Sold: a five-bedroom home on a landscaped lot in Islington for $1.65 million
By Toronto Life |
By Toronto Life |
With all the talk of condo bubbles, over-the-top bidding wars and failed flips, wading into Toronto’s housing market requires equal parts bravery and real estate savvy. To help with the latter, we decided to dish when the properties we profile in our House of the Week, Condo of the Week and Cottage of the Week features are sold. Here, all the details from the latest sale.
• The place: A five-bedroom Etobicoke house with a geometric exterior, a modern, airy interior and a peaceful backyard.
• The agent: Richard K.C. Ling, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
• Listed price: $1,688,000
• Sale price: $1,650,000
• Time on the market: 21 days
• The buyers: The home—one of the neighbourhood’s least traditional and most expensive—attracted interest from multiple buyers when it went on the market in mid-February, but there was no bidding war. The buyers loved the contemporary finishings and paid 98 per cent of the listed price to make it theirs.
• The full description: House of the Week: $1.9 million for an Islington home with lush landscaped gardens [February 13, 2013]
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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
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- Kitchen, main level
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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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- 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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Not really fair to say the house sold for 98% list – the original price in the February story link would suggest 87% of list.