House of the Week: $1.3 million for a former munitions warehouse in a Junction Triangle laneway
House of the Week: $1.3 million for a former munitions warehouse in a Junction Triangle laneway
Address: 350 Wallace Avenue
Neighbourhood: Dovercourt-Wallace-Emerson-Junction
Agent: Richard Silver, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage
Price: $1,325,000
The Place: A renovated former munitions warehouse from the 1850s, tucked into a laneway in the Junction Triangle.
Bragging Rights: This house once hosted Meg Ryan. It doubled as a movie studio while she was filming 2004’s Against the Ropes.
Big Selling Point: The main-floor open-concept studio space is equipped with a kitchen and bathroom, making it ideal as a home office, or even as a potential rental unit.
Possible Deal Breaker: The layout and design of the ex-industrial space are a little unusual. The new owners will have a home-decorating challenge ahead of them.
By the Numbers:
• $1,325,000
• $6,210.36 in property taxes (2013)
• 3,400 square feet
• 3 bedrooms
• 3 washrooms
• 2 storeys
• 2 kitchens
• 2 skylights
• 2-car parking
• 1 movie-star anecdote
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- The exterior of the house betrays only the slightest hint of the building's former life as a munitions warehouse.
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- Virtually all of the house's living space—including all three bedrooms and two kitchens—is on the main floor. This is the second bedroom. The owners have converted it into a den.
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- The dining room is combined with the living room and one of the kitchens.
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- And here's the living room, with track lighting and exposed wood beams.
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- Another view of the living room.
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- The foyer. The wall to the right is made of the building's original brick, white washed.
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- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- This kitchen was recently updated with stainless-steel appliances. Note the skylight and large pantry.
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- The master bedroom is located right off the main entry hall. Its en suite washroom doesn't even bother with walls. (Note the bathtub and sink in the background.) The toilet, mercifully, is hidden away behind a door.
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- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- Here's a closer look at the master bedroom's en suite washroom.
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- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- The current owners have converted this room into an office space.
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- Another view of the office.
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- And here's the second kitchen, located by the office.
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- The second of the house's three washrooms.
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- This sitting room is the only interior room on the house's upper floor.
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- House of the Week: 350 Wallace Avenue
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- A sliding door leads out onto a large patio.
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- And here's the upper-floor patio, partially covered for all-weather enjoyment.
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- Another view of the patio.
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• 3,400 square feet
• 3 bedrooms
• 3 washrooms
• 2 storeys
• 2 kitchens
• 2 skylights
• 2-car parking
• 1 movie-star anecdote
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Lots of potential,but wow, what a mess. How much money should you put into a house on Wallace near the tracks?
That painting of the woman squeezing her boobs is hilarious but it looks like a failed musician is currently occupying this space. The Chinese characters on the wall make this look like a rice rocket circa 1998.
No lot size?
what a hot mess… and then you have to pay over $1mil to do the renovations.. the kitchen is nice, just needs some sunlight but overall…WTF is this ?!
The kitchen is fantastic; this modern style
makes it look wonderful! But there are so many things there, that sometimes it makes
an impression of a messy and cluttered house. It’s my opinion. The furniture is
good, the rooms are spacious but something is wrong here, too many things to my
mind. I’m not a minimalist, but in this case I’d rather get rid of some things.