House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Victorian home across from the Thompson Hotel
House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Victorian home across from the Thompson Hotel
ADDRESS: 50 Stewart Street
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities-The Island
AGENT: Craig William Emond, Model Suites Realty Inc., Brokerage
PRICE: $1,815,000
THE PLACE: Mining magnate Kevin J. van Niekerk bought this four-bedroom, 1880s-era home in 2008 and treated it to a down-to-the-bricks renovation. The upgrades included a top-floor master retreat, a custom kitchen, a built-in stereo system and an outdoor saltwater swimming pool.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Victorian semis may be ubiquitous elsewhere in the city, but they stand out among the trendy glass-and-steel constructions of the King West area (the Thompson Hotel, for instance, is right across the street).
BIG SELLING POINT: A downtown property with a private pool? It’s practically an urban myth.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Typical of city Victorians, this home is only 19 feet wide (so getting a king-size bed up to the third-floor master suite may be a challenge).
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $1,815,000
• $9,156 in property taxes (2011)
• 2,700 square feet (including lower level)
• 4 bedrooms
• 3 baths
• 3 storeys (plus a finished basement)
• 2-car parking
• 1 gas fireplace
• 1 outdoor saltwater swimming pool
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- In the backyard, a cedar deck, Brazilian cherrywood fencing, built-in planters and a heated saline swimming pool
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- The laundry room in the basement
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- The basement has a wet bar and a large living room
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- The second-floor bathroom
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- The third bedroom, second floor
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- The second of the home’s four bedrooms, second floor
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- The master ensuite has an egg-shaped free-standing tub and a separate enclosed glass shower
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- The master suite takes up the entire third floor and has a separate dressing room and a ensuite bathroom
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- The kitchen was completely custom-built. It has a stainless steel library ladder, concrete countertops, and underfloor room heating
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- The dining room has a white marble fireplace that dates back to when the home was first built, in the 1880s
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- The front foyer opens onto the living room, which in turn is open to the dining room. The living space has oak tongue-and-groove floors throughout
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- The front foyer
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- The semi-detached home is on a lot that is 19 feet wide
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BIG SELLING POINT: A downtown property with a private pool? It’s practically an urban myth.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Typical of city Victorians, this home is only 19 feet wide (so getting a king-size bed up to the third-floor master suite may be a challenge).
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $1,815,000
• $9,156 in property taxes (2011)
• 2,700 square feet (including lower level)
• 4 bedrooms
• 3 baths
• 3 storeys (plus a finished basement)
• 2-car parking
• 1 gas fireplace
• 1 outdoor saltwater swimming pool
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