House of the Week: $2.3 million for a traditional Annex home with a contemporary soul
House of the Week: $2.3 million for a traditional Annex home with a contemporary soul
ADDRESS: 405 Brunswick Avenue
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Annex
AGENT: Vicky Tal and Meir Gluzberg, Harvey Kalles Real Estate
PRICE: $2,295,000
THE PLACE: Set away from the Annex’s beer-soaked frat abodes, this five-bedroom semi-detached is a quiet retreat in the downtown core.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Cameron MacNeil, the design editor for House & Home magazine, is a friend of the family and designed the interiors. He selected all the custom-made furniture, like the marble dining room table.
BIG SELLING POINT: She’s a brick house. Due to strict zoning laws in the Annex, this home, rebuilt in 2009, retains most of the gorgeous original exterior brick from its former days as a rooming house.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The tiled backyard makes for great cocktail parties (no stilettos getting caught in grass here) but if you’re looking for a green space for the summer, you’ll have to invest in a lot of potted plants and shrubs.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $2,295,000
• $13,509.58 in taxes (2011)
• 3,400 square feet
• 11 foot ceiling in the powder room
• 10 foot ceiling in the living room
• 7 bathrooms
• 5 bedrooms
• 3 storeys
• 2-car garage
• 1 well-known interior designer
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- The two-car garage. The driveway and all the walkways are heated
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- The backyard has a cedar deck and a flagstone patio
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- The basement contains an exercise room (or, alternatively, a bedroom) with an ensuite bathroom, along with a rec room and a wine cellar
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- A smaller sitting area in the hallway, third level
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- One of the upstairs bathrooms
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- The office and den has a built-in teak desk and bookshelves and a skylight
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- The fourth bedroom has a walk-in closet, an ensuite with a shower and double doors leading out to the deck
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- The third bedroom has space for a sitting area and an ensuite with a tub and shower
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- The third level contains the third and fourth bedrooms (both of which have ensuite bathrooms) and a den or office
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- The master ensuite
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- The master ensuite has heated marble floors, double sinks, a shower with a rainfall head and sprayers and a Jacuzzi tub
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- The master bedroom, second level
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- On the second level, the master bedroom boasts a walk-in closet, an ensuite bathroom and built-in speakers. The second floor also contains the laundry room and a second bedroom with an ensuite bathroom
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- The main floor powder room
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- The kitchen
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- The kitchen and family room
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- The kitchen has an area for eating, a large pantry closet, a teak island with a sink, white custom cabinetry and marble and granite counters
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- The family room
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- The family room is open to the kitchen. It has a teak built-in storage unit, a gas fireplace and access to the backyard and garage
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- The living room, with its bay window and 10-foot ceilings
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- The living room and dining room, with the hallway leading to the kitchen and family room
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- The entire main level has oak hardwood flooring and built-in speakers
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- On the main level, the dining room opens up to a living room area (currently occupied by a piano)
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- The semi-detached house was entirely rebuilt—preserving the façade—in 2009
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 but if you’re looking for a green space for the summer, you’ll have to invest in a lot of potted plants and shrubs.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $2,295,000
• $13,509.58 in taxes (2011)
• 3,400 square feet
• 11 foot ceiling in the powder room
• 10 foot ceiling in the living room
• 7 bathrooms
• 5 bedrooms
• 3 storeys
• 2-car garage
• 1 well-known interior designer
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