House of the Week: $2 million to live like it’s 1960 in Edenbridge-Humber Valley
By Fraser Abe |
By Fraser Abe |
Address: 31 Edenbrook Hill
Neighbourhood: Edenbridge-Humber Valley
Agent: Alex Brott, Keller Williams Referred Urban Realty, Inc.
Price: $1,999,999
The Place: A perfectly preserved 1960s home by the architecture firm Gardiner Cowan.
Bragging Rights: The only way you could host a more authentic Mad Men party would be to travel back to the 1960s themselves, but then you’d have to watch it on a tiny television—and, you know, find yourself a flux capacitor.
Big Selling Point: This home feels like a well-kept museum, with authentic 1960s touches like LP-sized cubbies, Douglas Fir beams and even built-in fans, perfect for the era when smoking inside wasn’t a social faux-pas.
Possible Deal Breaker: Convincing the owner to part with the gorgeous mid-century furniture may be hard—especially when it comes to that majestic sailfish.
By the Numbers:
• $1,999,999
• $11,807 in taxes (2014)
• 54-or-so years old
• 5 bedrooms
• 3 washrooms
• 3 wood-burning fireplaces
• 1 built-in LP cabinet
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- On the outside, it's a normal house.
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- On the inside, it's a museum of mid-century home design.
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The living room has a built-in planter.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- Every piece of furniture in this house is incredible. Look at those armchairs.
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The dining area.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The Jetsons would like their kitchen set back.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The Macbook fits in with the '60s decor surprisingly well.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- Any other kitchen with cabinets this old would probably need a total overhaul, but this one somehow looks okay. The wood is solid mahogany.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The enclosed porch.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- Another major perk for this place's buyer: built-in LP cabinets! Not included: LPs.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- One of the bedrooms has been turned into a study.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- And here's a spare bedroom, with another of those amazing kitchen chairs.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The main washroom.
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- And the master bedroom.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The master bedroom's en suite washroom.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- The absolute best part of this house is the lower level, where the carpet comes in a hue that hasn't been manufactured since 1964 (we assume). It matches the furniture perfectly, though.
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- And there's a bar.
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- House of the Week: 31 Edenbrook Hill
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- Wow. No comment.
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- And here's the lower-level bedroom.
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- The back patio.
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Bigger deal breaker: you have Rob Ford as a neighbour.
I’m guessing it will be torn down….
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Nooooooooooo!!
I absolutely love this house
If that happens, it’s further proof that most people with money have no taste.
They really phoned it in on that last bedroom, huh?
Love this house.
If I could live in this house, I wouldn’t care.