Bowmanville: $287,000

Location: 253 Sprucewood Cres., Unit 18, Mearns Ave. and Concession St. E. Asking price: $280,000 Selling price: $287,000 Previous selling price: $232,000 (2010) Size: about 2,000 square feet Lot: 21 by 103 feet, single-car attached garage, private drive Taxes: $3,053 (2014) Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Days on the market: 8 This Bowmanville two-storey freehold townhouse sold for more than asking price in just over a week.

“This three-bedroom home boasts a walkout to a private, fully fenced, west-facing backyard with a new deck and no neighbours behind, which added value to the home and helped to create interest. The fact that the property received multiple offers on the first day of listing and sold over asking speaks to the growing demand for homes in the Bowmanville area,” says listing agent Dixie Lee MacDonald.

“Some of the features of note in the home are dark hardwood floors and a kitchen with a breakfast bar, ceramic tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances. The master bedroom has a walk-in closet and an ensuite. The home has a main floor mud room and second floor laundry room,” says MacDonald.

Main floor has: foyer with ceramic floor; living room with hardwood floor; kitchen with ceramic floor, ceramic backsplash and breakfast bar; breakfast room with hardwood floor and walkout to yard; mud room with ceramic floor and walkout to garage; powder room.

On the second floor are: master bedroom with broadloom floor, walk-in closet and four-piece ensuite; second bedroom with broadloom floor; third bedroom with broadloom floor; three-piece bathroom; laundry room with ceramic floor.

Basement is finished with: recreation room with broadloom floor and pot lights; play room with pot lights and broadloom floor.

Listing agent: Dixie Lee MacDonald, Royal LePage Signature Realty, Brokerage; dixieleemacdonald.com.