ADDRESS: 49 Forest Hill Road
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Casa Loma
AGENT: Susan Eickmeier, Royal LePage J&D Division, Brokerage
PRICE: $8,995,000
THE PLACE: In the heart of Casa Loma on Forest Hill Road, this home is the kind of ostentatious, Fresh Prince of Bel Air–style mansion that screams, “We’ve arrived!” (Think faux-Grecian columns, a sick backyard pool and chandeliers everywhere, even in the master closet.)
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Dee Dee Taylor Hannah—the Globe and Mail columnist and architect who redesigned Harbour 60, hosted two HGTV programs and is the younger sister of Mary Jo Eustace—designed the interior space.
BIG SELLING POINT: The master suite has everything you need to help you forget your kids exist (for at least a moment, if not an entire evening): a TV, a fireplace and twin lounge chairs in the bedroom; a flat-screen, a fireplace, a rain head shower, his-and-hers toilet areas and onyx countertops in the bathroom; a dressing room the size of a studio apartment; and an expansive view of the pool below.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The lower level has storage space for your wine collection, but the room isn’t temperature controlled. We shudder to think how your dinner party might come apart if that Château Petrus isn’t served between 65° and 70° F.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $8,995,000
• $35,764.35 in 2010 taxes
• 12,000 square feet
• 21’4” ceiling in the sunroom
• 9 bathrooms
• 6 bedrooms
• 5 fireplaces (plus an outdoor 0ne)
• 3-car garage with coach house above (complete with tanning room)
• 1 in-ground pool
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- A stone driveway leads up to the residence.
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- A stately exterior
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- Iron gates protect the house.
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- Three-car garage
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- Double-iron front doors
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- Custom-cut marble with granite inlay in the foyer
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- A seating area is made more comfortable with large brown leather chairs and a fireplace.
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- More leather furniture and another fireplace bring warmth to this living space.
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- Our fireplace count is now up to three with this room.
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- Cherry panel walls line the study.
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- A white kitchen with marble countertops is dressed up with chandeliers.
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- The kitchen has Miele dishwashers, a Thermador four-burner gas range, a Sub-Zero fridge and a Panasonic microwave.
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- A breakfast nook with lots of light from wall-to-wall windows
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- A table for 10
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- The upstairs hall
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- The master bedroom
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- Workspace in the master bedroom
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- Fireplace number four: the master bedroom edition. This one is made of onyx and mother-of-pearl.
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- A walk-in closet fit for Carrie Bradshaw and Big.
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- Master bath with twin sinks
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- A second bedroom
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- A third bedroom
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- A fourth bedroom and a fifth fireplace
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- A sixth bedroom
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- An architectural workspace
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- A basement entertaining room with a billiards table
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- An onyx wet bar in the family entertaining room
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- A wine cellar begging to be filled
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- The backyard
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- The pool
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- The pool
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- The pool
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- Heat lamps for cold Canadian winters
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- Greenery at the side of the house
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- A back gate
Will the cook care that the microwave is by Panasonic?
October 27, 2011 at 12:01 am | by T-dotWhere is that 649 money when you need it? beautiful house I want it if only I could afford it.
October 27, 2011 at 3:32 pm | by stellaIt sold me at the walk-in closet.
October 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm | by Perry PBeautiful home …. yeah, the closet is amazing Perry, isn’t it? I think I’d add a bit more lawn though. What good is it being obscenely rich if you don’t have two or three doggies?! Also, how many “work spaces” does one family require? Wonder if those ever get used.
October 30, 2011 at 3:39 pm | by Foghorn O'KalashnikovExquisite workmanship and FEEL, sic pool….Johnathan Vrozos
December 8, 2011 at 10:53 am | by Johnathan VrozosAccording to the Royal LePage Carriage Trade Luxury Property Report, one-third (37 per cent) of Canadians aged 18 and over either live in a luruxy home, plan to buy a luruxy home soon, or aspire to one day live in oneluxury homes toronto
March 13, 2012 at 4:06 pm | by Rachel