What they got

This bungalow has an eat-in kitchen, three bathrooms and a laundry room, and is connected to well and septic systems.

The main floor has three bedrooms and a living room with a wood-burning fireplace, vaulted ceilings, and sliding doors to a back deck.

Another recreation area is in the basement.

The home has an attached, double garage and a driveway to park eight cars.

A barn and paddock are also on site.

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There is also a barn and paddock on the roughly two-acre lot.

The agent’s take

“It’s a good size house in decent shape,” Mr. Challenger said.

“It’s a fair bit of land there – about two acres – with a lot of mature trees on the lot. It adds to the privacy and rural feeling, out in the country.”

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