WHAT THEY GOT HOUSES
Allison Harness, a Toronto-based real estate writer, compiled this comparison of real estate both near schools, shopping, parks and restaurants
SOUTH RIVERDALE
Location: 19 Allen Ave., Broadview Ave. and Dundas St. E.
Asking price: $998,800
Selling price: $1,187,500
Previous selling price: $531,900 (2006)
Size: about 1,316 sq. ft.
Lot: 14-by-73 feet, no garage, no drive
Taxes: $4,087 (2021)
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Sold: Oct. 6.
Closed: Dec. 9.
This 2-1/2-storey rowhouse sold for 119 per cent of the listing price in eight days.
“This classic, circa-1900 home with a Victorian façade features a spacious open-concept design, high ceilings, an eat-in kitchen with a walkout to the yard, and a third-floor loft with a rooftop deck and a view of the CN tower,” says listing agent Sue Mills.
The home is near shopping, restaurants, schools, Bridgepoint Hospital, parks, a recreation centre, the Don River, public transit, and access to the Don Valley Pkwy. and Gardiner Expressway.
Main floor: hardwood floors; open living/dining room with crown moulding; kitchen with breakfast area, pot lights and walkout to yard; two-piece bathroom.
Second floor: hardwood floors; primary bedroom with cathedral ceiling and two windows; second bedroom; third bedroom with walkout to deck; four-piece bathroom.
Basement is unfinished.
Listing agent: Sue Mills, Royal LePage Signature Realty, Brokerage, 416-443-0300; theMillsteam.ca
CABBAGETOWN
Location: Wellesley Asking Selling Previous price: price: and 304 selling $2,390,000 Parliament $2,495,000 Wellesley price: St. Sts. E., $1,850,000 Size: Lot: 20-by-100 about 3,014 (2018) feet, sq. ft. no garage, private Taxes: $8,609 drive (2021)
Bedrooms: 3 plus 1
Bathrooms: 5
Sold: Oct. 20.
Closed: Nov. 16.
Selling for 96 per cent of the listing price in 29 days, this detached three-storey home was built less than 20 years ago.
The home is near shopping, restaurants and public transit. Main floor: hardwood floors; foyer with wainscotting and twopiece bathroom; living room with fireplace and walkout; dining room with wainscotting, windows and swing doors.
Second floor: secondary bedroom with wall-to-wall closet, large window and three-piece ensuite; third bedroom with closet and large window; office with window and recessed lights; four-piece bathroom.
Third floor: primary bedroom with hardwood floor, walk-in closet and skylight; five-piece ensuite with heated floor and soaker tub.
Finished basement: Bedroom with laminate floor, double closet and recessed lights; recreation room with broadloom, closet and three-piece bathroom.
Listing agents: Christian Vermast and Paul Maranger, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage, 416-960-9995; paulandchristianassociates.com.