266 Withrow Avenue - RIVERDALE

This is a 4+1 bedroom, 5 bathroom detached house on a 30 x 130 foot lot at 266 Withrow Avenue in Riverdale.

Clearly it is a completely different house than it was when it was last listed in May 2010 for $649,800.

As the reader (thanks J!) who sent it in said...

'Your kind of house?'.

Definitely. But there are some things that I don't love.

Like the house at 104 Kimbark Boulevard in Caribou Park, I am not super crazy about that front door that opens right into the living room. Or that the door opens the opposite way from the wall. This space is big enough and I think a foyer could have been created here.

The hanging fireplace is an interesting feature. I am just a little concerned about kid safety with the location. Do those things get really hot? Because a kid is putting there whole palm on that thing for sure.

And there is a banquette. I am not crazy about banquettes (bad memories of sleep overs and disgusting meals).

Otherwise, this is a great house. I love the floors, I like the Bulthaup kitchen (looks like they took the one from 50 Salisbury Avenue in Cabbagetown), the rooms are all large and seem to have their own bathrooms.

The backyard is large (though no grass which some people might not like) and there is a 2 car garage.

I just can't understand what is going on with it because in June, it was listed for lease for $5,400/month.

Now, it is for sale...

For $1,999,000.

Maybe the owners are moving for work and realized it made more sense not keep it.

Either way, this is a lot of house.

There is something about it that reminds me of the house at 111 Spruce Hill Road in the Beaches that sold for $2,665,000 (but that house was larger)..

And if the house at 13 Bowden Street could sell for $1,980,000 TWO years ago...

I think this will sell over....probably by about 10%.

It's just really too bad about that lack of a foyer.

P.S. Master bath with a vase...