House of the Week: $1.7 million for hockey legend Doug Gilmour’s East York home

21 thoughts on “House of the Week: $1.7 million for hockey legend Doug Gilmour’s East York home”

1. Best thing about this house ? the Back yard!!!

2. The first floor has a terrible layout. So much wasted space on that ridiculous bowling alley hallway from the front to the back. And no formal living room? No study/office on the main floor? The main floor family room seems weirdly small, especially compared the oddly huge dining room.

   Just very strange.

3. White walls meaning free reign to customize is totally a dealbreaker…

4. Pretty lame and boring. Where’s the man cave? And a single car garage? That’s pathetic…

5. Another French chateau wannabe infill house. Boring. And how can he afford this? Isn’t he up to wife #4 now?

6. Love white walls. Can’t believe people paint walls in all kinds of colours and expect buyer to appreciate it? It is a big turn off. Should have thought about what will the best for future sale – DO NOT PAINT WALLS!

7. Oh, another McMansion. Yawn. Nothing shows the world faster than a McMansion that you have lots of money and no taste.

8. Wow. Why are comments so harsh on little details?It is a great house. It is a good layout for entertaining and bedrooms have ensuites. Who needs a formal living room?! I’m not familiar with the neighbourhood but from where I live, that is good value for house and lot. Love the crisp modern white walls though it doesn’t show well with heavy, traditional furniture and window treatments. I see plenty of personal changes I would make but that is with ANY house, because it is personal.

9. Not sure about the area BUT this looks like a good dollar value per sq ft (out of my personal budget zone).
   By Cosmo Mannella

10. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. At least it will sell quickly…

11. Geez, try google map for this location.
    You’ll see the tiny bungalow house.
    That pic was taken in August 2009.
    It’s amazing that that bungalow turned to be this monster house…
    I just was amazed!!!

12. This is more like a flip, he was living up the street from us on Donlea Drive in Leaside until about 18 months ago.

13. $1.7 million for that – is that a joke? Certainly not worth anywhere.near that.

14. I’ve seen the house (I am a Realtor that works in that area) and it is amazing! Great layout. Kitchen is totally gorgeous – magazine quality and VERY functional. The home is well built. Stunning view of nature – you feel like you are in Muskoka when you look out the back. The neighbourhood is one of Toronto’s best kept secrets. Really!

    It does indeed have a living room – because the LR overlooks the dining room they are using the space as one large dining room. With the main floor family room it makes total sense. Especially if you like to have large dinner parties.

    Re: colour – best to stay neutral when selling. Well known fact. SUSAN GUCCI ;)

15. When will people stop placing a TV above a fireplace with a mantle? This is one atrocious design faux pas. From a practical standpoint, the viewing sightlines are absolutely horrible. For comfortable viewing while sitting, a TV should be no more than 3 feet off the ground max. Aesthetically, a sleek new flat panel TV over a traditional mantled fireplace just do not blend well. If you must have a TV over a fireplace, go for a sleek modern mantleless fireplace. Aesthetically pleasing, and allows for much better TV placement and viewing.

16. Overall nice house, and for what TL has been posting lately, this actually seems like decent value. Its strange how becoming accustomed to seeing over-priced homes makes one like this seem reasonable.

17. There is absolutely no character inside or outside this house.
    Its a cookie cut monster home….thats all it is.

18. OH NO! This place is dreadful and certainly not worth that money. There is NO WAY this place will sell quickly. It just amazes me how people can waste money. The outside of the house is ugly then inside is boring and the furnishings are a joke. The stager should find another job entirely. The chairs at all dining tables need to go and the old 70s looking brown couches. Yuck! I swear – why would a good real estate agent put their client’s house on display like this unless they were out to prove a point. Perhaps the owner wouldn’t let them change the decor or lower the price. You rich people who waste your money crack me up.

19. Susan Gucci? Are you for real? That’s a real estate agent’s name if ever I heard one…tasteless and overpriced.

20. my advise to the East York buyers, never ever believe or use this realtor, Susan Gucci who is totally unprofessional and lack of ethic from my point of view.

21. I remember seeing this house with my Realtor Susan Gucci. We seriously considered it. Really well done and we didn’t know that neighbourhood even existed. Susan was greet. Our friends told us about her and we found her to be very professional.

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