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135 Bombay Ave., Toronto

Asking price: $1,295,000 (May, 2026)

Selling price: $1.81-million (May, 2026)

Previous selling prices: $1.28-million (May, 2014); $774,900 (February, 2006); $480,000 (May, 1999)

Taxes: $10,195 (2025)

Days on the market: One

Listing agent: Andre Kutyan, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd.

The action

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The home has an updated kitchen, four bathrooms and a family room with an exit to a south-facing patio.The Print Market

Agent Andre Kutyan looked for multiple offers for this four-bedroom house near Earl Bales Park by setting a very low initial asking price. One buyer added $515,000 to that in a formal offer within 24 hours, a week ahead of the date set by the seller to review offers. Another buyer rushed to assemble a rival bid but could not outdo the first bidder’s $1.81-million offer.

“It was aggressively priced below market value on purpose,” said Mr. Kutyan.

“We had good offers verbally, and my sellers would have transacted on the offer day at one of those prices, but when we started hearing north of $1.8-million, it became a strong consideration to look at.”

The 74-year-old home stood out not least for its unusually large 50- by 177-foot lot size, roughly 10 feet wider and 40 feet deeper than the neighbourhood average.

“There were properties sitting on the market in the area, but this was a bit of a unicorn,” Mr. Kutyan said.

“There were lots of different types of buyers, end users looking to live in the home, renovate and add on, and even some people looking at it from a land perspective.”

What they got

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This two-storey house has an attached garage and 2,053 square feet of living space, including an updated kitchen, four bathrooms and a family room with an exit to a south-facing patio.

There is a formal dining room and entertaining areas with wood-burning fireplaces on the main and lower levels.

The agent’s take

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“The house has a main floor family room addition and a primary bedroom addition; it’s not your typical 80-year-old home,” Mr. Kutyan said.

“You have the proximity to everything along Avenue Road, and the benefits of everything in the area, without paying the price of being south of Wilson Avenue and the 401 [highway].”

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