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House of the Week: $2.1 million for a Scarborough stunner overlooking Bluffers Park

By Fraser Abe

| June 1, 2011

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ADDRESS: 27 Drake Crescent NEIGHBOURHOOD: Cliffcrest AGENT: Victoria Ann Ryczko, Coldwell Banker, R.M.R Real Estate, Brokerage PRICE: $2,099,000 THE PLACE: It’s situated on a massive 77-by-145-foot lot in Scarborough’s well-to-do Cliffcrest neighbourhood, but the chic, contemporary interiors—a handsome slate fireplace, polished concrete floors and an arty steel-and-wood staircase—have all the trendy trappings of the coolest downtown condo. BRAGGING RIGHTS: The landscape. The house backs directly onto Bluffers Park, with only a small fence separating you from the vast expanses of greenery and scenery the park provides. It’s like having the world’s biggest backyard—without all the pesky maintenance. BIG SELLING POINT: The living room, with its 23-foot-high glass windows that provide a panoramic view of the park, Lake Ontario and the Toronto skyline beyond. POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: If you’re raising boys (or a perhaps a genderless baby), expect fights to erupt over who has to take the girly-girl room with the pink-polka-dotted floor and pink drapes. BY THE NUMBERS: • $2,099,000 • $9,783.86 in property taxes • 23-foot-high glass walls • 5 bathrooms • 4 bedrooms • 4 decks • 1 spectacular 180-degree view • 1 solar-ready metal roof • 1 oversize granite island • 1 Sub-Zero wine fridge

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