COSY YET ELEGANT
Cricket Club 33 De Vere Gdns. (Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue) Asking price: $3.995 million Taxes: $13,334 (2016) Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 MLS#: C3792801
Sometimes you just know .“From the moment the homeowner stepped into the home, she knew exactly how she could renovate it and make it work for her family and friends,” says listing agent Susan Eickmeier of Royal LePage Real Estate J&D Division.
The homeowner loves outdoor space and wanted to incorporate the backyard as part of the living space. Her vision was to be able to walk straight outside, so wall- towall, exterior- opening, bifold windows/doors were installed across the back of the house.
Eickmeier says it’s like the backyard is a continuation of the main floor. An automatic screen rolls down silently when needed.
The owners “love to enter- tain family and friends. Even in the rain, they enjoy sitting out, protected by an automatic awning,” she says.
The 50x139- foot private landscaped lot has a garden with perennial flowers and a private backyard with a spacious al fresco dining patio off the kitchen, a gas barbecue, a saltwater pool and two 10- ft. patio umbrellas. A natural gas fire pit warms cool nights.
Quality is evident throughout the warm, elegant home, which was built in 1986 and renovated over the last two years.
Perfect for entertaining and enjoyment everyday, the Indiana limestone home offers more than 3,000 sq. ft. of living space plus a 1,375-sq.-ft. lower level.
“The family loves the formal living and dining rooms,” Eickmeier says. “The kitchen and family room are cosy yet have a great flow for a busy family.”
The gourmet kitchen has a six-burner gas cook top.
And the master suite has a newly completed six-piece en suite bathroom that has heated floors and a glass enclosed shower.
“The homeowner and her husband have lived in the vicinity all their lives as they bought, sold and moved up,” she says. “They were thrilled to find this home on De Vere.”
The former owner moved a few blocks down the street. It’s the kind of community no one wants to leave. They move around the corner or up the street, but the Cricket Club neighbourhood has a special draw for families of all ages, and once they come, they never want to leave, Eickmeier says.