ADDRESS: 183 Wellington Street West, Unit 4304
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island
AGENT: Cynthia Goodchild, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage.
PRICE: $20,000 per month
THE PLACE: A one-year lease for a suite on the 43rd floor of the brand spanking new Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: If Toronto is the centre of the universe, then you’re on top of the world (you know, like Leo). The suite offers stunning south- and west-facing views of the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre and Toronto Island and beyond. Really, it’s the closest thing to doing EdgeWalk, only without the nagging fear of falling to your death.
BIG SELLING POINT: Living in a hotel. A home in the Ritz means an in-house gym, an indoor swimming pool, room service, housekeeping and your own concierge. Now you’ll truly be putting on the Ritz.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: If you’ve secretly longed to live in a hotel ever since you read Kay Thompson’s Eloise series of children’s books, you might be disappointed. This suite isn’t quite a “room on the tippy-top floor.”
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $20,000 a month in rent
• 3,240 square feet
• 42-inch Sub-Zero refrigerator
• 11-foot ceilings
• 3 bathrooms
• 2 + 1 bedrooms
• 2 parking spaces
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- The Ritz-Carlton. Fancy.
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- Part of the lobby at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Also fancy.
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- Sitting is nice and there are a lot of places to do it at the Ritz.
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- The living space.
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- The full view of the living room.
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- The living room with fireplace.
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- Well, that’a pretty little nook, isn’t it?
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- The dining room. Gorgeous.
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- The dining room from another angle, and, yes, still gorgeous.
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- A chandelier and a window—both good things to have.
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- If you like to sit in your apartment, there’s an entire room for it in your home at the Ritz.
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- Have a seat. It’s a sitting room, after all.
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- The kitchen.
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- More kitchen.
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- A home office.
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- The master bedroom with a view.
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- The master bed in the master bedroom (also, more view).
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- The master bedroom has a window and that window has a view. Not sure if that’s clear or not.
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- Another bedroom. More view, more chandelier.
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- The bathroom. It’s not small.
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- More bathroom.
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- The shower. That’s right, we have a three-pic bathroom on our hands.
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- What’s the point in living in a hotel if there isn’t a bowl of fruit and a card reminding you that you live in a hotel?
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- A spectacular south-facing view.
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- Hotel shot!
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- A hallway in the hotel.
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- Another hallway in the hotel (or perhaps in the future—tough to say).
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- Hotel shot!
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- The hotel pool.
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- Hotel exercise room—not even a hotel can do that for you.
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- The Ritz’s rear.
Actually, Leo was “king” of the world but who am I to quibble.
Nice digs, but after looking through the photos $20,000 a month seems a tad steep.
June 29, 2011 at 2:10 pm | by JaneBeige bland and boring
June 29, 2011 at 2:18 pm | by nicA lovely home… for some filthy rich granny!
June 29, 2011 at 9:49 pm | by BG011Could someone have staged it better? The drapery made it look cheap…There was not enough accessorizing- needing some plants etc. to give it life and colour!
For $20,000/month- it was sure not “Ritzy” or glamourous enough…more like the inside of a paper bag.
June 30, 2011 at 7:06 am | by DesignergirlI totally agree, the staging of the place was terrible! What is with the butter silk curtains everywhere, and the light fixtures were very poorly chosen. I was expecting to see glamour and ritz, perhaps in a 1930′s hollywood styled apartment, but instead we have a sparsly furnished, cold cream on beige interior that doesn’t really showcase the space. The lobby was way nicer than the suite!
June 30, 2011 at 8:25 am | by SybrandtYup the staging is extremely poor, most likely the Realtors stager. Way to many chairs, and a 6 seat dining area, cmon!
June 30, 2011 at 9:47 am | by DanielSomebody get SRichardson on the line….
Looks like a suburban home being staged by the children to cash-in on their parents nest-egg.
Horrible staging.
A blind foreigner with $ to launder will be suckered into this, no doubt.
June 30, 2011 at 11:12 am | by The PontiffMy my, looks like TF hauled the funny captions writer out for this one. I rather like nuggets of snippy goodness under each photo.
June 30, 2011 at 11:30 am | by pickypantsthe drapes looked wrinkled and cheap
June 30, 2011 at 12:55 pm | by afDid the caption writer get up on the wrong side of the bed, or was he/she just pissed off that he/she could never afford to live here?
July 1, 2011 at 7:23 am | by KnotigalVery Very Beige and not much else. It should have been spectacular and it wasn’t even close. The only room with any grab factor was the bathroom.
July 3, 2011 at 8:50 am | by PaulGood taste and money have often been mismatched.
July 3, 2011 at 3:26 pm | by Heidi BrostromIs this a joke? I feel like I’m looking at some corporate housing rental on Queens Quay. With spaces like The Gluckstein Suite at The Hazelton Hotel residing in our city this leaves so much to be desired. Not worth a mention, let alone a feature.
July 6, 2011 at 10:25 am | by JackOh My! this is so cold and unwelcoming! Thankfully the bathroom did not have to be furnished, it was the only half decent room in the entire place. The only spectacular thing about this condo is the view. Whoever staged this…should be fired! They have very poor taste.
July 6, 2011 at 6:19 pm | by condo buffterrible captions.
July 12, 2011 at 12:57 pm | by 456