Condomonium: $849,000 for a Rosedale condo that’s actually the top floor of a house
ADDRESS: 80 Crescent Road, Unit 3
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Rosedale-Moore Park
AGENT: Eleanor Bohm and Evan Sage, Sage Real Estate Limited
PRICE: $849,000
THE PLACE: A two-bedroom penthouse in a South Rosedale mansion that recently went condo. Each floor in the house is now a separate unit, and there are plans for a green roof and other landscaping flourishes around the property.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: The building’s architectural pedigree will make the city’s bluebloods swoon. Eden Smith designed the house in 1896, and his fingerprints are on some of the city’s stateliest buildings: the arts and crafts-style homes in Wychwood Park, the Carnegie libraries and Upper Canada College.
BIG SELLING POINT: For someone who balks at the inhuman scale of forty-storey condo towers, this penthouse has the homey feel of, well, a house.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: While vaulted ceilings look charming in the living room and bedrooms, the awkward angles of the galley kitchen might feel a little cramped. Watch your head when rummaging through the cupboards.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $983,000
• 1786 square-feet
• $640.45/month maintenance fees
• 2 bedrooms
• 1 bathroom
• 1 patio
• 1 gas fireplace
118139 Fresh air and a view over the neighboring roofs 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent22-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent22.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent22.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent22/ feb12hotwcrescent22 0 0
Fresh air and a view over the neighboring roofs
118138 That's some television stand 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent21-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent21.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent21.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent21/ feb12hotwcrescent21 0 0
That’s some television stand
118137 The current owners use the second bedroom as a den and office 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent20-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent20.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent20.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent20/ feb12hotwcrescent20 0 0
The current owners use the second bedroom as a den and office
118136 Watch the spin cycle from the shower 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent19-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent19.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent19.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent19/ feb12hotwcrescent19 0 0
Watch the spin cycle from the shower
118135 A marble-floored bathroom in calming neutral tones also contains a Whirlpool washer and dryer 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent18-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent18.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent18.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent18/ feb12hotwcrescent18 0 0
A marble-floored bathroom in calming neutral tones also contains a Whirlpool washer and dryer
118134 Check out the weather from bed 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent17-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent17.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent17.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent17/ feb12hotwcrescent17 0 0
Check out the weather from bed
118133 You could fit in a lot more furniture if you wanted 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent16-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent16.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent16.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent16/ feb12hotwcrescent16 0 0
You could fit in a lot more furniture if you wanted
118132 A spacious bedroom with broadloom carpeting and a walk-in closet 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent15-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent15.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent15.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent15/ feb12hotwcrescent15 0 0
A spacious bedroom with broadloom carpeting and a walk-in closet
118131 For less-experienced cooks, a large window to air out any smoke 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent14.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent14/ feb12hotwcrescent14 0 0
For less-experienced cooks, a large window to air out any smoke
118130 Watch your head 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent13-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent13.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent13.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent13/ feb12hotwcrescent13 0 0
Watch your head
118129 The kitchen has a dual fuel convection stove, dishwasher, microwave and wine fridge 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent12-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent12.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent12/ feb12hotwcrescent12 0 0
The kitchen has a dual fuel convection stove, dishwasher, microwave and wine fridge
118128 Mere steps from the table to the couch 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent11.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent11/ feb12hotwcrescent11 0 0
Mere steps from the table to the couch
118127 An open plan puts the furniture in the limelight 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent10.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent10/ feb12hotwcrescent10 0 0
An open plan puts the furniture in the limelight
118126 Plenty of room for a dining table 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent9.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent9/ feb12hotwcrescent9 0 0
Plenty of room for a dining table
118125 A gas fireplace for chilly days 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent8.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent8/ feb12hotwcrescent8 0 0
A gas fireplace for chilly days
118124 Let the sunshine in 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent7.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent7/ feb12hotwcrescent7 0 0
Let the sunshine in
118123 Also, white couches 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent6.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent6/ feb12hotwcrescent6 0 0
Also, white couches
118122 Hope you like white walls 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent5.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent5/ feb12hotwcrescent5 0 0
Hope you like white walls
118121 Vaulted ceilings and a chaise worthy of Cleopatra 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent4.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent4/ feb12hotwcrescent4 0 0
Vaulted ceilings and a chaise worthy of Cleopatra
118120 Miniature art gallery 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent3.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent3/ feb12hotwcrescent3 0 0
Miniature art gallery
118119 The house's central staircase curves upward from the main floor 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent2.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent2/ feb12hotwcrescent2 0 0
The house’s central staircase curves upward from the main floor
118118 Not your average condo building 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent1.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent1/ feb12hotwcrescent1 0 0
Not your average condo building
118140 The main living space has hardwood floors and lots of light 80 Crescent Road https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb12HOTWCrescent_intro.jpg 656 450 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/condomonium-80-crescent-road-unit/slide/feb12hotwcrescent_intro/ feb12hotwcrescent_intro 0 0
The main living space has hardwood floors and lots of light
Good luck with that! Regardless of the stellar location, $1 million for an attic with arborite counters is a joke.
ridiculous. The space is hideous… more like a $1500/mth rental
Good Luck with the sale on this …I think you would have to be out of your mind to pay 983k for a place that looks like an attic ! Who cares where it is ….and its a crappy kitchen too.
