Off-season rentals near St. Thomas, Ontario
St. Thomas is fifteen minutes up Sunset Road from our front doors. If you are on contract at the hospital, at a plant, or on one of the big builds south of the 401, a furnished Port Stanley cottage beats a motel room by a distance.
St. Thomas has more contract work than it has short-term housing. The hospital runs travel-nurse contracts, the fulfilment centre runs seasonal peaks, and the industrial land east of the city is in the middle of a build cycle that will run for years. Almost none of that generates a twelve-month lease — it generates people who need somewhere furnished for three to six months. Port Stanley has hundreds of furnished homes sitting empty for exactly those months.
What is near St. Thomas
- St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital — 15 minutes
- The Amazon fulfilment centre on Highbury — 20 minutes
- The east-end industrial lands and battery plant site — 20 minutes
- Elgin County administrative offices and courthouse
- Highway 401 at Highbury or Wellington Road — 20 minutes
Why people commuting to St. Thomas stay in Port Stanley
- A fifteen-minute commute, entirely on paved county road
- Furnished whole homes instead of a motel room
- Monthly rates that a per-diem or contract budget can absorb
- Kitchens and laundry, which matter a lot by week six
Homes within 15 minutes of St. Thomas
Every rate below is the off-season monthly figure, September – May.
Owner favouriteThe Escape
Port Stanley3 bedrooms · 1 bath · Sleeps 8
Cottage · Utilities included
$2,400/ month
4 month minimum
Owner favouriteThe Lookout
Port Stanley3 bedrooms · 1 bath · Sleeps 6
House · Utilities included
$2,500$2,400/ month
Save $100 (4%)Winter special
160 night minimum
The Retreat
Port Stanley2 bedrooms · 1 bath · Sleeps 4
Duplex unit · Utilities included
$1,900/ month
3 month minimum
The Hideaway
Port Stanley4 bedrooms · 1.5 baths · Sleeps 8
Duplex unit · Utilities included
$2,500/ month
4 month minimum
Working in St. Thomas this season?
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