It is a quiet neighbourhood of crescents and bays with mature landscaping, attached garages and lots noticeably wider than what newer Saskatoon subdivisions offer. Lawson Heights Mall is minutes away, the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo sits just to the east, and Circle Drive puts the university and downtown within a short commute. Many of the original owners bought new and are only now downsizing.
That means the housing stock is hitting the age where the mechanical cycle decides the price. Shingles, furnaces, windows and hot water tanks from the original build have all reached or passed replacement, and buyers price accordingly. A $400 to $600 home inspection tells you which side of that line your house is on before a buyer's inspector tells you in the middle of a deal.
Forest Grove is also the classic case for the gap between records and reality. Owners of forty years have finished basements, added bathrooms, rebuilt decks and replaced kitchens, often without a permit, and none of that reaches the City of Saskatoon file or any online estimate. Joel Dyck's hand-reviewed valuation documents that work so the price reflects the home you actually own.