LIVING ON THE EDGE
Casa Loma 25 Edmund Ave. (St. Clair Avenue West and Avenue Road) Asking price: $3.6 million Taxes: n/a Bedrooms: 3+1 Bathrooms: 5 MLS# C3695562
When many b uyers say they want loft space, it’s not a home with exposed brick walls that they’re after. They want high ceilings, l arge windows and open spaces, but one that’s finished to the nines.
No. 25 Edmund offers a sophisticated and quality design that’s playful not quirky, says listing agent Janet Lindsay of Chestnut Park Real Estate.
Rooms protruding from the front and back facades allow for the use of more glass, flooding the space with light and offering penthouse- like views. The floor- to- ceiling double t hermal windows have black trim that frames the views. “It feels like you’re living on the edge,” she says.
Lindsay describes t he house as a reinvention of iconic modernist design with a soul. It has “good vibrations. It’s very open yet the conventional rooms are there — the living room, dining room, family room, kitchen and den, which has a glass wall overlooking the living room.”
A fresh black, white and grey pallet gives the views and artwork starring roles. A handful of stairs leads from the living/dining room to the library, which is a beautiful Zen place to work or relax.
The kitchen has a centre island, a breakfast area and a walkout to a balcony overlooking the backyard, which is accessible from the lowerlevel entertainment room.
Taking maintenance- free to the next level, the backyard is finished with stone and Astroturf. The front of the 32x64-foot lot has a walk- way and driveway leading to the two- car, built- in garage (wired for an electric car) with a snow melt system.
A striking black fireplace is a family room focal point. The clean modern staircase is topped by a skylight, which brings additional light into the centre of the home.
The spacious master suite has a five-piece en suite bathroom, with a walk-in shower, which has floor- to- ceiling glass doors, a soaker tub by the window and twin sinks on a floating vanity. The home also has a main-floor powder room and is even equipped with a doggie bath.
Offering “unsurpassed quality i n midtown,” this home appeals to fun couples, as well as art lovers, she says. “It’s the epitome of serene sophistication.”