House of the Week: $3.3 million for an antique mansion across the street from High Park
House of the Week: $3.3 million for an antique mansion across the street from High Park
Address: 54 High Park Boulevard
Neighbourhood: High Park
Agent: Monte Walls Burris and Greg Makin, Keller Williams Referred Urban Realty, Brokerage
Price: $3,300,000
The Place: A massive six-bedroom, six-bathroom brick manse located five doors away from the east gate of High Park.
The History: The sellers, only the fourth family to own the home since it was built, believe it to be about 100 years old. The house still has some original features, like a (sadly non-functional) “sherry” button to the right of the living room fireplace, which originally would have rung a bell in the third-floor servants’ quarters when the owners wanted a drink. There’s also an original coal chute, now bricked over inside. The interior has been modernized, within reason: the kitchen, bathrooms and basement have all had updates during the past decade.
Big Selling Point: The quiet reading room, complete with mosaic-tiled fireplace, has a bay window overlooking the front porch, quarter-sawn oak flooring and space for enough books to last a hundred rainy days.
Possible Deal Breaker: With its grand exterior (that archway!) its not hard to understand why this home is often featured on High Park walking tours. If the new owner is a “Get off my lawn, you kids!” type, they may not appreciate the added foot traffic.
By the Numbers:
• $3,300,000
• $10,393.54 in taxes (2015)
• 4,100 square feet above grade
• 1,456-square-foot lower level
• 6 bedrooms
• 6 bathrooms
• 4 fireplaces
• 2-car garage (plus additional parking in driveway)
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- The sellers believe the house is about 100 years old. It certainly looks the part.
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- They don't make stone archways like this one anymore.
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- The floors are quarter-sawn oak. Also: wainscotting everywhere.
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- The study looks like the perfect place to solve (or commit) a murder.
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- The living room has a coffered ceiling, a bay window facing the front of the house, and even some topiary.
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- A passageway leads from the living room to the dining room.
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- The dining room has built-in cabinetry for stemware and enough room for a 10-seater table.
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- The kitchen is the newest-looking part of the house. It was completely redone in 2012.
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- There's a small mudroom jutting off the back of the house.
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- There are three bedrooms on the second floor.
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- Best parents ever.
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- The Lego room has a private sunroom facing the backyard.
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- Another bedroom.
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- And the hallway bathroom.
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- And here's the master bedroom.
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- The master bedroom's en suite bathroom, created by knocking out a wall between two smaller rooms, was renovated in 2013. It has heated floors made of Brazilian black slate.
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- There's a bedroom on the third floor, as well as a family room and a small office.
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- The family room is set up as a home theatre. (With this much extra space, why not?)
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- The third-floor bathroom.
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- The third-floor bedroom doesn't have the pitched ceilings that plague so many attic conversions.
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- The office is next to a little kitchenette, perfect for emergency coffee refills.
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- The basement is finished. This is the rec room.
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Address: 54 High Park Boulevard
Neighbourhood: High Park
Agent: Monte Walls Burris and Greg Makin, Keller Williams Referred Urban Realty, Brokerage
Price: $3,300,000
The Place: A massive six-bedroom, six-bathroom brick manse located five doors away from the east gate of High Park.
The History: The sellers, only the fourth family to own the home since it was built, believe it to be about 100 years old. The house still has some original features, like a (sadly non-functional) “sherry” button to the right of the living room fireplace, which originally would have rung a bell in the third-floor servants' quarters when the owners wanted a drink. There's also an original coal chute, now bricked over inside. The interior has been modernized, within reason: the kitchen, bathrooms and basement have all had updates during the past decade.
Big Selling Point: The quiet reading room, complete with mosaic-tiled fireplace, has a bay window overlooking the front porch, quarter-sawn oak flooring and space for enough books to last a hundred rainy days.
Possible Deal Breaker: With its grand exterior (that archway!) its not hard to understand why this home is often featured on High Park walking tours. If the new owner is a “Get off my lawn, you kids!” type, they may not appreciate the added foot traffic.
By the Numbers:
• $3,300,000
• $10,393.54 in taxes (2015)
• 4,100 square feet above grade
• 1,456-square-foot lower level
• 6 bedrooms
• 6 bathrooms
• 4 fireplaces
• 2-car garage (plus additional parking in driveway)
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This place needs way more plastic plants and topiaries. Way more.
It is lovely to see in photo four the bookshelves. Notice how lovely they look and finish the room. Something an eReader will never do.
Will they throw in one of those Picassos with the house?
To me this house is beyond critique – teeters perfectly between vintage/modern, nod to the past without being dark and cluttered. Gorgeous shape (and unexpected lines). Great location and size. Couldn’t want more. In other words: Wow.
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