Beauty of a unit on the Bay Street Corridor goes for $4.265 million

Deer Park

140 Balmoral Ave. (St. Clair Avenue West and Avenue Road)

Asking price: $3,099,900 Sold for: $3,030,000 Taxes: $14,351 (2020) Bedrooms: 5+1 Bathrooms: 5 Square footage: over 3,000 Garage: 0

Parking: 1

Days on the market: 26

One- forty Balmoral, a 2.5- storey brickand- stone home, is impressive from the curb, but listing agent Ira Jelinek says looks are deceiving — it’s even bigger and more impressive once you step inside the front door.

T he five-bedroom, five- bathroom home has a gracious entry foyer, a gas fireplace in the living room and crown moulding in the dining room. The kitchen/ breakfast area/family room has a gas fireplace and a walkout to a patio.

Stainless steel appliances and hardware and white cabinetry, some with glass doors, are features of the bright kitchen. Windows are dressed in California shutters.

Staircases with white pickets and dark wood handrails connect the levels. The main bedroom suite, with his- and- her closets and a four-piece ensuite bathroom, shares the second floor with two other bedrooms and a laundry room.

The current owners completed a $ 150,000 renovation of the lower level, which included digging it out and adding new plumbing and mechanicals.

The newly finished lower level has pot lights and a bright open area for relaxing and playing.

Potential buyers were drawn by the location. “It’s a prime location with great walkability,” Jelinek says.

The 30x113-foot lot, which has a private urban garden, is an easy walk from the St. Clair subway, shops and restaurants and is in the Brown and Deer Park school district.

The sellers (who will both be working from home) and their three children are moving north in search of more space. The buyers, a young couple, are making the move from a condo to a home, he says.

Homes in the area usually sell in two to three weeks, but this one was on the market for 26 days because a home inspection added to the days on the market.

Listing Broker: Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. ( Ira Jelinek)