311 Quebec Ave., Toronto
Asking price: $685,000
Selling price: $665,000
Previous selling price: $300,000 (1994)
Taxes: $4,606 (2010)
Lot size: 16 by 160 feet
Days on the market: 10
Listing agent: Andrea Morrison, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
This century-old townhouse is filled with an assortment of vintage details and contemporary components to please buyers of the 21st century, according to agent Andrea Morrison.
"[It]offered all the romance of a Victorian with today's lifestyle needs," she states.
The 2,155-square-foot residence preserves its red brick façade, steep pitched roofline and stained glass windows, as well as wood floors in several rooms, detailed millwork and high ceilings over 9.5 and nine feet on the main and second floors respectively.
About two decades ago, the interior was renovated and expanded with a rear addition, which includes a main floor powder room, a kitchen and family room with terracotta floors and double doors to a deck, private landscaped garden and parking spot.
Walls were removed between the main hall, living and dining rooms to create a more open layout.
On the second floor of the addition, there are two three-piece bathrooms. One is located in the master suite, which has a Juliet balcony, and the other serves two other bedrooms.
At the top of the staircase, there is an open bedroom with carpeting, built-in cabinetry, desk and seating, and an office with a private sun deck.
The 535-square-foot basement contains a carpeted recreation room, laundry room and rear walkout.
"There was also an edginess to the reno [with]high-tech items such as a metal industrial banister, concrete counters in the kitchen, an old high school locker as the cabinets in the master en suite, and a metal shoe locker at the front door," states Ms. Morrison.
[It's]very cool and appealing and unique combination that really worked."