House of the Week: $1.9 million for an Islington home with lush landscaped gardens
House of the Week: $1.9 million for an Islington home with lush landscaped gardens
ADDRESS: 65 Avonhurst Road
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Islington-City Centre West
AGENT: Richard K.C. Ling, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
PRICE: $1,880,000
THE PLACE: A five-bedroom Etobicoke house with a geometric exterior and a modern, airy interior.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: The home was designed by one of the principals of Van Elsander Carter Architects, known for the light-filled Sidney Smith Café at U of T and the recently shuttered but still beautiful Ford Models Canada space.
BIG SELLING POINT: Walls of windows look onto a peaceful backyard with a rock sculpture waterfall, 15-foot bamboo walls and a veritable arboretum, including apple trees, southern evergreen magnolias and Japanese maples.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Unless you, too, have a Noguchi coffee table and Barcelona chairs, your interiors may not look as polished.
BY THE NUMBERS
• $1,880,000
• $7,873.93 in property taxes (2012)
• 5 bathrooms
• 4 bedrooms
• 3 fireplaces (2 gas, 1 wood)
• 2-car garage
• 1 cold storage room
• 1 whirlpool bathtub
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- Cedar and bamboo hedges create privacy in the landscaped gardens, which contain several species of exotic plants
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- Another of the home’s five bathrooms
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- Master ensuite, second level
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- The second level contains the master suite and two other bedrooms. The master has a walk-in closet and a luxurious ensuite
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- The main staircase leads up to the second-floor bedrooms and down to the lower level, which contains a pantry, a rec room and a fourth bedroom
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- Powder room, main level
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- It also has a door leading to the waterfall garden, one of four distinct garden spaces
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- The great room has a heated floor and a gas fireplace
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- Kitchen, main level. The stainless steel appliances include a Bosch fridge and a Miele induction cook top<br />
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- Kitchen, main level<br />
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- The kitchen has floating zebrawood cabinets, Caesarstone counters and a walk-out to the garden
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- Dining room, main level. The shelves are built in
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- The living room has a gas fireplace
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- Living room and dining room, main level
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- The main floor contains a foyer, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a sunken great room and a powder room
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- Front foyer
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- Front entrance
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- The house sits on a lot in Islington Village that measure 158 feet by 125 feet. It has a circular front drive with a landscaped centre
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• 5 bathrooms
• 4 bedrooms
• 3 fireplaces (2 gas, 1 wood)
• 2-car garage
• 1 cold storage room
• 1 whirlpool bathtub
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