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House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

By Zane Schwartz| Photography by Leading Image
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The house for sale at 38 Springbank Avenue

Address: 38 Springbank Avenue
Neighbourhood: Birchcliff Agents: Lindsay and Melanie Wright, Re/Max Hallmark Wright Group Realty Ltd., Brokerage Price: $1,979,900 Previously sold for: $1,264,500, in 2012

The place

A secluded home with plenty of trees and a lake view.

Here’s the foyer:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The living room:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The dining room:

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House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The family room is beside the kitchen:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The kitchen:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The kitchen has a walk-in pantry—the perfect place to store all your neatly labelled jars of stuff:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

There’s a lounge area on the second floor landing, currently set up as an office space:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

Off the lounge, there’s a balcony:

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House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

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

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

So we’re supposed to believe they named their kid “kid”?

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

Another bedroom:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

And here’s the master bedroom:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The master bedroom’s en suite bathroom:

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House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

The basement rec room:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs

And the back patio:

House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs
The history

The property is on a dead end street, across from the Scarborough Bluffs. The house was custom-built about six years ago. The current owners, who bought the house shortly after it was completed, finished the basement and put in an extra bathroom.

Big selling point

The house is wedged between a park and the lake, giving it an incredible atmosphere of seclusion. The term “cottage-like” gets thrown around a lot, but this might be one instance in which it actually applies.

Possible deal breaker

The proximity of the bluffs may worry parents of young children. Fortunately, the backyard is fully fenced in, so kids won’t have an easy time wandering off during outdoor play sessions:

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House of the Week: $2 million for a home on the Scarborough Bluffs
By the numbers

• $1,979,900 • $8,565.26 in taxes (2016) • 3,000 square feet above grade • 50-by-200-foot lot • 5 bathrooms • 4 bedrooms • 4 parking spaces

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