Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
74 Sutherland Dr., Toronto
Asking price: $2,195,000 (October, 2022)
Selling price: $2,250,000 (October, 2022)
Previous selling prices: $1,525,000 (November, 2016); $1,200,000 (August, 2014); $773,000 (January, 2005); $569,000 (September, 2000)
Taxes: $8,544 (2022)
Days on the market: Two
Listing agents: Cailey Heaps and Sandra O’Neill, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Heaps Estrin Team
Updates include granite countertops in the kitchen.Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
The action
This three-bedroom house was only expanded on one level rather than two, unlike the many other expanded detached homes in Leaside, so it had a smaller price tag to match. Within two days, two bidders came forward, with one willing to pay $55,000 over asking.
“It had a main-floor extension, so it had more living space, but it didn’t have the upper extension, so it gives you a nice price for the house,” said agent Sandra O’Neill.
“Depending on the street, some [larger] homes were anywhere between $2.6-million and $2.9-million, so it’s quite a significant jump to add a bedroom and bathroom upstairs.”
Original features preserved from the original construction in the 1940s includes the wainscotting in the dining room.Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
What they got
This two-storey house on a 30- by 130-foot lot preserves some of the original features from its construction in the 1940s, such as stained glass windows, wainscotting in the dining room and a wood burning fireplace in the living room.
Updated areas include a kitchen with granite countertops, and a sunken family room with double doors opening to a patio, gardens and private driveway.
The basement has also been redone, complete with pot lights in the recreation area and tile flooring in a secondary bathroom.
The agent’s take
“Leaside has great schools, so that’s always helpful to stand out,” Ms. O’Neill said.
“When [a previous owner] added the addition, they really kept the original character intact, so it felt really warm.”