House of the Week: $990,000 for a Moss Park semi with a mansard roof
House of the Week: $990,000 for a Moss Park semi with a mansard roof
Address: 386 Berkeley Street
Neighbourhood: Moss Park
Agent: Suzanne Catherine Lewis, Keller Williams Advantage Realty, Brokerage
Price: $989,000
The Place: A three-bedroom, four-bathroom brick semi on a very desirable stretch of Berkeley Street in Moss Park.
The History: This home was built in 1880, and it still has some of its original exterior details—most notably the red-brick facade and striking mansard roof with cedar shingles. A total gut job in the 1980s updated the interior, and the current owners added the skylights and renovated the two upstairs bathrooms.
Big Selling Point: There are two working kitchens, one on the main floor and the other in the basement. It’s a perfect setup for families that keep strictly kosher, or that have heavy-duty entertaining needs. (Thanksgiving meals come together so much more easily with several ovens, after all.) Or, the new owner could cordon off the basement and have a ready-made rental unit.
Possible Deal Breaker: The baby-pink bathroom in the basement is so kitchy it almost qualifies as retro. It could probably stand to be updated.
By the Numbers:
• $989,000
• $4,699.55 in taxes (2015)
• 135 years old
• 4 bathrooms
• 3 bedrooms
• 2 parking spaces
• 1 wood-burning fireplace
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- The cedar-shingled mansard roof makes the 19th-century home look its age, in a good way.
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- The living room is at the front of the house.
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- That's a wood-burning fireplace. The double-doored hallway closet has plenty of room for coats.
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- Stagers love to use these imitation Eames chairs, in part because their lightweight frames help show off hardwood floors like this one.
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- The kitchen is fairly roomy.
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- Here's the kitchen's eat-in area, with a door to the backyard.
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- A skylight adds some much-needed brightness to the house, which is hemmed in by other buildings on both sides.
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- There are three bedrooms on the second floor, including this one, which has a door to its own private balcony.
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- Here's the view from that balcony.
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- Another bedroom.
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- The main second-floor bathroom.
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- The master bedroom has this lovely window, which looks out the front of the mansard roof onto the street.
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- The master bedroom's en suite bathroom.
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- The basement could be used as rec area or cordoned off and turned into a rental unit.
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- The basement bathroom is, um, pink.
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- The backyard has plenty of privacy.
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 Or, the new owner could cordon off the basement and have a ready-made rental unit.
Possible Deal Breaker: The baby-pink bathroom in the basement is so kitchy it almost qualifies as retro. It could probably stand to be updated.
By the Numbers:
• $989,000
• $4,699.55 in taxes (2015)
• 135 years old
• 4 bathrooms
• 3 bedrooms
• 2 parking spaces
• 1 wood-burning fireplace
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a crooked mansard roof, specifically
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