Recent sale · Riverdale
Withrow Ave
- Sold for
- $1,342,000
- Days on market
- 6
We priced the brick semi honestly, prepared it for the right buyers, and kept the process calm through twelve offers.
East Toronto homes, thoughtfully represented
A better way to find your place in the east end.
Hearth & Key is Maya Okafor's independent real-estate practice for the streets between the Don and the Bluffs.
Explore recent homesLeslieville · Riverdale · The Beaches · East York
A local point of view
See the homes, not just the numbers.
Browse a few recent sales and the small details that made each one work. Select a home to see the story behind the result.
Recent sale · The Danforth
Logan Ave
- Sold for
- $1,089,000
- Days on market
- 9
Porch repairs, a clear inspection story, and a focused launch gave this Victorian room to be understood.
Recent sale · The Beaches
Kingswood Rd
- Sold for
- $1,875,000
- Days on market
- 4
We led with the light, the porch, and the walk to the lake — the details that made the home feel like itself.
Neighbourhood guide
The east end, in three useful views.
Street life
Queen East has the daily rhythm: cafés, schools, dogs, and a front step that becomes part of your week.
Room to breathe
The Beaches trades a little commute for lake air, long walks, and quieter mornings.
The wider horizon
By the Bluffs, the light changes. It is worth seeing the street at dusk before you decide.
Meet your advisor
Maya knows the block before she lists the house.
Eleven years selling east of the Don, on foot, by bike, and by the 506. You get direct advice about value, condition, timing, and the street itself.
- Clear pricing grounded in the homes that actually sold.
- Pre-inspections and offer strategy handled at the table.
- A local answer when the right move is to wait.
Start with a conversation
Tell me about the place you have in mind.
No newsletter or drip campaign. The existing preview form validates locally and sends nothing.
Leslieville to the Bluffs, and everything between
The east end, one front door at a time.
I'm Maya Okafor. I sell houses in Leslieville, the Beaches, Riverdale, the Danforth, East York and out to the Scarborough Bluffs — brick semis, crooked Victorians, bungalows with good bones. One client at a time, and I answer my own phone.
Sold over askingDanforth Victorian, 9 days on market
First offer acceptedEast York bungalow, no bidding war
Twelve offersRiverdale semi, priced to be honest
The map on my office wall
Every tag is a front door I know by name.
Six recent sales, pinned roughly where they happened. Tap a key tag to read how it went — the price, the wait, and what the sellers said after. Street names only; my clients' house numbers are their business.
Withrow Ave
Riverdale, brick semi
- Listed
- $1,199,000
- Sold
- $1,342,000
- Days on market
- 6
"Maya talked us out of overpricing. Twelve offers later, we were very glad she did."— Priya, Riverdale
Logan Ave
The Danforth, Victorian rowhouse
- Listed
- $999,000
- Sold
- $1,089,000
- Days on market
- 9
"She knew which porch boards would pass inspection and which ones needed a story."— Sam, the Danforth
Carlaw Ave
Leslieville, sunset-facing semi
- Listed
- $949,000
- Sold
- $1,015,000
- Days on market
- 12
"We lost two bidding wars before this. Maya kept us calm enough to win the third."— Danielle, Leslieville
Kingswood Rd
The Beaches, detached with a porch
- Listed
- $1,749,000
- Sold
- $1,875,000
- Days on market
- 4
"Every showing had fresh flowers and the good cookies. It worked."— Marcus, The Beaches
Cosburn Ave
East York, post-war bungalow
- Listed
- $899,000
- Sold
- $949,000
- Days on market
- 8
"Maya priced it for real life, not for the neighbours' gossip."— Rosa, East York
Havendale Cres
Birch Cliff, sidesplit by the Bluffs
- Listed
- $1,050,000
- Sold
- $1,120,000
- Days on market
- 11
"She sold the morning light in that kitchen, and honestly, she was right about it."— Theo, Birch Cliff
That's my actual SOLD-rider handwriting. Sorry.
From the notebook in my glovebox
Neighbourhood notes, written between showings.
Stats tell you what a house costs. These are the things that tell you what a street feels like.
Queen East, Saturday
Strollers and greyhounds share the sidewalk. The bakery line is out the door by nine, and every second person I pass has bought or sold with someone I know.
The Danforth, August
The whole street smells like charcoal and oregano. If your kitchen window faces south, you'll hear the festival before you see it. Most people decide that's a feature.
The Bluffs, dusk
On still evenings the cliff face goes pink for about four minutes. Buyers from out west don't believe me until they see it from their own driveway.
Maya Okafor, Sales Representative.
Eleven years selling east of the Don, all of them on foot, by bike, or on the 506. I don't have a team, an assistant, or a billboard. I have a milk crate on my bike, a desk-for-rent above a Leslieville café, and a phone that rings me directly.
- I tell you what your place is worth, not what you want to hear.
- Offer nights, pre-inspections and staging are handled with you at the table.
- If I don't know a street, I say so and we walk it together.
I live in Riverdale, within earshot of the Withrow Park off-leash debate, and I plan to die arguing about whether the Beaches has an 's'.
"She talked us out of a house we loved, because the foundation scared her. Then she found us a better one two streets over."— Ade, East York
Tell me about your front door. Or the one you want.
Selling, buying, or just wondering what the semi next door went for — write a few lines and I'll write back within a day, usually faster.
No newsletters. No drip campaign. Just a reply.