Sale of the Week: The Riverdale semi that proves people are still paying seven figures for fixer-uppers

Address: 164 Langley Avenue
Neighbourhood: Riverdale
Agent: Graham Bell and Kathy Essery, Keller Williams Referred Urban Realty, Brokerage
The property
A two-and-a-half-storey home in Riverdale that’s destined for a serious makeover.
Here’s the entranceway:
The living room:
The dining room:
And the kitchen:
There are two bedrooms on the second floor. This one has more of that beige wall-to-wall carpeting:
And the other bedroom, with a door to the front balcony:
The balcony has a view of the street:
A third second-floor bedroom has been converted into a second kitchen:
This is one of the house’s two bathrooms (the other is in the basement). Check out those avocado-coloured surfaces:
There are two more bedrooms on the third floor. Here’s one of them:
You knew we weren’t getting out of here without seeing some shag carpeting, right?
The backyard:
The history
The seller bought 164 Langley around 50 years ago and hasn’t done much to it since then. Now it’s time to move into a retirement facility, which means getting rid of the house.
The fate
The buyer’s exact plans are unclear, but it’s hard to imagine that anyone with more than a million dollars to spend wouldn’t be planning some serious upgrades. Getting rid of the second-floor kitchen might be a good place to start.
The sale
There were five offers. The winning one was $278,000 over the asking price.
By the numbers
• $1,128,000
• $4,747.01 in taxes (2016)
• 2,023 square feet
• 8 days on MLS
• 5 bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
• 2 kitchens