Hartley Surrey by Porte: Move-In Ready Condos Review (2026)

Hartley at a Glance

Should You Buy at Hartley?

Here's the honest version. Because Hartley is complete, you skip the biggest risks of buying pre-sale: no years of waiting, no guessing what the finishes will look like, and no completion date that keeps sliding. You can walk the display home, stand in the actual unit, and check the view before you sign. That alone makes it a stronger pick than a paper pre-sale for a lot of first-time buyers.

The trade-off is choice. With 20 homes left in the first 2 buildings, you're picking from what remains, not from the full plan book. If you've got your heart set on a specific floor, exposure or plan, go in knowing it may already be gone. My lean: if you need a home within months, want transit at your door and like the amenity package, Hartley deserves a serious look. If you're buying mainly as an investment and hoping to ride appreciation during construction, there's no construction period left to ride, so a true pre-sale elsewhere fits that goal better.

Location: Surrey

Hartley sits at 10466 138A Street, in the block around 104A Avenue and 138A Street, right in the middle of Surrey City Centre. It's a four-building masterplan on quieter, tree-lined streets. Surrey Central SkyTrain Station is a few minutes away, which is the single biggest reason to look at this part of Surrey if you work downtown or anywhere along the Expo Line.

Day to day, you're close to Central City Shopping Centre, Save-On-Foods, T&T Supermarket, Surrey City Hall and the SFU Surrey campus. For green space, Porte points to Hawthorne Rotary Park and Forsyth Park nearby, along with cycling trails and playgrounds. If you want a car-light life in Surrey, this is one of the few pockets where that's realistic. If you want a quiet suburban street with a big yard, this isn't it, and you'd be happier looking at townhomes in Clayton or Fleetwood.

Pricing & the Math That Actually Matters

Current pricing at Hartley runs from $440,000 to $880,000, across 1 to 4 bedroom layouts from 544 to 1,530sqft. Prices exclude GST, so build that into your numbers, and ask the sales team how any first-time buyer relief applies to the specific home you're looking at.

When this page was checked on October 4, 2026, Porte's site was advertising savings of up to $80,000 on move-in-ready homes. Builder promotions change often, so treat that as a starting point for the conversation, not a locked-in number.

Deposit Structure

$5,000 on offer, then 5% of the purchase price less $5,000 within 7 days of an accepted contract, for 5% in total, per the builder's official price sheet dated May 23, 2026. Confirm current terms with the sales team before you rely on them.

At Hartley, you pay $5,000 when your offer goes in, then 5% of the purchase price less that $5,000 within 7 days of an accepted contract, so 5% in total. On a $500,000 home, that's $25,000 all in. Because the homes are finished, the balance is due on the completion date in your contract, which can be soon rather than years away, so have your mortgage approval lined up before you write.

Amenities

The amenity package is the part of Hartley that stands out most. Porte lists a gym, yoga studio and sauna, a co-working lounge, a family lounge, a kitchen and entertainment lounge for bigger gatherings, a games room and a kids art studio. Outside there's a kids zone, a bocce court, an outdoor fitness deck, an outdoor dining terrace and a dog wash station, plus a bicycle workshop for tune-ups.

That's a lot of shared space, and it matters for 2 reasons. If you're in a 1-bedroom, the co-working lounge and kitchen lounge effectively add rooms to your home. On the flip side, every one of those spaces is maintained through strata fees, so ask for the current strata budget and the depreciation report (the engineering study of what the building will need to repair or replace over time) and look at what the monthly fee covers before you commit.

Who Should Buy at Hartley

Hartley vs Alternatives

What the Developer Won't Put on the Brochure

1. Limited Selection

Only 20 homes remain in buildings 1 and 2. The plan, floor or view you want may already be sold, so go in with a first choice and a backup rather than one must-have unit.

2. Amenities Are Paid For Monthly

A big amenity list means a big shared building to maintain. Ask for the strata budget and depreciation report, and compare the monthly strata fee with other City Centre buildings before you decide the amenities are worth it to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Alex Dunbar Personal Real Estate Corporation

REAL Broker BC Ltd.  |  Living in the Lower Mainland

I help buyers compare Surrey new homes against each other and against resale alternatives. If you are weighing Hartley against Halo, Parkway, Bute at Clayton Crest, I'll give you honest numbers and a clear decision framework.

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Sources & Further Reading

• City of Surrey official site
• BCFSA Consumer Guide to Pre-Sale Real Estate Purchases