House of the Week: $1.2 million for a Cabbagetown townhouse with a Hollywood pedigree
House of the Week: $1.2 million for a Cabbagetown townhouse with a Hollywood pedigree
ADDRESS: 328 Wellesley Street East
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown
AGENT: Christina Candy, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
PRICE: $1,195,000
THE PLACE: A five-bedroom Cabbagetown row house with a fully finished basement and a 123-year history.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: This home is the start of a game of six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Built between 1889 and 1890, it was once lived in by Walter Huston. Walter was an actor who sired a generation of Hollywood stars, including John Huston, director of films like The African Queen and The Maltese Falcon. John, in turn, is Angelica Huston’s father. She was in Frances with Kevin Costner, who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon. Voila.
BIG SELLING POINT: The current owners did a complete renovation on this heritage property but kept pieces of historic significance, like the hefty front door and the beautiful stained glass in the main living room and back entrance.
POTENTIAL DEAL BREAKER: With only two bathrooms, the kids are going to have to share. You may have to mediate arguments if they’re prone to extra-long showers.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $1,195,000
• $5,317.96 in taxes (2012)
• 123 years old
• 10-foot ceilings
• 5 bedrooms
• 4 degrees of Kevin Bacon
• 2 bathrooms
• $1,195,000
• $5,317.96 in taxes (2012)
• 123 years old
• 10-foot ceilings
• 5 bedrooms
• 4 degrees of Kevin Bacon
• 2 bathrooms
• 1 parking spot in the back
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- The backyard has room for one car to park
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- Bedroom, lower level
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- The finished basement has a sitting room, a fifth bedroom, a bathroom and a laundry area
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- Fourth bedroom, third level
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- Balcony off one of the third-level bedrooms
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- The third level has two more bedrooms. This one has a walk-out to the balcony
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- Bathroom, second level
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- The second level bathroom has heated floors
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- The second bedroom on the second level has a built-in closet
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- Master bedroom, second level
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- Den, second level
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- The second floor contains the master bedroom, a second bedroom, a bathroom and this den at the top of the stairs
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- Kitchen, main level
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- The kitchen has stainless steel appliances and a walk-out to the backyard
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- Dining room, main level
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- Open-plan living and dining space, main level
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- The front foyer and living room. The front door and stained glass window are original
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- The private front yard has stone inlay and an arched entrance
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- Front entrance
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- The property is in a row of Victorian townhouses built over a hundred years ago in Cabbagetown
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• 123 years old
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1.2, but 2M makes a good headline for this shit hole.
So sad that 99% of the original details have been ripped out. Where’s the fireplace in the living room? The inside is the typical staged, beige and boring decor that we see so often in houses nowadays. And no backyard? Meh.
@Cathie – what did you expect from a 100+ year old house with multiple previous owners? I grew up in one of those Victorians and the main floor is missing the walls separating the formal dining room/living room/hallway/entrance…frankly the new main floor layout is much brighter. As for the “backyard”, it is there but it has been re-purposed as a parking spot.
If anything, the fenced in front yard is meh…..along with the chickenwired 3rd floor balcony.
Its not too bad but sadly to say, so outrightly staged. The bedrooms seem big enough but the basement rocks!!
what a beautiful house but I would be so afraid in that area you would have to hire guards
CHRISTINA CANDY…Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage; should have her license revoked! This posting is totally misleading, including the rented furniture, pigeon wire and back garden parking. Cindy, as per the title, it’s not a townhouse and it is not located in South St. Jamestown, it is north Cabbagetown.
righteous reading comprehension McLeay…..