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House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

By Fraser Abe| Photography by Rob Holowka/Birdhouse Media
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The house for sale at 118 Givins Street

Address: 118 Givins Street
Neighbourhood: Trinity Bellwoods Agent: Alex Brott and Ashley Clare Gollogly, Sotheby’s International Realty Price: $3,199,000 Previously sold for: $1,920,000, in 2016

The place

A four-bedroom home on a tiny one-way street between Shaw and Ossington, near Trinity Bellwoods Park.

The dining area, at the front of the house:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The living room has a porcelain wall:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

This kitchen has twice as many chandeliers as most chandelier-having kitchens:

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House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

And there’s an eating area at the back of the house, with a fancy coffered ceiling:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

There are three bedrooms on the second floor. This one is set up as a den:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

Another bedroom:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

And another:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The master suite is on the third floor. Here’s the bedroom:

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House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

And the bathroom, with yet another chandelier:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The master bedroom has a stylish balcony:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The basement is set up as a seperate apartment:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The basement living room:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

And the basement bedroom:

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House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom

The backyard:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom
The history

Once a bungalow, the home was converted into a three-storey property in the 1980s. The sellers bought the property in 2016 and spent the better part of the year updating it. They installed hand-crafted wood doors, replaced all the windows, revamped the landscaping, stained the exterior brick and knocked down some walls on the main floor to open up the floor plan.

Big selling point

Most home saunas are in a corner of the basement. Not so here, where the steam room takes pride of place in the third-floor master suite:

House of the Week: $3.2 million for a revamped Trinity Bellwoods home with a sauna in the master bedroom
Possible deal breaker

A price tag north of $3 million is something buyers are more accustomed to seeing in places like Forest Hill and Rosedale. But what this home offers—4,600 square feet, a detached three-car garage, and a 30-foot lot—may make moving to the west end a bit more attractive to a wealthy buyer.

By the numbers

• $3,199,000 • $7,271.88 in taxes (2016) • 4,600 square feet • 30-by-131-foot lot • 5 bathrooms • 4 bedrooms • 3 car garage • 1 sauna

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