ADDRESS: 4 Montclair Avenue
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Casa Loma
AGENT: Andrew Victor Zimet, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited
PRICE: $5,590,000
THE PLACE: This 6,000-square-foot-plus home is just steps from Forest Hill Village—no need to drive for that Saturday morning coffee run anymore.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Rich mahogany is passé—opt instead for a walnut library, an enormous wooden kitchen island topped with a granite slab and oak flooring throughout.
BIG SELLING POINT: A house teeming with ultra-luxe features: 11-foot ceilings on the main floor, eight-foot high windows, limestone exterior columns, a six-burner stove with griddle in the kitchen, and a Victoria and Albert soaker tub in the master bath (to say nothing of the nine bathrooms for only six bedrooms).
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Sure, the sloped roof trimmed with copper eaves looks great from the exterior, but the third floor’s slanted ceilings will be too short for the grownups (of course, you can always work on your evil step-parenting skills and banish the kids to the attic).
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $5,590,000
• $15,747 (2011 taxes)
• 11-foot ceilings
• 9 bathrooms
• 8-foot windows
• 6 bedrooms
• 2 fireplaces
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- Totally organic tree placement
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- A snail? An acorn? We may never know.
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- The heated marble driveway and “oversized” garage
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- Da hizz-ouse
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- The granite driveway is heated so your tires don’t get cold
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- A small sitting space
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- We recommend taking the telescope outside for optimal stargazing
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- Creatively shaped
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- Every room needs a chandelier
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- A bedroom
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- A well-lit staircase
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- A bathroom
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- Snow blindness is a genuine concern
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- All white, all the time
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- A bathroom
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- A bedroom, with some pilfered hubcaps on the wall
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- A bedroom
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- Some kind of room for bathing
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- The view from the balcony. Try not to have a fire going when getting some air.
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- A small space for some sun and chit chat
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- A bedroom for those who like company during naptime
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- The bedroom
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- The seating area
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- We’re sure those paintings are straight in real life
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- Some stairs
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- The walnut-panelled library, with an unblinking bust to stare at you while you work
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- The dining room, with easy access to the yard
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- The family room, with some neat butterfly chairs
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- A copy of Toronto Life, and you’ll never convince us otherwise
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- A big, comfy couch
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- The family room and kitchen
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- The kitchen, with sunken stoves
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- The noble rooster
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- Cook some dinner, watch TV, check the time and hang out with your rooster buddy
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- The dining room
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- This is not a rug you can pick up and shake the dust off
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- The living room
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- Stay cozy while admiring yourself in the mirror
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- A wall, just doing its separation thing
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- The requisite hallway candelabra
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- Grass meets marble
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- The limestone columns
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- The limestone columns (jealous, Parthenon?)
Other downfall? Living next door to Michelle Landsberg & Stephen Lewis…
December 21, 2011 at 1:12 pm | by JenniThe house is gorgeous, but the decor sucks. Thank god that can be changed.
December 21, 2011 at 1:42 pm | by smleaverAre there that many potential buyers out there for a $5.6M home that the sellers don’t have to do a thing to present this home in a manner that is fitting with the asking price? Half-empty rooms, old grandma furniture and hideous carpets, c’mon!
December 21, 2011 at 1:58 pm | by lolaAbsolutely lovely house, but afraid I want more than five feet between me and my neighbours for that kind of money.
December 21, 2011 at 3:27 pm | by IgnatzMadness!!! 9 bathrooms and 6 bedrooms! WTF! Does rich people need to Pooh in a different bathroom every day ?!
December 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm | by Peter212Housing is the most manipulated market in the world:
http://www.newworldparty.org/2011/04/housing-most-manipulated-market-in.html
December 21, 2011 at 8:40 pm | by NewWorldPartyDotOrg(Canada’s manipulation is explained in bottom half of article)
Madness!!! 9 bathrooms and 6 bedrooms! WTF! Does rich people need to Pooh in a different bathroom every day ?!
Best thing said 2011-Toronto Life
Why Not? Its a pooing experience.
December 22, 2011 at 7:14 am | by CuliNerdIt’s a carpet showroom!
December 22, 2011 at 7:28 am | by ChalbeI would like more info about the actual house instead of silly comments.
December 22, 2011 at 9:13 am | by JillyGreat location but seems a little high considering no pool and a limited back yard.
December 22, 2011 at 9:23 am | by Joe MancinelliJoe Mancinelli
eewwwww….looks like a suburbanite bumped into an oldtime travelling carpet salesman and went big on a small lot. People! Stay true to your materials! A quasi (or is it queasy-) Georgian structure made of poured concrete? And did they hire a Feng Shui expert to purposely create multiple hard-to-furnish rooms with irregular windows, no centre, or a toilet as a focal point? Eeek.
December 22, 2011 at 10:24 am | by TessaThe decor is truly awful. These people have no taste at all, yuck!
December 22, 2011 at 2:16 pm | by AlexaI must say, the comments throughout the pictures were absolutely hilarious. Even more entertaining than the pictures themselves!
December 22, 2011 at 2:26 pm | by alexisloved the funny comments. only reason i read this. wife emailed me.
funny comment person should get a raise.
December 22, 2011 at 10:24 pm | by gspSome nice features, but it’s another example of all the renos happening in Forest Hill – houses getting additions or rebuilt and ending up way too big for their lots. A few feet of space between you and your neighbours? All that crammed onto a tiny lot? Ick, it’s an epidemic.
December 23, 2011 at 6:33 am | by Ashley