Neighbourhood: Lawrence Park South Price: $5,990,000 Size: 5,300 square feet Bedrooms: 4+1 Bathrooms: 5 Parking spots: 2 Real estate agents: Nan Campion, Sotheby’s International Realty
A brand new four-bedroom, five-bathroom family house on a Lawrence Park South street lined with stately properties. The home comes with integrated Wi-Fi and a private garage as well as a finished basement with a rec room and a gym. It’s steps from the Lytton Sunken Gardens and the North Toronto Tennis Club and a quick bus ride from Lawrence station. Motorists, meanwhile, are a short drive from Allen Road to the west and Bayview to the east.
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The current owners built the place for themselves. Crucially, they wanted a sparkling home that was both luxurious and kind to the environment. Heavily insulated with room for solar panels, the residence’s monthly power bill maxes out at $300. It also gets tons of natural light and is surrounded by gardens and trees.
The heated driveway leads to the Indiana limestone façade. The windows are quad-pane glass imported from Europe.
A multi-point locking system keeps the jumbo front door safe and secure. Here, the ceilings stretch two storeys.
Opposite the foyer is the office, with a floor-to-ceiling window and custom Italian cabinets.
This is the dining room, complete with its own transom window. There are white-oak floors throughout.
Next door is the great room. It has an electric fireplace with porcelain surround and cabinets with backlit displays.
Those windows open up completely to create an indoor-outdoor living space during warmer months.
The kitchen comes with Dacor appliances, recessed lighting, quartz counters and backsplash, and oak drawers.
In the main bedroom: a funky chandelier, sound-proofed floors and more giant windows overlooking the backyard.
This is the main ensuite bathroom, with a double shower, a soaker tub, heated porcelain floors and art deco–style mirrors.
Here’s one of the secondary bedrooms, featuring remote-controlled blackout blinds and a huge tilt-and-turn window in view of the neighbourhood. Hello, kitty.
It also has its own walk-in closet with displays fit for a boutique.
And the blue motif continues in the ensuite bathroom.
Now for the basement fun zone. It walks out to the backyard and has nine-foot ceilings.
Moving along reveals the home theatre, with tiered seating and a high-definition projector.
Outside, there’s a heated patio lounge.
And there’s plenty of green space for the kids to play out back.
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