North Toronto House Sold For $90,000 Over Asking Price

127 Castlefield Ave., Toronto

ASKING PRICE $1,295,000

SELLING PRICE $1,385,000

PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $467,500 (1992)

TAXES $7,993 (2014)

DAYS ON THE MARKET Three

LISTING AGENT Elli Davis, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.

The Action: Just a 10-minute walk from restaurants, shops, cinemas and a subway station on Yonge Street, this North Toronto home was scheduled for nearly a week of exposure. But the weekend open houses were cancelled after the owners accepted an offer from one of six visitors with mid-week private showings.

What They Got: A 27-by-134-foot lot anchors this three-storey structure with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, formal principal rooms and five decks, including one leading to a fenced yard from a fireside family room behind the double garage.

The basement offers a recreation area and a guest bedroom, while the second floor accommodates an eat-in kitchen and fireside living room with decks and a central dining area.

The Agent’s Take: “You could walk to Yonge and Eglinton, so it’s in a prime area,” agent Elli Davis says. “And it’s an older area, but this was a detached home that had been built in the eighties, so it was more contemporary.”

The set-up also suited a wide range of potential buyers, from large families to professionals wanting an urban setting. “It really had three full floors of living space, so it was very large, larger than you’d think from the street,” Ms. Davis says.

“It has a nice backyard and faced south, so you had a good view of the CN Tower from the second floor.”

Editor’s note: Done Deals contain information gathered from real estate agents, home buyers, home sellers and sale prices that are publicly available from government sources. While we try to publish Done Deals as soon as possible after the transaction has occurred, long closings can cause delays.

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