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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

By Fraser Abe| Photography by Leading Image
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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

Address: 94 Neville Park Boulevard
Neighbourhood: The Beaches Agents: Dianne Chaput, Brian Chaput and Colette Chaput-Villamizar, Royal LePage Estate Realty, Brokerage Price: $1,780,000 Previously sold for: $1,270,000, in 2010

The place

A five-bedroom, four-bathroom house perched among the trees in the Beaches.

The history

The home was built in 1914, but the previous owners did extensive renovations. They modernized the interior, but kept the original wooden trim, ornate staircase and hidden pocket doors. The current owners added a coffered tin ceiling in the dining room and some custom, hand-painted wall murals.

Here’s that staircase:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

And the living room:

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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

The dining room:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

And the breakfast area:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

The owners aren’t afraid of bold wall treatments, that’s for sure:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

There are two bedrooms on the second floor, as well as this office, with its giant stained glass window:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

Here’s one of the bedrooms:

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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

Attached to that bedroom is a sunroom:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

And here’s the second-floor bathroom:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

The deck and backyard. (Obviously, this photo was taken a few months ago.)

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches
Big selling point

The kitchen combines old (pendant lights, stained glass windows and blue cabinetry) with new (four-burner gas stove, stainless steel fridge and dishwasher) in a way that makes it look utterly different than the sleek, white spaces found in many renovated homes:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches
Possible deal breaker

The bright red trompe l’oeil painting in the bedroom is certainly theatrical, but it may not suit every buyer’s taste. Luckily, changing that up is as simple as rolling on some white paint:

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House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches

And here’s the master bedroom’s equally red ensuite bathroom:

House of the Week: $1.8 million for a Beaches home with some ornate touches
By the Numbers

• $1,780,000 • $8,436.27 in taxes (2016) • 2,310 square feet • 5 bedrooms • 4 bathrooms • 2 parking spaces

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