Done Deals: Chaplin Estates
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Chaplin Estates
- 102 Hillsdale Ave. West
- Asking price: $799,000
- Selling price: $770,000
- Taxes: $5,500 (2005)
- Days on market: seven
This detached Georgian-style home in the Chaplin Estates neighbourhood near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue was lovingly maintained and updated by the previous owners during their 55 years there.
It needs further renovations, and had it had a main-floor family room and private drive, it might have sold for more.
The three-storey house with a centre-hall plan features dark wood trim, hardwood floors and some original windows with working weight systems.
On one side of the foyer, the living room spans the length of the house, and has a wood-burning fireplace and sliding doors to the deck. The other side features the dining room and adjacent eat-in kitchen, with a back entrance to the basement and yard.
There is a powder room by the stairs leading to the second floor, where the main four-piece bathroom is shared among four bedrooms. Among them is the master, which was being used as a studio to take advantage of the sunlight that floods the space from a series of slanted solarium windows.
The third floor, with a fifth bedroom and private bathroom, was used as a teenager's retreat.
There is parking in a detached garage, but many amenities - including parks, a community centre, shops, restaurants and the subway - are within walking distance.
Listing agent: Julie Kinnear, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
