41 Ravel Drive, Vaughan · Thornhill Woods home with full basement apartment

The idea

Most houses take money every month.

This one hands some back.

Downstairs is not a rec room with a bar fridge. It is a complete apartment: full second kitchen, three-piece bath, its own living space. House grandparents in dignity. Give a twenty-something a real front door. Or let it work.

$1,600–$1,800monthly asking rents, comparable Thornhill suites

≈ $20,000 / yrpotential before costs, at the midpoint

≈ $280,000of mortgage that income could carry at today's rates

Figures are illustrative, based on September 2026 asking rents and prevailing insured mortgage rates. Buyers should verify permitted use with the City of Vaughan.

Lower-level second kitchen with full-size stainless appliances — Downstairs · one
A second kitchen. A real one.

Cedar sauna — Downstairs · two
A cedar sauna and a mosaic steam shower.

Billiards room with projection theatre — Downstairs · three
Billiards, a projection theatre, a gym. Friday night, built in.

Already done

The expensive decade is behind this house.

Buyers of a twenty-year-old home quietly budget for what comes next. Here, the big-ticket list is finished:

Lifetime galvanized metal roof. The single largest capital item a house has, permanently retired.
Freshly painted throughout, 2026.
New stainless kitchen appliances, just installed.
Soffit exterior lighting on every eave.
Central vacuum, gas BBQ line, wired gazebo.

Rear elevation showing the galvanized metal roof

Cedar gazebo with string lights and dining set — Out back
Dinner under string lights, hot tub two steps away.

Muskoka chairs around the fire bowl in the gardens — Out back
The weekend never has to leave.

The main house

Room to become whoever you're becoming.

Formal dining room with tray ceiling — Formal dining

White kitchen with gas range — Kitchen, gas range

Kitchen walkout to the deck — Walkout to deck

Family room with fireplace — Family room

Oak staircase with wrought iron pickets — Oak stair, iron pickets

Ensuite with corner soaking tub — Five-piece ensuite

Thornhill Woods

The schools alone justify the move.

Top 5% Thornhill Woods Public School Fraser Institute 8.8 / 10, ranked 149 of 3,052 Ontario elementary schools. The neighbourhood school, minutes away on foot.

Top 9% Stephen Lewis Secondary School Fraser 8.2 / 10, ranked 65 of 747. A ten-minute walk down Autumn Hill.

Sugarbush Heritage Park: 2.4 km trail through a historic maple forest
North Thornhill Community Centre: pool, gym and library, in the neighbourhood
Rutherford Marketplace: Longo's, Shoppers and LCBO, a 13-minute walk
Rutherford GO: rebuilt station, 1,200-space garage, minutes away
Highways 7 and 407: Bathurst on-ramp in minutes
Community: synagogues within walking distance; the Lebovic JCC campus up Bathurst

Details

The particulars.

Type	Detached two-storey, brick, built by Fieldgate. Original owners.
Bedrooms	4 above grade + 1 below
Bathrooms	5
Size	2,500 to 3,000 sq ft above grade, plus finished lower level
Lot	36.03 × 108.39 ft
Parking	Attached double garage + 4 on the driveway
Heat / cool	Forced-air gas, central air, gas fireplace
Taxes	$7,364 (2026)
MLS®	N13803852

Showings

Walk through it yourself.

Private showings are booked through the listing brokerage.

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Or ask any REALTOR® to book MLS® N13803852. Listed by Sutton Group-Admiral Realty Inc., Brokerage.