A nature oasis in Port Perry
Open-concept design features stone fireplaces and cathedral ceiling
PORT PERRY
Location: 22 Woodbridge Circle, Lake Ridge Rd. and Townline Rd.
Asking price: $1,498,000 Size: about 4,500 sq. ft. Lot: 171-by-512 feet, two-car attached garage, private drive, inground pool Taxes: $11,000 (2019) Bedrooms: 6 plus 1 Bathrooms: 5 Backing onto conservation land and walking trails, this 1.5-storey renovated custom home features a landscaped backyard and an in-ground pool. The spacious home has a unique layout that includes a main-floor office with a sitting area, three-piece ensuite and a walkout to a deck.
“We love our private backyard with its deck, in-ground pool with a large surrounding stone patio with a cabana, another separate deck with a seven-person hot tub, and a large garden shed/workshop,” homeowner Chris Grinham says.
“Inside, the open-concept but warm rooms have served us well during many family reunions, especially in the living and family rooms, where there are wood-burning stone fireplaces,” Grinham says.
“We are ideally situated next to a golf course and 100 acres of walking trails out the back. And we are less than 15 minutes from downtown Port Perry, Uxbridge and Brooklin, so we can access all the shopping and restaurants the area has to offer,” Grinham adds.
“This area is full of executive homes that were mostly built in the late 1980s. The neighbourhood is quite upscale and friendly,” listing agent Jacquelyn Rooney-Misener says.
The front exterior includes a low stone wall surround, a long driveway, a brick and boardand-batten façade on the home, interlocking brick walkway, stone steps to the main entrance and a stone garden with a waterfall feature flowing into a small pond. There is also a double-car attached garage with access to the lower level of the home.
The front foyer has a large window, hardwood flooring and steps leading to a hall with a double closet and a two-piece bathroom.
From the foyer, steps down lead to the living room, with a partial cathedral ceiling and an open, loft-style design to the second floor. There is also hardwood flooring, pot lights, a ceiling fan, large windows and a wood-burning fireplace with a stone surround.
The dining/breakfast room is open to the kitchen and has a ceramic tile floor, a chandelierstyle light, a bay window and a small, built-in desk that overlooks the family room, with built-in cabinetry and an aquarium.
Highlights of the spacious kitchen are an island with builtin cabinetry and a sink, granite counters, wood cabinets and a matching wood ceiling beam, a ceramic tile floor and backsplash, a counter sink, built-in appliances, a partially exposed stone wall and a pantry.
A few steps down from the dining/breakfast room is the family room, which has a high vaulted ceiling, two picture windows, hardwood flooring, a wood-burning fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling stone surround and large windows.
There are four broadloomed bedrooms with double closets on this floor, plus a five-piece bathroom.
As well, the main floor has an office — or guest bedroom — with a sitting area, a walkout to a private deck and a three-piece ensuite. A laundry room completes this floor.
Floating stairs lead to the second level master bedroom retreat with double French entry doors, broadloom, two windows, pot lights, a sitting room with walkout to a deck and a spacious five-piece ensuite. A door from the ensuite opens to a walk-in closet.
The fully finished lower level features a games room, a dining area, a three-piece bathroom with a walkout to the back and a recreation/media room with a large screen and a gas fireplace. There is also a large mud room with a double closet, direct access to the garage and a walkout to the front of the home.
To view this property, contact listing agent Jacquelyn Rooney-Misener, Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Real Estate, Brokerage, 905-985-9777; soldbyjacquelyn.com. Home of the Week is written by freelance contributor Allison Harness, a Toronto-based real estate writer. Although we try to provide the most up-to-date information available, we cannot guarantee features as listed. Please contact the realtor. To make a submission to Home of the Week, email soldhome@rogers.com.