Address: 402 Douglas Avenue
Neighbourhood: Lawrence Manor
Agent: Leeanne Weld and Kelly Driscoll, Royal LePage, Johnston and Daniel Division
Price: $1,988,000
Previously sold for: $320,000, in 1998—but the property was completely rebuilt shortly afterward.
A red-brick home in Lawrence Manor with oak hardwood throughout, two fireplaces, two wine cellars (with a 2,500 combined bottle capacity) and top-of-the-line appliances, like a Sub-Zero fridge and a Miele dishwasher.
The living room, like most of the rest of the house, has oak hardwood flooring. The fireplace runs on gas:
In the dining room, the floor has a herringbone pattern:
The family room is beside the kitchen at the back of the house:
There are four bedrooms on the second floor. This one is being used as an office:
The rest of the bedrooms are decked out in cushy looking wool broadloom:
Another bedroom:
And the master bedroom, which has its own little Juliet balcony facing the backyard:
The master bedroom’s en suite bathroom, covered in Carrera marble:
The owners, lawyers Stephen Grant and Sandy Forbes, custom-built this home in 1999 with designs by architect Gordon Ridgley. The couple’s summer home in Haliburton was one of our Great Spaces in 2014.
The lower-level rec room, with its hunter green carpet and included billiard table light, feels like an English pub. We’d suggest adding a dart board to complete the illusion.
The black granite countertop on the four-seat island in the kitchen is not quite as contemporary as the gleaming white stone surfaces found in many newer homes, but it hides stains and resists etching, unlike marble.
• $1,988,000 • $10,658.14 in taxes (2015) • 5 bathrooms • 4 bedrooms • 2 fireplaces • 2 wine cellars • 2 car garage
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