Houses for sale in Winnipeg: Woodhaven

Houses for sale in Grace Hospital, Jameswood, Silver Heights, and Woodhaven, Winnipeg have communities that boast affordable homes, access to schools, and proximity to shops and services with a variety of housing options. With the Assiniboine River to the south, there are plenty of opportunities for active residents to get out and enjoy nature, while the restaurants and bars of Portage Avenue provide a relaxing place to socialize with friends and neighbours. Active residents can tee off at the nearby Assiniboine Golf Club, enjoy the Sturgeon Heights Community Centre, or access Assiniboine Park by the pedestrian bridge across the Assiniboine River. If shopping is more your sport, you're just minutes away from Winnipeg's premiere shopping centre, Polo Park.

These neighbourhoods form MLS® area 5F. The greater city area, considered St James/Assiniboia, is a place that has no shortage of shops, restaurants, and a mix of rather quaint neighbourhoods that run either toward the Assiniboine River, and are thereby more pricey, or further north into nice quite streets that are studded with parks. The area is thus a mix of affluence, particularly in the St. Charles Country Club area around the river, to middle class, to more working class in the areas in and around the Winnipeg Airport.

Homes in Woodhaven

Woodhaven is a quiet, established pocket on the west side, tucked between St. James and the Assiniboine River. The housing runs to well-kept bungalows and two-storey homes on comfortable lots, most of them detached and single-family. On the streets closest to the river you find some larger and more substantial homes. It is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood with a leafy, riverside feel, the kind of place that stays quiet because the river bounds one side of it.

Green, riverside and central to the west side

The river is the draw here. The Assiniboine and its green space sit to the south, close for walking and cycling, and the neighbourhood keeps a calm, tucked-away character because of it. Schools, shops and services are close, recreation is easy at the nearby golf club and community centre, and Portage Avenue connects the area into the city and out to the west, with the airport not far off.

Buying and selling here

Most homes here are older, so match your checks to that. The furnace, windows, wiring and roof, and a dry basement with a working sump pump, and ask what has been updated. On a larger home near the river, add grading, the bank and flood history to the list. Selling here, the mature lot, the quiet riverside setting and the established west-side location are the features to lead with.

Where is Woodhaven?
On the west side of Winnipeg, between St. James and the Assiniboine River.

What kind of homes are here?
Mostly detached bungalows and two-storey homes, with some larger properties on the streets nearest the river.

What is nearby?
The Assiniboine River and its green space, schools, shops and services, a golf club and community centre, with Portage Avenue and the airport close.

What should I check on a home here?
The furnace, windows, wiring, roof and a dry basement, and on homes near the river grading, the bank and flood history.