And it went for.... (UPDATE)

I first posted this semi at 874 Eastern Avenue in Leslieville in December 2011 in comparison to another Leslieville house at 75 Ashdale Avenue.

Though the inside was clean, the roof was in rough shape and the neighbour's house looked like a mess.

The asking price was $338,000.  Compared to Ashdale, that price just didn't make sense.

It never sold and they recently dropped the price to $299,900.

I suggested they try to get their neighbour to list as well to try to sell both as a development lot.  

Guess they didn't need to do that as this place just sold....

For $275,000.

Perhaps the new owners are hoping to convince the neighbours to sell themselves!!

UPDATE:  I received an email from a woman named Maria who apparently used to live in this house....between 1953-1966.  Here is her story....

Hello there,

I was posting my comments and the space I was typing in disappeared.

As new immigrants, my family was “the neighbours” from 1953-66. We

owned both 874 and 876. 874 was rented—only two families during those

years. The houses were in much better shape back then!  Flower gardens

in the front yards and Vegetable gardens in the back yards with an apricot

tree and raspberry bushes.

The interior of 874 has been renovated.  The roof is in bad shape now.

I shudder to to think what my first home looks like inside. It was small

but clean and tidy when we lived there. My parents updated the interior

quite a bit during those years: paint, wallpaper, new floors etc.  So much

has changed since.

The businessman my folks sold them to, subdivided the properties into

three lots. The garage my father built in the back with part of the two

backyards became a separate property with a huge structure built on top

of the garages some time after we moved out. I don’t know if it is a

commercial property on Sears Street. The auto body shop next door is so

much neater than when “Ivan” owned it. I remember looking into a wrecked

vehicle with blood all over the interior (from the street.)

 Thank you so much Maria for sending that in.