ASKING PRICE $399,900
SELLING PRICE $418,500
PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $223,500 (2000)
TAXES $3,056 (2010)
DAYS ON THE MARKET Five
LISTING AGENT Jack Ridout, Real Estate Homeward
The Action: In an area between Leslieville and the Beach, this semi-detached, two-storey house was visited by a few buyers during two open houses one weekend, some returned for a second look and two eventually made an offer.
What They Got: This more than 80-year-old house is in good condition with the roof and windows replaced, the electrical system and furnace updated; and the main kitchen and two bathrooms remodelled in the past decade.
Guests can be entertained in the living room, dining area or spacious 180-square-foot kitchen that has access to a fenced yard shaded by a mature tree.
The second floor is divided for three larger-than-average bedrooms, including one with remnants of a kitchen when the house was used as a duplex by a previous owner. The lower-level recreation room could double as a bedroom.
The Agent's Take: "Many of the well-built 1920s brick homes in this pocket have been extensively renovated, and houses of this type - where a buyer can put their own stamp on things without breaking the bank - don't sit on the market very long," says agent Jack Ridout.
"You're surrounded by several parks and a ravine, and although the shops and restaurants of Little India, transit and schools are within two blocks of the house, the mood from the friendly front veranda is one of peace and tranquility."