Wow! interesting indeed.. I would not knock it so quickly. The concept and idea is a genius..wonder who much the other parts of the house is worth/selling for ? Someone wants to make a quick ca$h here. The space is huge, but $1mil for a kitchen thats creepy and small and you have to bend sometimes ? Bathroom is awful with those 2 washer/dryer in the bathroom ? The maint fee is madness!!! For what ? A door man that does not exist? concierge? pool ? WHAT?! Come on, Toronto.. lets not start getting ahead of ourselves.
BAA!
What a joke. If it was offered at $400K in 99% of cities in Canada or the US it still wouldn’t sell. This bubble in the GTA is going to bankrupt anyone that buys in 2012. Does someone buy this unit and think ‘in 5 years, it could be worth more!”?
Quasimodo would love to live here provided he only look inward. What a piece of crap, not one wall to put a bookshelf, good luck with that is right!
For $1m, they could at least put a bit of effort into staging. Agree with the others, the ceilings look about 6 feet high. The quirkiness is fun but not for this price.
A horrible space! What some people will do to get a Rosedale address. But what happens when your friends actually see the ugly little nest you live in?
This makes me sick.
Agreed.
This will sell to a visiting 2 year tenure CEO, with guaranteed buy back clause.
On your first day moving in, Ashton Kutcher jumps out of the oven to inform you that you’ve been Punk’d!
BG011…that is a killer comment but oh so true! LOL.. Did anyone click on the agents name & web site… seems more like home marketers than realtors or more like stagers. Strange place and overall bizarre!!
Even with the great location, this would be ridiculous at half the price – just look at the (better) comps! Also, the listing agents should seriously look into their RECO requirements for measuring square-footage with sloping ceilings. If someone ever actually sells this condo, the cooperating agent (or even worse in multiple representation) could easily be in serious trouble. Just wait for the lawsuits!
What?? I mean maaaaaybe – if it was actually a finished space! The updates are cheap. A million and they couldn’t get this place outfitted. Wow. Just wow.
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/gimme-shelter/2011/12/23/condomonium-160-frederick-street-unit-302/
James: In resale home market, the agent will compare the recent sold price and list the property price. There are a lot of sold more than a million in the same size in downtown area. So I think this is a good price as long as there is people buying it. Lawyers, CEO, new immigrate will buy. Do you know how much money Canadian government needs to show from the new immigrates? — 1.6 million Canadian $$$$. And there are a lot of people tried to immigrate to Toronto and they have to take a line for a few years. The average price in North York C14 is 1.1 million up till January, 2012.
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/gimme-shelter/2011/12/23/condomonium-160-frederick-street-unit-302/
This is a joke right! NOTHING about this space says million dollar property! I bet you if Mike Holmes would get his hands on this he would find tons of hidden issues with this. I bet you it’s not even up to code. So that stair is a common stair?
Did you see that cheap kitchen !?! How about the ridiculously small balcony with cheap tiles! What exactly does the $640/month condo fee covers? Come on!
How far will greed go !?! What’s next? Let’s divide this attic in two separate unit? Absolutely ridiculous.
What exactly are the maintenance fees for? Did I miss the gym, pool, visitor parking, concierge, party room, and theatre?
Thats in line with the area, face it people. If you know how much it cost to live in rosedale you wouldnt comment.
Eng, you realize that Mike Holmes is a huge drama king, right? Mike Holmes often finds legitimite issues. The problem he he proceeds to identify tiny things that aren’t problems, or that are very minor, or that occur in nearly every home, or that are common to the age/build/quality of any similar house, and flips out for the sake of TV. Mike Holmes puts the actor in contractor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I think I rented a place like this in college for $700 a month…
If you can’t afford to live in Rosedale, stop commenting!
Matt: What makes you think the commenters can’t afford to live in Rosedale?
Is this a joke? A DISGUSTING slanted roof kitchen, two bedrooms, no private yard, wall to wall carpeting, a bathroom that looks like something out of a tub-fitter commercial. Get it together you crooks – for FAR less you could actually own a house that you could then divide up into far nicer apartments and make a fortune off of. What a waste, anyone who buys this is either lazy or a fool. Or both.
and back to Matt: what makes you think that anyone who could afford to live in Rosedale would be so bad with their money that they would see this as a wise investment? Nobody with an ounce of financial sensibility or success would ever allow the owner to make such a profit at their expense.
I’d buy it, but they would have to throw in a life-time supply of Advil (for all the headaches I’m going to get from bumping into the ceiling/walls). In Cabbagetown, $980K would get you an entire 2500 sqft house!
I wonder if Toronto Life brings such property to create discussion amongst readers or to push the property. What does it take to get your “for Sale” advertised here? Is it money? being over the top? great bargain? The agent behind this property certainly has the connections. I can only wonder about the cost of the units downstairs.
I don’t like this at all. I can’t see someone spending that much money on a place like this.
this makes me sick….greed greed greed…….what a real joke. a million dollars for a really disgusting and very uncomfortable place….and who cares if it’s Rosedale!
Whom I am kidding, I am a total pretentious loser but even I know a million dollars for this is a joke.
Is that uncomfortable looking couch from King Tut’s tomb?
Matt
PS don’t hate me because I am an idiot.
Matt
The funny part is that all the people who are deriding this are people not in the industry. I do this for a living, every day, and can tell you it makes perfect sense. I have clients every day looking for something like this.
You may think it is a joke, but you are not a potential buyer, nor a real estate agent. Someone will buy it, I guarantee you that.
Which just proves that people who are outside the business do not understand it but are willing to throw nasty words around about some photos and a description on a website.
The unit just below this one sold for 30% more than this one is listed for. In fact, it sold in a week – how is that for strong demand?
And there are many others like it in the area, and they sell all the time. Just as the houses that are worth millions more sell all the time.
You can not like it, call it greedy, mock it all you want. But your opinion does not change reality.