181 Crescent Road - ROSEDALE

This is a 6+1 bedroom, 7 bathroom house on a 50 x 254.90 foot lot at 181 Crescent Road in south Rosedale.

It's a house that I mentioned in the post for the house across the street at 176 Crescent Road...

That was listed in November 2014 for $5,195,000. I pointed out that if that was your budget, this house probably would have been a better buy...

Because it was listed in 2012 for around $3.3 and sold around $3.1. With $2 million, you could easily have a renovation that would be comparible, if not better, than the reno at 176 Crescent Road.

Here are the before photos from that listing in 2012...

Obviously, there was A LOT of work done here but it had amazing potential.

According to the listing, it is a 'designer's own home'...

Which it probably is.

But considering that it was listed in 2012 when I think it sold close to $3.1, and the fact that it has been totally renovated...

I'm thinking it is a 'designer's own flip'.

According to the streetview...

The designer is Colette Volk of Colette Volk Design.

And according to this Canadian House and Home video...

She lived in that Chaplin Estates house until as recently as May 2014.

So, she may have lived here for a year (I assume), but this is most likely a flip.

And a VERY well done flip.

I think a lot of walls were torn out because the before photos consist of a lot of little rooms. The floors were all redone with in-floor heating. The kitchen is new and the bathrooms are new.

Basically, it is all new.

I love the floors and the Élitis wallpaper in the dining room...