Buyer scores with under-asking offer
11 KELWAY BLVD., TORONTO
ASKING PRICE $1.079-million
SELLING PRICE $955,000
PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $375,000 (1998)
TAXES $6,240 (2011)
DAYS ON THE MARKET 14
LISTING AGENT Ellie Burns, Royal LePage Real Estate Services
The Action: There were two busy open houses one weekend for this designer-renovated, two-storey house in the highly sought-after Allenby community.
What They Got: The store designer for Roots Canada, Pauline Landriault, not only restored this brick-and-stone Tudor’s traditional details, but also added touches of modern style.
For easy entertaining, there is a living room with an original stone, wood-burning fireplace, a dining room with LED lights and high-gloss painted panels, and an eat-in kitchen with cork floors, stainless steel countertops and a custom built-in banquette.
Upstairs, one of the three bedrooms has entry to a tandem space with a Juliet balcony.
The basement was finished as a more modern in-law suite with a kitchen, sleek bathroom and bedroom with his-and-her closets.
Outside, there is a private driveway for two cars and a south-facing backyard professionally landscaped with decks, walkways, a wisteria arbour and stone gardens, plus a garage was converted into an open gazebo with built-in benches.
Desirable amenities nearby range from reputable schools, recreational facilities and Eglinton Park to shops, subway and major thoroughfares to the downtown core.
The Agent’s Take: “The house had been restored to its original 1930s look inside,” says agent Ellie Burns, who points to plaster mouldings, archways, leaded glass windows and mosaic tiles in the upper bathroom as examples.
“All the kitchen cabinetry was custom made … it’s just beautiful, and there was a breakfast room with a built-in banquette and table [the seller] designed that was lovely.”
The lot also had a highly memorable television makeover courtesy of Earth Inc. “The garden was gorgeous, very private and quiet,” Ms. Burns says.