Bungalow ‘the best Ontario has to offer’
Custom-built bungalow in Kawartha Lakes includes guest house and pond
Kawartha Lakes Location: 203 Drum Rd., Drum Rd. and Hwy. 35 Asking price: $1,990,000 Size: more than 2,800 square feet Lot: about 81 hectares, detached three-car garage, private drive Taxes: $5,639 (2016) Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 On property that features a springfed pond, this custom-built bungalow comes with an attached, 1,400square-foot guest home.
“We bought the property in 1990 and built our home and outbuildings. It was a labour of love to cut our own red pine for the structure, cedar for the exterior siding, and red oak for the flooring and outbuildings — all from the trees on the property,” homeowner Judy Mountjoy says.
“The pond has been the focus of many family picnics over the years, with swimming and barbecues.
“We often see wild turkeys with their broods crossing the lawn, and deer at the pond and grazing in the field. It really is the best Ontario has to offer, all in one place.”
The home is about a 20-minute drive south to Newcastle, where there are shops, banks, a library, restaurants and places of business.
There is a conservation area nearby, and the home has easy access to Hwys. 35 and 115.
“This unique home has more than 2,800 square feet of main-floor comfort,” listing agent Ralph Fairman says. “It has a dual-heating system with ground source plus an outdoor, wood-burning furnace with its own endless supply of wood from the property.”
The property provides multiple options and opportunities, because it has 24 hectares of mixed hardwood bush and 40 hectares of licensed ag- gregate or gravel pit. A long private gravel drive surrounded by green space, shrubbery and many mature trees leads to the board and batten-sided main home and guest home, which form an L-shape. There is a large porch. The front door of the main house has a glass insert, and the foyer features a hardwood floor and a double closet. Next to the foyer is the spacious living room, with pot lights, wall sconces, a hardwood floor, double French doors and two tall windows on either side of a wood-burning fireplace.
The formal dining room also has double French doors, as well as a hardwood floor, a window, wall sconces and a chandelier.
The kitchen, nestled between the breakfast room and the family room, includes pot lights, a ceramic-tile floor, a ceramic-tile backsplash, plenty of cabinets and a window above a double sink.
A wood-burning stove sits in the breakfast room, which also has a ceramic-tile floor, a chandelier-style light and three large windows that overlook the forested grounds.
The large family room consists of a wood-burning fireplace with a wood mantel and wall-to-wall cabinetry on either side. Other highlights of this room include track lights, a hardwood floor, a vaulted cathedral ceiling and a garden-door walkout with windows on each side and a huge arched transom window.
Just off the breakfast room is a small sunroom with a wood floor and three walls of windows. The amplesized office has a hardwood floor and could serve as an extra bedroom.
As well, the home has a craft room with track lights, built-in cabinetry and a hardwood floor.
The main-floor master bedroom features a hardwood floor, wall sconces and a walkout to a private deck that steps down to the yard. It also contains a claw-foot tub in front of a large bay window. There is an area for a sink and a toilet.
The second bedroom has two closets, a hardwood floor and a picture window with a built-in bench. There is a third bedroom with a hardwood floor and a four-piece bathroom.
To complete the main floor, there is a laundry room with a ceramic-tile floor that also serves as a mud room with direct access to outside, and an adjoining powder room.
The partially finished lower level contains a workshop, a wine cellar and an exercise room with a woodbeamed ceiling.
The backyard has two wood decks, a hot tub, an interlocking brick patio, green space, forested area, a huge pond and two outbuildings — one that serves as the three-car garage.
The attached guest home features a foyer, its own back deck, a living room with a fireplace, a dining room, sunroom, full kitchen, master bedroom with a double-door walkout and a three-piece bathroom. The basement of the second home is finished with an open recreation room area and three-piece bathroom.
To view this property, contact Ralph Fairman, Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Real Estate, 905-985-7351; cbrmr.com. Although we try to provide the most up-to-date information available, we cannot guarantee features as listed. Please contact the realtor for latest details. To make a submission to Home of the Week, email soldhome@rogers.com.