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House of the Week: 89 Forest Grove Drive

Posted by Robyn Urback / January 22, 2013

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89 Forest Grove Drive TorontoRecently reduced in price to a palatable (right?) $3,788,000, this Bayview Village home is nestled among the East Don green. And just as long as you bring a little green of your own, you'll be privy to its private tennis court, imported Italian staircase, and 24kt gold-plated fixtures. Because polished chrome is for chumps, after all. And while this home isn't exactly walking distance to shops and restaurants, it does have room for seven cars — you can probably find a ride.

SPECS:

Address: 89 Forest Grove Drive
Price: $3,788,000
Lot size: 0.87 acre
Storeys: Bungalow
Bedrooms: 3+1
Bathrooms: 6
Parking spaces: 7
Ponds: 2
Gas furnaces: 3
Tennis court: 1
Property taxes: $14,382.80 (2012)

NOTABLE FEATURES:
89 Forest Grove Drive Toronto

  • Ravine lot on cul-de-sac
  • Private tennis court and gazebo
  • Home theatre
  • Imported Italian marble staircase
  • 24kt gold-plated hardware
  • Miele appliances
  • 12ft custom solid wood entry doors
  • Stone fireplace
  • Clay roof
  • Video monitoring system
  • Lower level wet bar
  • Mirrored home gym

GOOD FOR:
89 Forest Grove AvenueStanding naked by the window (without fear of reproach from neighbours). Exercising in the gym, the tennis court, by walking to the kitchen to the second bedroom ensuite. Good for owners of multiple vehicles and children. Good for those who love natural light and loathe climbing stairs to retire for the evening.

MOVE ON IF:
89 Forest Grove DriveYou worry about getting globs of toothpaste on your gold-plated faucet in your six-piece master ensuite. You are allergic to trees. You own pets that can't walk properly on polished floors. Your children have dreams of running a successful lemonade stand.

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uh / January 22, 2013 at 08:37 am
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No.
I would take that library/study and cram it into my current house, however.
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alan / January 22, 2013 at 08:42 am
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you mention the theatre and exercize room but offer no photos...
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MSigs / January 22, 2013 at 08:43 am
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Wow...not gawdy at all......
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tots replying to a comment from alan / January 22, 2013 at 09:03 am
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Google "treadmill," click on Images
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Rick / January 22, 2013 at 09:28 am
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Beauty Home, yes I would buy if I had the dough.
For the location and the home its self, it's a good buy....lol
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Brad Lamb / January 22, 2013 at 09:30 am
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I'd like to buy this and build some condos.
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Dave / January 22, 2013 at 09:50 am
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Terrible.
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Baah / January 22, 2013 at 09:57 am
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I feel like I would have to wear muscle shirts and frost my hair to live here...tacky
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Jon / January 22, 2013 at 10:15 am
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TOTALLY! Why not? Beats my 2 BDRM!
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Eva / January 22, 2013 at 10:32 am
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It's a shame people with so much money have such poor taste. My Italian grandmother has more contemporary furniture.
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Steven / January 22, 2013 at 10:40 am
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You would think they would at least paint over the faded lines on the tennis court.
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Walter / January 22, 2013 at 11:09 am
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$3.8 mill for a house in need of serious upgrading in Bayview Village? What is lot size, not in acres, width and length? No bathroom shots, bedrooms, gym, home theatre, etc., so then we should assume they spent money in the 70's in all areas visible to guests, and everything else in original construction condition? How much would it cost to upgrade house, I have no clue, half a mill? a mill?

