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375 Shaw Street - LITTLE ITALY (UPDATE!)

When I first saw this 4+2 bedroom, 3 bathroom detached house on a 23.5 x 127 foot lot between College and Dundas, and I saw that it had a coach house in the back...

I thought of the Leslieville house at 75 McGee Street that was listed a few years ago and also had a coach house.  It was first listed at $1,250,000, but I don't think it ever sold.

Then I saw the inside of this house and immediately thought of the Parkdale house at 193 Cowan Avenue that I posted in Decemeber.  Like this house, it had some interested paint colour choices.

It was a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom semi on a 21.77 x 172 foot lot.  It was listed at $868,600.  It sold for $860,000.

But what really first popped into my head when I saw this house was this...

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She just needs the kitchen from 193 Cowan...

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And it's perfect!

Apparently, the coach house has...

Lane Access Garage Plus Kitch/Living 2 Bdr Office/Artist Studio

With that included, this house is 4,000 square feet and there is an indoor concrete pool/solarium (wtf is that!?!).

The asking price is $1,200,000.

It's large, with beautiful original features.  But is something like this worth keeping?

It even has blue paint on it!*

So, if everything needs to be done (while still perhaps keeping SOME original features), does the asking price make sense?

It might be a little high, though it's hard to tell the true state of the house from the pictures.

But I bet it goes close to asking.

Really, I just wanted to post this house because it reminded me of Pippi Longstocking.

And I am not talking about this Pippi Longstocking..

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Though this image is probably more along the lines of what this house will look like after the inevitable flip.

*UPDATE:  Thanks to the commentor below for sharing the link to better photos of this house!

Not only does it include more and better shots where I can see that this isn't actually painted blue...

It's just a reflection.

But it also shows the pool.

And...

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UMMMMMMMM...

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pippi images via google images

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