House of the Week: $9 million for a stately Casa Loma mansion on Forest Hill Road
House of the Week: $9 million for a stately Casa Loma mansion on Forest Hill Road
ADDRESS: 49 Forest Hill Road
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Casa Loma
AGENT: Susan Eickmeier, Royal LePage J&D Division, Brokerage
PRICE: $8,995,000
THE PLACE: In the heart of Casa Loma on Forest Hill Road, this home is the kind of ostentatious, Fresh Prince of Bel Air–style mansion that screams, “We’ve arrived!” (Think faux-Grecian columns, a sick backyard pool and chandeliers everywhere, even in the master closet.)
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah—the Globe and Mail columnist and architect who redesigned Harbour 60, hosted two HGTV programs and is the younger sister of Mary Jo Eustace—designed the interior space.
BIG SELLING POINT: The master suite has everything you need to help you forget your kids exist (for at least a moment, if not an entire evening): a TV, a fireplace and twin lounge chairs in the bedroom; a flat-screen, a fireplace, a rain head shower, his-and-hers toilet areas and onyx countertops in the bathroom; a dressing room the size of a studio apartment; and an expansive view of the pool below.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The lower level has storage space for your wine collection, but the room isn’t temperature controlled. We shudder to think how your dinner party might come apart if that Château Petrus isn’t served between 65° and 70° F.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $8,995,000
• $35,764.35 in 2010 taxes
• 12,000 square feet
• 21’4” ceiling in the sunroom
• 9 bathrooms
• 6 bedrooms
• 5 fireplaces (plus an outdoor 0ne)
• 3-car garage with coach house above (complete with tanning room)
• 1 in-ground pool
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- The backyard
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- A wine cellar begging to be filled
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- An onyx wet bar in the family entertaining room
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- A basement entertaining room with a billiards table
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- An architectural workspace
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- A sixth bedroom
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- A fourth bedroom and a fifth fireplace
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- A second bedroom
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- Master bath with twin sinks
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- A walk-in closet fit for Carrie Bradshaw and Big.
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- Fireplace number four: the master bedroom edition. This one is made of onyx and mother-of-pearl.
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- Workspace in the master bedroom
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- The master bedroom
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- The upstairs hall
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- A table for 10
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- A breakfast nook with lots of light from wall-to-wall windows
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- The kitchen has Miele dishwashers, a Thermador four-burner gas range, a Sub-Zero fridge and a Panasonic microwave.
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- A white kitchen with marble countertops is dressed up with chandeliers.
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- Cherry panel walls line the study.
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- Our fireplace count is now up to three with this room.
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- More leather furniture and another fireplace bring warmth to this living space.
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- A seating area is made more comfortable with large brown leather chairs and a fireplace.
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- Custom-cut marble with granite inlay in the foyer
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- Double-iron front doors
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- Three-car garage
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- Iron gates protect the house.
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- A stately exterior
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- A stone driveway leads up to the residence.
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BRAGGING RIGHTS: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah—the Globe and Mail columnist and architect who redesigned Harbour 60, hosted two HGTV programs and is the younger sister of Mary Jo Eustace—designed the interior space.
BIG SELLING POINT: The master suite has everything you need to help you forget your kids exist (for at least a moment, if not an entire evening): a TV, a fireplace and twin lounge chairs in the bedroom; a flat-screen, a fireplace, a rain head shower, his-and-hers toilet areas and onyx countertops in the bathroom; a dressing room the size of a studio apartment; and an expansive view of the pool below.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The lower level has storage space for your wine collection, but the room isn’t temperature controlled. We shudder to think how your dinner party might come apart if that Château Petrus isn’t served between 65° and 70° F.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $8,995,000
• $35,764.35 in 2010 taxes
• 12,000 square feet
• 21’4” ceiling in the sunroom
• 9 bathrooms
• 6 bedrooms
• 5 fireplaces (plus an outdoor 0ne)
• 3-car garage with coach house above (complete with tanning room)
• 1 in-ground pool
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Will the cook care that the microwave is by Panasonic?
Where is that 649 money when you need it? beautiful house I want it if only I could afford it.
It sold me at the walk-in closet.
Beautiful home …. yeah, the closet is amazing Perry, isn’t it? I think I’d add a bit more lawn though. What good is it being obscenely rich if you don’t have two or three doggies?! Also, how many “work spaces” does one family require? Wonder if those ever get used.
Exquisite workmanship and FEEL, sic pool….Johnathan Vrozos
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