I'm confused.

Of all the houses that you could buy and renovate, why this 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom house on a 40 x 100 foot lot at 25 Maclennan?

I'm not saying this is a bad reno because it is a actually a great reno...

But the house before was already kind of perfect.

It was a house owned by Michelle Lloyd of Lloyd Ralphs Design, the design firm run by Lloyd and Christine Ralphs, both former v.p. of design at Club Monaco.

So, it was a good house....

Well, except for that brick on the outside...

I didn't love that.

But it had a really good kitchen...

(though I don't love the dishwasher beside the oven)

And a good bathroom...

But despite being a well done house in 2014, it was listed a little high at $2,795,000.  I was thinking more like $2,450,000.  

It had 2 price drops to $2,495,000 and then to $2,350,000.  It eventually sold in 2015 for a fair bit less than that.

Despite my feeling that it didn't really need a lot of work to start....

With a new kitchen, new bathroom, a new fireplace, some new panelling, and new floors (I preferred the colour before), a new pool, not to mention the outdoor room...

I would think that after that work, and there was a fair bit, that 3 years, this place would be listed closer to $3.3 million...

Maybe $3.5.

The asking price for this place is...

$4,650,000.

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