73 BROOKDALE AVE., TORONTO
ASKING PRICE $879,900
SELLING PRICE $965,500
PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $615,000 (2007) ; $519,000 (2005); $425,000 (2001)
TAXES $4,891 (2014)
DAYS ON THE MARKET Seven
LISTING AGENT Nigel Denham, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Johnston and Daniel Division
The Action: No staging was done to enhance this semi-detached house in advance of one public open house and 40 private showings last December. There were several other houses in the neighbourhood that had sold around the same time, almost all of them in bidding wars. This one was no exception, with six buyers vying for the keys.
What They Got: A 24-by-110-foot lot supports this more than century-old brick residence with a traditional porch overlooking a parking pad off the treed street and a south-facing deck off a dining area facing the fenced backyard.
In recent years, more updated components were added throughout, from the new roof and wiring to the revamped kitchen with stainless steel appliances, including a wine fridge and gas stove.
Classic hardwood floors and pot lights appear not just in the living room, but also in three bedrooms upstairs, while broadloom cushions the lower-level recreation room, bedroom and second bathroom.
The Agent's Take: "It's a stone's throw to Yonge Street where you've got that wonderful pedestrian lifestyle with a Starbucks around the corner and all the shops and restaurants Yonge Street provides," agent Nigel Denham states. "It's also in the John Wanless school district, which is one of the most sought after schools in the area."
This family home also brimmed with beneficial features. "It had a lot of small detail work you typically don't find in renovations, they went pretty high-end," says Mr. Denham, citing the restoration of original register covers as an example.
"[Plus] this at 24-feet provides great breadth to the spaces you don't get in those [neighbouring] 17 and 18-foot semis. It also allowed great potency in terms of the ability to add onto the back and double the size of that house and create the feeling of a detached house."
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