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House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

By Fraser Abe
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House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

Address: 27 Dunbar Road
Neighbourhood: Rosedale Agents: Gillian Oxley and Joseph Robert, Royal LePage Terrequity Oxley Robert Real Estate, Brokerage Price: $4,295,000

The place

A charming—if eccentric—pad in Rosedale, close to Branksome Hall, Sherbourne station and the Rosedale Ravine.

The history

Jim Crang, who later founded architecture firm Crang and Boake, led an extensive renovation of this home in the 1970s. (The original home was built in the 1890s.) The cobblestones in the backyard were salvaged from old TTC streetcar tracks.

Here’s the entry:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

The living room:

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House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

The dining room:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

And the kitchen:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

Beside the kitchen is a family room with a wood-burning fireplace:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

There are three bedrooms on the second floor. Here’s one of them:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

Attached to that bedroom is this intense powder room:

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House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

Here’s another bedroom:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

And the master bedroom:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

The master bedroom has a large dressing area:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

And an ensuite bathroom:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

And there’s a loft area on the third story:

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House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home

Here’s the backyard, with those streetcar bricks:

House of the Week: $4.3 million for an atypical Rosedale home
Big selling point

This home, situated on a large, 53-foot lot, is designated UR (unrated) in the Rosedale heritage conservation district—meaning, unlike the owners of many of Rosedale’s grand heritage mansions, the buyer may have some flexibility when it comes to exterior renovations.

Possible deal breaker

The things that make this home so visually striking—the artwork, the taxidermy—are leaving with the current owners. It may take the buyer a few international trips before they can amass a rival collection.

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By the numbers

• $4,295,000 • $20,785.76 in taxes • 4,300 square feet • 7 bathrooms • 4 bedrooms • 4 parking spaces • 1 pool • 1 sauna

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