For sale · MLS® 1305171
28 Feild Street
St. John's, NL, A1C4J4
List price
$259,900
About this propertyMLS® 1305171
Welcome to 28 Feild Street, located in the heart of St. John's, minutes to downtown. Close to the bus stop and grocery shopping. This home has been extensively renovated including new windows, doors, siding, insulation, brand new torch on roof, new rear patio, also new flooring, trim and new kitchen cabinets. Both full bathrooms have new fixtures. Main floor laundry. This home has 3 good sized bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms. This home shows well and would be an excellent starter home or as an AIRBNB. No Sellers direction. Bring your best offer anytime. (id:56688)
Specifications
Property details
Overview
The home
Systems & utilities
Size & land
Taxes
Parking & outdoor
Features
Fees & source
Room by room
Rooms
View rooms as table
| Second level | Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom Bath (# pieces 1-6) | 9.3 x 10.4 · 97 sqft 9.4 x 17.5 · 165 sqft 9.3 x 10.4 · 97 sqft 6.7 x 7 · 47 sqft |
| Lower level | Bath (# pieces 1-6) Eat in kitchen Living room | 10.5 x 9.2 · 97 sqft 17.3 x 9.6 · 166 sqft 11.2 x 7.8 · 87 sqft |
The neighbourhood
St. John's at a glance
Live market stats for St. John's — what's for sale, what it costs, how it compares to nearby towns, and how walkable this address is.
Homes for sale here
452
Median list price
$400k
Price range
$1.4k – $4.3M
Typical build
1975
Average size
3,636 sqft
Where St. John's listings are priced
Every active list price in St. John's, grouped into bands.
List price, thousands of $ · 381 homes
View as table
| Price band ($) | Listings |
|---|---|
| <200 | 39 |
| 200–300 | 53 |
| 300–400 | 104 |
| 400–500 | 52 |
| 500–750 | 67 |
| 750–1M | 31 |
| 1M+ | 35 |
How St. John's compares
Median list price against the next biggest markets — click a row for that area guide.
The essentials
Location, air, flood & taxes
Flood (100-yr)
outside the mapped floodplain
Zoning
0.82 ha parcel
Elevation
77 m
0300 mmetres above sea level
Air quality now
1–3 band
110+AQHI 2 · Low risk · St. John's · updated 7:00 p.m.
Property tax
$990 / year
≈ $83 / month
Climate
Feb -1° · Jul 21°
normal daily high · ST JOHN'S A station · 1981–2010
Amenity constellation
compass view · OpenStreetMap · ODEF schools
Nearby & drive routes
117 places shown · 3 routes · OpenStreetMap · OSRM
- 2 min to downtown St. John's0.7 km
- 6 min to Memorial University3 km
- 12 min to Avalon Mall9.6 km
Schools 36
Health 1
Groceries 10
Cafés 12
Parks 28
Bus stops 30
Cost & context
What this home really costs
Winter heat, five years of ownership, how this price sits against the market, and what the map says is within walking distance — every figure captioned with its assumptions.
Winter warmer
Jan–Mar · estimate
$208/mo
Est. winter heating (electricity) — about $625 for January through March.
Estimate — not an appraisal. electricity at 15.587¢/kWh (Newfoundland Power, eff. Jul 1 2026, pre-HST). 960 sqft. Severity 1.00× St. John's from the ST JOHN'S A station 1981–2010 normal. Jan–Mar only; excludes HST, hot water, cooking and any cooling.
5-year cost of ownership
20% down · 25-yr
5-year all-in: $88,255
Closing costs + five years of running costs + 60 mortgage payments on a $259,900 home.
If rates rise 2 points
$14,849 more over five years if the rate is 6.44% instead of 4.44% — P&I only.
