Based on the amenities available, these apartments are generally categorized as ‘fully furnished’, ‘furnished’ or ‘semi-furnished’ available as short term rentals near me.

Semi-furnished apartment

This category of housing is very similar to bare-shell apartments, with minimum basic amenities such as lights and fans. These apartments may or may not have a shelf or cupboard in all its rooms.

A furnished apartment

This is not a definitive term and does not bind an owner to provide the exact number of amenities to his tenant. Most often, this term means that the apartment will have cupboards and shelves, cabinets, a modular kitchen and lights and fans. If we are looking for something more, we should negotiate with our landlord. If he/she is willing to put an air-conditioning system within the same cost, consider ourself lucky while searching for short term furnished rentals in Toronto. 

Fully-furnished apartment

A fully-furnished apartment, however, may have all of the above, including air-conditioning and water heaters in the bathrooms. In addition to these, if the apartment is a serviced apartment, it will be run like a hotel, with the assistance of a facility management team. A serviced apartment will have all kinds of amenities in the rooms – the kitchen well stocked with grocery and regular kitchenware including a refrigerator and microwave oven, the rooms will have bed linen and extra towels and the apartment will also have a telephone connection.

In the rental market of City Gate Suites, homeowners generally limit themselves to providing a ‘furnished’ apartment. Only serviced apartments provide that kind of service. Largely, we will only find furnished apartments, with limitations and the tenant will have to make provisions for other important things.

While there is a visible difference in these three categories, the apartments also differ in rental rates. In general, there is a difference of around 10%-15% in rental values, between a bare-shell apartment and a furnished apartment. On the other hand, the rental rate of a fully-furnished apartment or a serviced apartment may be many times higher.

Contact info

Name: City Gate Suites

Address: 4300 Village Centre Ct, Suite 100, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1S2

Phone: 1-800-954-9188

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.citygatesuites.com/