This 55-year-old house in Lawrence Park South has a carport for two cars and 2,988 square feet of living space.Photography provided by Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd.
86 Cortleigh Blvd., Toronto
Asking price: $4.25-million (September, 2025)
Selling price: $4.2-million (September, 2025)
Previous selling price: $2.3-million (July, 2012)
Taxes: $21,913 (2025)
Days on the market: Seven
Listing agent: Robert Greenberg, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd.
The main level has wall-to-wall windows and a door to the patio.
The action
This two-storey house on a 58- by 122-foot lot near Lytton Park on Avenue Road hit the market about a week after Labour Day. Ten buyers toured the home over the next few days, and one party quickly delivered an offer before the weekend.
“It has 58-foot frontage, which is a rarity when most of the lots in the area are 50 feet, and it also backs onto a ravine,” agent Robert Greenberg said.
A $4.2-million deal for the property was finalized within a week, a swiftness that is ahead of the norm for the neighbourhood. For instance, a 2½-storey house on a 50- by 135-foot lot nearby sold afterward for $4.16-million after roughly seven weeks on the market.
“That property was in fierce competition with ours,” Mr. Greenberg said.
“People will pay more for frontage than they do for depth when buying a property.”
Corian countertops, custom cabinetry and a butler’s pantry were added to the eat-in kitchen in 2012.
What they got
This 55-year-old house has a carport for two cars and 2,988 square feet of living space, including four bedrooms upstairs. There is an additional 1,606 square feet of living space in the basement.
On the main floor, the dining room and family room are on opposite sides of the living room. It has wall-to-wall windows, a patio door and a gas fireplace, as well as a vaulted ceiling and exposed brick walls.
In 2012, the eat-in kitchen was renovated with Corian countertops, custom cabinetry and a butler’s pantry.
Porcelain tile flooring is heated in a recreation area downstairs and three bathrooms upstairs, including in the seven-piece ensuite bathroom.
There are two additional bathrooms.
One of the home's four bedrooms.
The agent’s take
“It was a Frank Lloyd Wright-looking home,” Mr. Greenberg said.
“It has brick interior walls and panelled ceilings, and the kitchens and bathrooms were updated.”