201 DE GRASSI ST., TORONTO
ASKING PRICE $795,000
SELLING PRICE $935, 000
PREVIOUS SELLING PRICEs 517,000 (2008); $430,000 (2006)
TAXES $3,727 (2014)
DAYS ON THE MARKET Eight
LISTING AGENTS Irene Kaushansky and Philip Brown, Keller Williams Neighbourhood Realty
The Action: The prestige of living on a Riverdale street made famous by a popular television series is often the basis for bidding wars over properties on De Grassi, such as this semi-detached house. It sold for $140,000 over the list price after about 30 showings and four sets of open houses in the week leading up to the offer date.
What They Got: This more-than-century-old Edwardian sits on a 20-by-99-foot lot, facing a treed street. The house has three levels of finished living space with original baseboards and new crown mouldings throughout, plus a secondary kitchen, two bedrooms with laminate floors and one of three bathrooms in the basement.
The cross-hall plan places the main staircase – which leads to three second-floor bedrooms and a third-floor family room – between a front dining room and a central living room that connects to a kitchen revamped with hardwood floors, custom island, quartz counters, pot lights and walkout to a deck, patio and mutual driveway.
The Agent's Take: "It has beautiful curb appeal, a lot of living space and a good-sized third floor, plus a finished basement," agent Irene Kaushansky says.
"It has really well-preserved, original characteristics and character with all modern updates, like the kitchen was nicely renovated – it was stunning – the bathroom was very nice and there was a main-floor powder room, which is quite rare for this type of house."
Distinguishing features of this 1,900-square-foot house were also functional ones. "Buyers that were really drawn to it really liked that unconventional layout and liked having a formal dining room," Ms. Kaushansky notes. "In some cases, you have either a yard or parking, but here you have both."
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