House of the Week: $2 million for a freshly renovated Lawrence Park home with a rooftop deck
By Fraser Abe |
By Fraser Abe |
Address: 66 St Germain Avenue
Neighbourhood: Lawrence Park North
Agent: Mike Donia and Stefany Di Iorio, Re/Max Realty Specialists
Price: $2,049,000
The Place: A three-storey reno in the Lawrence Park area.
Bragging Rights: The kitchen has 21-foot-tall ceilings topped with a skylight—good for dining in the moonlight, or for allowing smoke from burnt pork chops to dissipate.
Big Selling Point: The master en suite washroom, with spa-like decor and soaking tub, overlooks a private 400-square-foot rooftop deck. The patio space won’t be much use during this polar vortex, but spring is coming, eventually.
Possible Deal Breaker: With a huge wall of windows and a built-in fireplace in the living/dining room, it doesn’t look like there’s a good place to put a TV. What do they expect a family to do while sitting around the table? Talk?
By the Numbers:
• $2,049,000
• 3,400 square feet
• 400-square-foot rooftop deck
• 21-foot kitchen ceiling
• 5 bedrooms
• 5 bathrooms
• 4 floors (including the finished basement)
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- Even from the outside, the house looks freshly renovated.
- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- A sitting room with floor-to-ceiling shelves is just inside the front door.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- Beyond the living room is the kitchen, with its 21-foot ceiling. The countertops are marble.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- And the dining room is just past the kitchen.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- At the the extreme back end of the main floor is this family room. The glass rectangle in the wall is a fireplace. Glass doors lead to a spacious backyard.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- And here's a reverse view, back through the kitchen.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- This is a guest washroom. It's one of five washrooms in the house.
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- The second floor has three bedrooms.
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- This is the second-floor landing. Down below is the kitchen.
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- And here's a view of the kitchen from above.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- One of the second floor's three bedrooms.
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- A second-floor bedroom's en suite washroom.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- The master bedroom occupies the third floor of the house.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- The master bedroom's en suite washroom has a soaking tub and a double sink.
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- And here's the rooftop deck.
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- House of the Week: 66 St Germain Avenue
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- The house also has a finished basement, seen here.
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- Here's the basement's bedroom.
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- And here's the basement's bathroom.
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- And here's a view of the of the back of the house, from the far end of the backyard.
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Thanks for the great bit of faith about the TV Fraser. The floating wall is fully wired with a hidden access door and the home owner can choose for a mount to be installed on the tile (can fit up to 46″ tv) within the tile or we can mount any size on the drywall. Let the buyer choose, rather then put holes in the tile now.
Good design job urbaneco.ca
This is such a beautiful house
This house is a disaster!
That is a bit unfair, to simply state this house is a disaster without indicating why. This is not a forum for hate it is a forum for constructive comments and to state something as simple as that; well it reflects badly. It is a lovely home, a fresh design, wonderful use of space and light airy space. I loved the amount of windows and natural light. As for a TV they are so accommodating now and are easily placed just about anywhere. Sad reflection on society when the only negative comment is one about where to place the TV – a home is a great deal more than a TV and where it should be located. Well done designers, I thought it was most imaginative and I very much liked seeing the photos.
Cheers
This house is absolutely stunning! LOVE love love it. If I had the funds, I’d move in tomorrow. Well done.
Every time the front door opens there will be an icy blast from front to back, and better close those bedroom doors when the pork chops are burning.
it really is only a 3 bedroom home. The other two are ‘rooms’ in the basement. it’s finished fantastically, but 3 bedroom… home.
No you just hate your life
Overall nice but some of the interior design choices were odd. Not really a fan of that kitchen cabinetry and unless that exhaust fan is industrial-strength, the entire house will be quite fragrant.
Where is the new garage & 2 parking spaces as per http://beta.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=13904857? Certainly not apparent here http://mikedonia.mediatours.ca/66-st-germain-avenue-toronto/ .
2 Furnances?
ummm the third level is the Master bedroom, 2nd level has 3 bedrooms with the 5th in the basement ( http://beta.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=13904857) .
Anyone know who’s artwork that is in the wide living room shot?? Very nice.
Artwork is by local artist Adam Colangelo, its actually all copper, take a look
adamcolangelo.com
No, I just hate a lot about this house.
But kudos on being such a typical immature internet clown.
This is a forum for comments, good and bad.
Your opinion on the house is no more valid or less valid than mine. I read yours, took them in, I disagree with most of it, but I’m certainly not going to whine to you about your opinion.
Here are my subjective beefs:
Horrible long shiny already-dated grey brick
Horrible facade with laughably useless 3 ft square mini roof over front door
Ridiculous 2 windowed front door
Obviously fake old wood beams in ceiling that completely clash with the attempted modern feel everywhere else
Awful, absolutely unfunctional decaying slab of lumber (with bark!) as the BATHROOM COUNTER along with a truly dumb unusable 6 inch wide sink!
There’s more, but I’m tired of typing.
I hope whoever lives there is happy.
Yesterday I was able to attend the open house of this home and in being helpful (placing and picking up signs, etc.) I experienced an afternoon in this luxury home. I was the lucky one to arrive first and as such had the pleasure of opening the front door and going through the house to turn the lights on. Now I believe very much in life is the perception we give it so for these brief moments of “I’m home” I got to set my ownership mindset: The busy Toronto Executive – arriving to my Midtown Toronto home.
Wow nice entry parlour – very stylish and chic architecture and design. The chaise lounge was where I relaxed for most of the open house. I especially like the feeling coming into the gourmet kitchen and then poof the skylight up through the house – made the already awesome kitchen with it’s unique and functional cabinetry even more awesome. I felt comfortable how the warmth of the kitchen flowed over to the living room. The views into the back yard from every level gave a sense of a commanding view and the master bedroom and bathroom with incredible PRIVATE rooftop and treed view of this prestigious neighbourhood.
Being in this home, I could see how this environment would inspire me to become an even greater executive. I know the area from when I spent most of my waking hours serving a Family that lived at Lawrence and Yonge Street, a few blocks away and know how much of a time savings being close to the TTC and most specifically the subway can be. Plus there is the Lawrence Park shopping stretch up to just south of York Mills. When this Lawrence Park Mansion was sold we moved over to the Avenue Rd and Lawrence / Wilson area where again a multitude of shops and services. In terms of exiting the city it’s a short drive to Highway 401.
Whether as a Family home (with the two smaller bedrooms on the second level) or as, in my thinking, a great executive home (with a home office and den on the second level) if you are shopping for a home in this neighbourhood it is definitely worth checking out.
An earthquake or a typhoon is a disaster, not design elements that may not be to your personal taste.
Curious, did you actually see the home inside or are you going by the photos only? Sadly these photos do the beautiful home no justice. I had the pleasure of viewing this home while it was on the market (sold for record prices, fyi).
The ‘decaying slab of lumber’ and ‘unusable’ sink are in a powder room not a main bathroom so this is a clever and unique design for a very tight space. As for the facade, it’s modern and may not be to everyone’s taste, but is definitely on trend.
You’re certainly entitled to your opinions, but do try to remember that they’re YOUR opinions before labeling something as a disaster.
Would certainly look that way from the pictures, but the front door is sheltered by the staircase, and the fan in the kitchen is pro, just gotta remember to turn it on :) Loved seeing this home.
Congrats to UrbanEco, loved seeing this house during my rounds!