Toronto Heritage Home Sells for the First Time in 100 Years

Located in Toronto’s Corso Italia neighbourhood – described as “a small village in a big city” – this three-bedroom home was last on the market in 1919 and has been in the same family ever since. “A hundred years within one family, that’s pretty rare,” realtor Simon Wright told the Toronto Star.
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The large wooden entry door opens to this enclosed front porch, which still has its original parquet flooring, while corner windows afford plenty of natural light.
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A narrow hallway (with some pretty wild linolelum flooring!) hosts a staircase leading to the second level.
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The living room – with stained-glass window – opens to the dining room, with narrow-plank wooden flooring ripe for refinishing.

A pair of large wood-trimmed windows provide plenty of natural light in the formal dining room, with original wooden mouldings, trim and wainscotting.

The original hardwood flooring remains in the formal living room of the home, which hasn’t experienced a renovation in a long time. “Especially in a market like Toronto, I think there’s good investment in redoing the inside completely, but this one … doesn’t look like it’s been renovated,” realtor Wright told the Toronto Star.

“People like the quality of old houses, the craftsmanship and that handmade quality, but they definitely like new kitchens and those kinds of things, so it’s pretty rare to see a house that’s factory original,” said Wright.

Kitchens in houses from the turn of the century tended to be small, but this one affords plenty of space for renovation.
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The kitchen opens to the covered back porch and offers plenty of options when it comes renovation. “Typically we now design houses with the great room and the kitchen overlooking the living room, but in the old days, houses were more compartmentalized,” Wright told the Star.

The covered back porch opens to the backyard and could be converted to a sunroom.

The home has a spacious backyard that has definitely seen better days.

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With large, mature trees providing shade, it would be interesting to see what Brian McCourt and Sarah Keenleyside of HGTV Canada’s Backyard Builds could come up with to bring this backyard to life.

The staircase leads to the second level, where three bedrooms and one of the home’s two bathrooms are located.

The master bedroom is located on the front of the home and features a large bay window – imagine the possibilities…
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Characteristic of houses from this era, the master bedroom features a single, tiny closet.

Another of the home’s three bedrooms, this one offers a large wood-trimmed window and some pretty wild wallpaper.

The third bedroom, also located on the second level, features plenty of natural light thanks to a large wood-trimmed window – along with a small closet.

The upstairs bathroom is shared by the three second-level bedrooms.

The third-level attic space has been converted into a charming loft space.
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The third-level loft could be used as a fourth bedroom.

The basement has been partially finished – utilizing the same linoleum flooring as the front porch – and features additional storage space.

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The laundry area is located on the basement level, which offers an array of renovation possibilities.

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The second bathroom, on the basement level, has a small walk-in shower and some… interesting tile work.
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