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For Lease - 30 St. Clements Avenue, Toronto
30 St. Clements Avenue, a 3 bedroom family home at Yonge and Eglinton, is available for lease. There is an open marble fireplace and bay window in the living room, wainscotting in the dining room. The family room has a walk-out to the deck and backyard. Front yard parking is included in rent. The house is across the street from St. Clement's School and near Allenby Junior Public School. Yonge St. shopping and the Eglinton subway station are just around the corner.
63 St. Clair Avenue West, apartment 703, is a 2 bedroom unit located in the sought-after Granite Place buildings. This well-laid-out apartment measures approximately 1313 square feet per floor plan.
The combined living and dining area has a walk-out to the balcony. The kitchen has balcony access and a treetop view of the building's private grounds. The master bedroom features a walk-in closet and an ensuite bathroom. A parking spot and an exclusive locker are included in the purchase price.
Granite Place’s amenities include concierge service and an indoor pool. Its peaceful grounds, with winding paths and mature trees, serve as a private park for the residents.
For more information about 63 St. Clair Avenue West, Apartment no. 703, click here.
The Bridle Path - Country in the City
In 1929, the Bayview Bridge was built over the West Don River. Hubert Daniel Bull Page, a Toronto developer, saw opportunity in the newly accessible farmland that straddled Lawrence Avenue East. He envisaged a neighbourhood of estates, connected by equestrian riding paths. To start the process Hubert’s brother, architect Forsey Page, created a Cape Cod style home at no. 2 Post Road. A system of riding trails was designed for the new community, and the Bridle Path was born.
The Bridle Path is bordered by four parks and Bayview Avenue. Windfields Park is the northern boundary; Edwards Gardens and Wilket Creek Park to the east; Sunnybrook Park at the south end and Bayview Avenue clearly defines the western boundary. There are also two rivers in the neighbourhood: Wilket Creek and the West Don.
The Bridle Path conjures up visions of grand houses hidden behind walls, hedges and gates. Park Lane Circle, High Point Road and The Bridle Path are the top-of mind streets for this style of living. Most of the lots are 2 acres (300 x 300 feet). As with other established neighbourhoods, much of the original housing has been torn down and replaced with houses built to suit the tastes and desires of new owners. What makes the Bridle Path unique is the size of the lots. With two acres you can build what you want while retaining the option to have your creation hidden from view. Land values here range upwards from $7,000,000.
The Rosedale Golf Club and the Granite Club are the area’s best known private clubs. The York Mills Arena, located at the north end of Windfields Park, offers hockey and skating on its indoor rink. Further to the south, the Banbury Community Centre has drama, music and fitness classes for children and adults. Edwards Gardens is a destination for gardening aficionados and wedding photo parties. Joggers and walkers can work out on the Thomas H. Thompson Nature Trail, while equestrians will enjoy the proximity to Sunnybrook Stables.
The Bridle Path’s two shopping areas are York Mills Plaza, at Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road, and Bayview Village Shops at the northeast intersection of Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East. Bayview Village’s 164 stores offer most everything there is to buy including Cuban cigars and auto detailing!
The exceptional opportunity to juxtapose country estate living and urban convenience can be found on occasion in other parts of Toronto. In the Bridle Path however, this style of living is the rule.
The Toronto neighbourhood map displayed on this website was published in “Your Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods”, is copyright Maple Tree Publishing and has been reproduced by the Toronto Real Estate Board under license.
Getting the Best Price for Your House
Congratulations! You have finally purchased your dream home. Or you have downsized to a condominium. Perhaps you are “moving up” to accommodate your growing family. Whatever the situation, you now want to get the best possible price for your current home.
In order to feel that you got top dollar for your house, it is important to orchestrate your property’s entrance into the market place so that it receives attention immediately from as many qualified Buyers as possible. The first week in the life of any new listing is critical. It is during these first few days that Buyers who have seen everything else will all rush through your house.
The first step in the process is to ask your real estate Agent to provide you with a Comparative Market Analysis. This document should show your property compared to other houses currently for sale in your neighbourhood as well as to sales of houses similar to yours going back between six months and one year. This will help you to zero in on a range of value for your property.
The second step is the most critical. Armed with your CMA and a historically demonstrated range of value, you must now strategize with your Agent as to how to best introduce your house to the marketplace. The decisions you make at this juncture will impact the outcome of your sale.
Some homeowners instruct their agents to set the list price artificially low, hoping to trigger a bidding war. Others may set the price too high, thinking they can always reduce it if there is no interest. Both approaches have their perils.
The lower-priced house may attract only one Buyer or none at all. It is then stuck on the market at a price below its value. On the other hand, there may be several bids, creating a worry that the highest may still be short of true value.
Pricing a house above market may result in no offers being made. The only solution to that is a price reduction. The negative here is the Seller is now chasing his Buyers!
A wise man once said that the real estate business is 50% science and 50% art. The science is an examination of what has happened already in the marketplace. The art is made up of everything that goes into the planning and execution of a new listing. You and your Agent should use the former and collaborate on the latter to create a marketing strategy you both feel is designed to sell your house for its best possible price.
Best Wishes for Success,
Peter
Fine Class in Teddington Park
In 1909, the Rosedale Golf Club moved to its present home at the top of Hoggs Hollow, east of Yonge Street. Three years later, Toronto businessmen Nicholas Garland and Robert Dack subdivided the lands south of the club property into residential building lots which came to be known as Teddington Park. By 1926, a Globe newspaper advertisement was touting Teddington Park as a hive of activity …” filling up with residential buildings of a fine class.”
Teddington Park is located east of Yonge Street, just south of the old city limits. It is serviced by the Lawrence and York Mills subway stations, although it is a somewhat shorter walk to the York Mills station. The neighbourhood is bordered by Glen Echo Road on the north, Golfdale Road on the south, and Riverview Drive to the east.
Homes in Teddington Park are typically set on 50’ x 125’ lots. Most are single family dwellings, but some duplexes and multiplexes have been built. Teddington Park consists of only four streets: Golfdale Road, Riverview Drive, Teddington Park Avenue and Glen Echo Road. The neighbourhood’s small size has guaranteed exclusivity, and only a handful of properties are listed each year. In 2012, sale prices started above $1,000,000 and climbed rapidly into the multi millions. Houses on the east side of Riverview Drive are particularly prized, as they back onto the golf course and the ravine.
One of the neighbourhood’s first attractions was the Rosedale Golf Club, at 1901 Mt Pleasant Road. The Club’s location has provides its members with the most accessible course in the City. It is in fact the only golf course in central Toronto south of the old city limits.
For tennis aficionados, the Valley Tennis Club is located at 3266 Yonge Street. The Granite Club, at 2350 Bayview Avenue, offers tennis and squash courts, two indoor pools, skating and curling rinks, and a winter golf dome. The Bedford Park Community Centre, at 81 Ranleigh Avenue, has a gym and an indoor pool.
Teddington Park’s residents enjoy a wide variety of shops lining both sides of Yonge Street to the south. The area’s small storefronts create an assortment of competing shops. Residents of the area will find most of what they are looking for within walking distance of home.
Location and history both contribute to Teddington Park’s ongoing status as one of Toronto’s best neighbourhoods.
To search for properties in Teddington Park, click here.
The Toronto neighbourhood map displayed on this website was published in “Your Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods”, is copyright Maple Tree Publishing and has been reproduced by the Toronto Real Estate Board under license.
