House of the Week: $1.4 million for a Cliffcrest house with condo-like comforts
By Fraser Abe |
By Fraser Abe |
Address: 39 Thatcher Avenue
Neighbourhood: Cliffcrest
Agent: Allister John Sinclair, ReMax Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage
Price: $1,399,000
The Place: A modern Scarborough home on a huge, 50-by-150-foot lot.
Bragging Rights: The house is just a short distance away from Bluffer’s Park, which has some of the city’s finest (and most Instagram-able) views.
Big Selling Point: With wide-plank wood floors, a built-in espresso machine and two-storey glass windows, this place has the feel of a downtown condo—except here, instead of “one bedroom plus den, parking extra,” the buyer gets three bedrooms with four washrooms, three parking spaces and 18-foot ceilings.
Possible Deal Breaker: That huge gym in the basement is bound to make the owner feel guilty. Our advice: get a projector and a few couches and turn it into a media room instead. Eating “light butter” popcorn is pretty much the same as going on a diet, anyway.
By the Numbers:
• $1,399,000
• 50-by-100-foot lot
• 18-foot ceilings
• 4 washrooms
• 3 bedrooms
• 3 parking spaces
• 1.5 kilometres from Bluffer’s Park
• 1 ethanol fireplace
• 1 built-in espresso machine
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- The house looks modern.
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- Here's the living room, at the front of the house.
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- And here's the dining area.
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- The kitchen and the family room.
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- That blue backsplash somehow makes the whole kitchen amazing.
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- And here's the main-floor office.
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- There are three bedrooms on the second floor of the house. This is one of them.
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- Another bedroom.
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- The master bedroom has a door to the balcony.
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- Here's the master bedroom's en suite washroom. That's too many buttons for one shower, though, right?
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- The basement has a sitting room.
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- And there's also the obligatory wine rack. (Because you can't buy an expensive home in Toronto if you're not prepared to start a wine collection.)
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- And a pretty-bare bones exercise room, though the buyer could use this space for practically anything.
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- Here's the deck and backyard.
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- And here's what the house looks like from behind.
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