House of the Week: $2.2 million for a Mount Pleasant home with a huge fireplace
By Fraser Abe |
By Fraser Abe |
Address: 414 Manor Road
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant East
Agent: Fari Madani, Re/Max Infinite Inc., Brokerage
Price: $2,150,000
The Place: An ultra-modern, grey-brick home in Mount Pleasant.
Bragging Rights: Who needs the fireplace channel? This house has an enormous fireplace in the living room. It’s a feature so arresting that the buyer might even be tempted to leave the television off at his or her next family gathering.
Big Selling Point: A second-floor laundry room might not seem sexy—especially in comparison to the house’s other features, which include Nest thermostats, exterior cameras, radiant heating in the bathrooms and basement and an under-the-stairs wine cellar—but trust us: not having to lug baskets of clothing up from the basement is a huge draw.
Possible Deal Breaker: The wall-mounted toilets are sleek, but those space-age buttons on the wall might be a tad confusing to some first-time guests. They’re like something out of Demolition Man.
By the Numbers:
• $2,150,000
• 25-by-122-foot lot
• 5 bedrooms
• 5 washrooms
• 2 fireplaces
• 1 under-the-stairs wine cellar
• 1 home automation system
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- The house has that grey, boxy look.
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- Here's the foyer.
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- The living room is at the front of the house.
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- The dining area is also up front.
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- Here's the family room, with its impressively long fireplace.
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- The kitchen is pretty fancy.
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- Even the powder room is sleek.
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- There are five bedrooms on the second floor of the house.
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- Here's one bedroom.
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- And another bedroom.
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- And yet another bedroom.
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- And here's the second-floor washroom.
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- This, of course, is the master bedroom.
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- And this, of course, is the master bedroom's en suite washroom.
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- Who was the first architect to decide that the ideal place for a tub is right in front of a floor-to-ceiling window? That guy was a trendsetter.
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- The master bedroom's walk-in closet.
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- The lower level has a little extra living space, plus a cleverly hidden wine rack.
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- The view from the lower level into the backyard.
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- And here's a better view of the backyard.
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I speak from experience– having the washer/dryer upstairs (ie on the bedroom level) is very much worth it.
Honestly, who writes the captions for these? Brutal. They aren’t funny. They aren’t informative. They’re just straight up bad.
So you are essentially buying a garage with some house stuck on top? Doesn’t look like much from the outside now does it?
Until you have a leak.
I think the house looks really nice inside but I agree, doesn’t look that impressive from the outside. It is on the pricey side but that’s also got to do with the neighbourhood…the bathroom looks awesome though and cool wine cellar!