Cottage of the Week: $2.3 million for a country club–like getaway with a tennis court flanked by fruit trees

Location: Terra Cotta, Caledon Price: $2,299,000 Size: 1,873 square feet plus an 818-square-foot basement and a 650-square-foot one-bedroom pool house Bedrooms: 5+1 Bathrooms: 4 Real estate agent: Jade Skuce, Royal LePage

The Place

A four-plus-one-bedroom, three-bathroom, one-and-a-half-storey detached farmhouse in Terra Cotta, a hamlet in rural Caledon. The property comes with an in-ground pool, a pool house for guests and a tennis court surrounded by fruit trees. About an hour’s drive from Toronto, it’s also a short walk from the Terra Cotta Community Centre, the Forge Park and the businesses along King Street. The cottage is also right next to the 35-kilometre Caledon Trailway Path.

The History

The house was built in the 1970s, designed to attract Toronto families looking for a summer escape. The current owners purchased the property in 2017 but are now relocating to British Columbia.

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The Tour

Here’s the foyer, with storage for coats behind those barn-style doors.

Next is the living room, which has vaulted ceilings and a walkout to a screened-in sunroom. There’s hardwood flooring throughout.

There’s also a wood-burning brick fireplace here with space for a TV above it.

This is the sunroom, surrounded by nature.

And here’s the open kitchen and dining room.

The kitchen has an electric stovetop, a dishwasher and a quartz island with a sink. That wood door leads to a mudroom and laundry room.

Here’s that mudroom–laundry room combo. Note the deep sink by the window.

Also on the main floor is the main bedroom, equipped with a shiplap accent wall.

The main ensuite bathroom comes with a half-glass enclosure tub with a rainfall shower head.

And here’s the other bedroom on the main floor. It’s currently staged as an office and has a sliding glass door to the side of the cottage.

Heading upstairs reveals this secondary bedroom. Its funky wallpaper and matte-black trim contrasts nicely with the more rural accessories.

Here’s the skylight-lit shared bathroom.

Now for the basement level, fitted with an electric fireplace and jumbo TV mounted on a feature wall—perfect for screening parties.

Here’s the basement bathroom. It also has a glass shower lined with subway tiles.

There’s also a bedroom down here with a built-in desk.

Outside, the flagstone patio—accessed via the kitchen and dining room—serves as a dining spot.

There’s also this nice firepit.

The home descends into the serene pool zone.

That pool house is 650 square feet.

Inside the pool house: yet another screened-in room, this one with board-and-batten ceiling and walls.

This reverse of view of the sunroom looks into the kitchen.

Here’s the pool house’s lounge.

And this is the corner kitchen, with a peninsula that seats two.

Here’s the pool house bathroom.

And here’s the guest bedroom.

No summer home would be complete without its own private tennis court It’s fully fenced in and surrounded by fruit-bearing apple and pear trees for post-match snacks.

Here’s a final view of the exterior of the home. From this angle, you can see both a dry shed and a garden shed on the right, for additional storage.

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