This is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom semi on a 15.92 x 64 foot lot at 17 Wellesley Avenue in Cabbagetown in Toronto.

It is a semi that used to look like this when it was last for sale in 2013…

It was listed at $899,000 and eventually sold for $868,000.

Since then, it was completely renovated with the white paint being removed on the outside and new windows added.

Overall, they did a great job with the renovation. But as I mentioned above, it is less than 16 feet wide and the lot is only 64 feet deep.

The house across the street at 14 Wellesley Avenue was also completely renovated (except that basement and seriously, no one is sleeping down there) …

It had 1 less bathroom and the basement wasn’t totally renovated but it was on a 17.42 x 98.58 foot lot and it was a lot brighter with the west facing backyard.

It was listed in May 2021 for $1,799,000 and sold for $2,100,000. At a 6% increase, that would make it worth about $2,275,000 today.

About a year and half later, this house that is smaller and not as bright but with a really good renovation with great attention to detail (as was the other house except no bathroom door on the 3rd floor) is listed at…

$2,695,000.

listing, photos via birdhousemedia.ca