Sharon Mendonca
39 SKEENS LANE, No. 2, TORONTO
ASKING PRICE $635,000
SELLING PRICE $777,777
PREVIOUS SELLING PRICES $291,000 (2002); $211,514 (1998)
TAXES $3,227 (2016)
DAYS ON THE MARKET Seven
CO-OP AGENT Nutan Brown, Royal LePage West Realty Group Ltd.
The Action: For clients looking to leave a condominium townhouse for a larger one near their workplace, this freehold townhouse near the lake was the best of three options selected by their agent, Nutan Brown. So they were prepared to pay a premium to make it their own on the presentation date.
"There were 12 offers a week before Christmas, and you'd think people would be focusing on other things, but they weren't," Ms. Brown says.
What They Got: Filling out an 18-by-78-foot lot is this brick townhouse with a three-storey plan, a built-in garage and a private backyard reached via an eat-in kitchen with new stainless-steel appliances.
Highlights inside include an open living and dining area with a gas fireplace and five bedrooms, including a lower-level guest room and a third-floor master with a skylight, one of three bathrooms and a covered balcony.
Monthly fees of $500 cover lawn care and snow removal.
The Agent's Take: "This little complex is off a main street and curves into a cul-de-sac, so it's so quiet," Ms. Brown says. "It's so tucked away and removed from the hub, yet the hub is within a five-minute walk."
The size and set up of this townhouse suited families and couples alike. "This has an amazing third-floor master suite with a Muskoka room with a screen-in porch area, plus all the additional space," Ms. Brown notes. "There wasn't much available like this at all."