Once, at closing
- Land transfer (registration) fee$100 + $0.40 per $100 over $500, capped at $5,000$1,138
- Legal feesest.estimate — your lawyer quotes the exact figure$1,500
- Down payment (20%)$51,980
Every year
- Heatingest.2× the Jan–Mar estimate (heating season ≈ 6 months)$1,250
- Property taxfrom the feed$990
- Home insuranceest.estimate — NL range $700–$1,500/yr$1,100
× 5 years = $16,700
By down payment
| Down | Payment | 5-yr all-in | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | $1,364 | $101,177 | needs mortgage insurance (not modelled) |
| 10% | $1,292 | $96,870 | needs mortgage insurance (not modelled) |
| 20% | $1,149 | $88,255 | no mortgage insurance |
Estimates — not a quote or an appraisal. Mortgage at 4.44% (best market 5-yr fixed, Ratehub.ca, 2026-11-05), 25-year amortization, P&I only. Land transfer fee: Registry of Deeds schedule ($100 + $0.40/$100 over $500, cap $5,000). Legal $1,500 and insurance $1,100/yr (NL range $700–$1,500) are estimates. Heating is 2× the Jan–Mar winter estimate. 5-year all-in = closing costs + 5 years of running costs + 60 mortgage payments; it excludes CMHC insurance (needed below 20% down), utilities other than heat, and maintenance.
Rate time machine
same house · same down payment
Same house, same down payment — your payment today at 4.44%best market rate · posted was 6.19%
- Today, best market rate2026-11-05 · 4.44%$1,149/mo
- Today, posted2026-11-04 · 6.19%$1,364/mo
- 5 years ago2021-11-03 · 4.79%$1,190/mo
- 10 years ago2016-11-02 · 4.64%$1,172/mo
At 6.19% — five years ago — the same mortgage would have cost $215 more each month than at today's posted rate.
Principal & interest only: $207,920 (80% of the $259,900 asking price — 20% down), 25-year amortization. No taxes, insurance, fees, or mortgage insurance. Today's rate is the Bank of Canada conventional 5-year rate observed 2026-11-04. The 5- and 10-year rows are two documented observations of that same series (2021-11-03 = 4.79%, 2016-11-02 = 4.64%, retrieved 2026-11-01 from bankofcanada.ca/valet) — fixed reference points, not a modelled path between them. Estimate — not an offer of credit; your lender's rate will differ.
Price ghosts
$/sqft vs 324 active
Priced at the 84th percentile of active St. John's homes
$271/sqft — city median $192/sqft.
Errand score
walk-time weighted
57
grocery 300 m, school 420 m
Nearest errand: Merrymeeting Rd - #32 (bus stop) — 140 m, about 2 min on foot.
Walk-time-weighted from OpenStreetMap + ODEF school data; straight-line distance at 4.8 km/h. Weights: grocery 1.0, school 0.9, health 0.8, park 0.4, café 0.35, bus 0.3 — nearest place per category only. Half-value every 6 minutes of walking; nothing scores past a 15-minute walk. 100 = every category at the door. This is a mapping of what's drawn on the map, not a survey of what exists.
Ask this listing
open data · 5 questions
- School within 1 km?Yes · 420 mSchool
- Grocery nearby?Yes · 300 mSobeys
- Bus stop?Yes · 140 mMerrymeeting Rd - #32
- In the 100-year floodplain?No — outside itCity of St. John's flood map
- Zoning?R3 — R30.82 ha parcel
From OpenStreetMap + ODEF schools (straight-line distance) and the City of St. John's flood & zoning maps. Flood and zoning are mapped for St. John's only; elsewhere those questions don't appear because we don't know the answer.
Monthly carrying cost
$1,129/mo
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Estimated monthly payment
$83/mo
Principal & interest $0 + property tax $83 per month
Financing breakdown
Rental math
Investment calculator
Monthly cash flow
$-324
NOI / month
$-324
Cap rate
-1.50%
Gross yield
0.00%
| Line item | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| Gross rent | $0 | $0 |
| Mortgage | $0 | $0 |
| Property tax | $83 | $990 |
| Expenses | $242 | $2,904 |
| Vacancy | $0 | $0 |
| Management | $0 | $0 |
| Cash flow | $-324 | $-3,888 |
| NOI | $-324 | $-3,888 |
Flip rule of thumb: buy at ≤ 70% of ARV minus repair costs.
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