Currently house is over priced.
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Kat / January 22, 2013 at 11:15 am
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I'm all for gaudy, and loved last week's house. But man. This place sucks.
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me / January 22, 2013 at 11:19 am
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Ah yes, the traditional Robyn snark on the very first sentence again. Why even write about real estate if you hate EVERYTHING so much? Is it just envy that anyone else HAS property? or again I ask, does she actually think she's witty? Don't quit school yet Robyn, and maybe consider some courses in writing and journalism if you imagine yourself doing this when you get a REAL job.
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me replying to a comment from alan / January 22, 2013 at 11:22 am
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That's probably the point they realised Robyn wasn't really looking to buy, wasn't a real journalist or wasn't a real whatever lie she told to get across the threshold and threw her ass out!
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me replying to a comment from alan / January 22, 2013 at 11:24 am
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Maybe BlogTO can see if David Fleming is available. Some who is knowledgable, not envious and can actually WRITE. Okay, he's not a Leftie, but he'd actually add some CREDIBILITY to your blog.
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Seriously? / January 22, 2013 at 11:46 am
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"Me" wrote: "Why even write about real estate if you hate EVERYTHING so much?"

Well... why even READ BlogTO if you hate it, and the writers so much?

Seriously, the first line wasn't even that snarky, she was just remarking (quite rightly) that a $3M price tag is remarkably large. There was no comment about people not deserving an expensive home. There was no commentary whatsoever, yet you guys manage to make up all kinds of inferences and then beat up on them.

Seriously, BlogTO should shut down the comments and just post articles. I have never seen such wanton stupidity.

Don't bother posting back to me. I am never reading comments on this site again.
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Miss Daisy / January 22, 2013 at 12:19 pm
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Robyn Urback's the next Christopher Hume...

























NOT!
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r / January 22, 2013 at 01:53 pm
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It's too far from the subway. Impractical.
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r / January 22, 2013 at 01:54 pm
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Or you could go to the Annex and get a semi for the same money.
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skeeter / January 22, 2013 at 02:10 pm
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That doesn't look like a tennis court to me. The lines are all wrong. There's no room for a net to be set up. It looks like there's a basketball net in the photo which leads me to think it's a basketball court, not tennis. Who put down the lines, Stevie Wonder? Regardless, it's a total eyesore.
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EricM replying to a comment from me / January 22, 2013 at 02:23 pm
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Wow, not sure I would have jumped on the personal attack train quite so hard... but...
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Testing replying to a comment from Seriously? / January 22, 2013 at 02:26 pm
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Are you reading this? lol
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JennyT replying to a comment from Seriously? / January 22, 2013 at 02:36 pm
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I suppose you aren't reading this, but the $3m price tag is pretty relative when the AVERAGE house in the city is around $800 000. Sorry, just a reality check. I'm not sure I get the meanness that is going on here but this is a series that really doesn't belong here and I'm sorry Robyn, but you aren't the person to write it.
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Asif / January 22, 2013 at 03:05 pm
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NO. I would buy a condo downtown and cottage in muskoka region.
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Buttplug Andy replying to a comment from r / January 22, 2013 at 03:56 pm
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r / JANUARY 22, 2013 AT 01:53 PM
"It's too far from the subway. Impractical."


LOL. Spoken like a true 99 percenter. This house isn't targetting your income bracket--the lower class including the wanna-be-rich-but-isn't Robyn Urback and the vast majority of BlogTO readers.
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Sam replying to a comment from Miss Daisy / January 22, 2013 at 04:18 pm
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Really? The "Not" comment again? Wasn't funny the first dozen times either.
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rick mcginnis / January 22, 2013 at 04:21 pm
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The decor - the marble, the gilt, the unwelcoming seating arrangements - has a Gulf oil money vibe to it.
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James Rudzinski / January 22, 2013 at 06:25 pm
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If I had the dough I'd probably buy it.. Maybe the best way to get there is to be the agent that sells that home! With prices the way they are in this City, rinse and repeat a few times and you're almost there..

Unless that is the market continues to go south. In general competition in the space seems to be heating up as well.. Found this site that lets agents compete for homebuyers and homesellers

http://www.commissionpitch.com

Still undecided on the impact though - may just redistribute business among agents.
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Me / January 22, 2013 at 06:55 pm
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I've already put an offer on it.
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Sadie / January 23, 2013 at 02:43 pm
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UGH! How gaudy! Whoever decorated/designed this travesty should be shot out back in that hideous backyard. Truly grotesque.
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hahahahaah / January 23, 2013 at 09:45 pm
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LOL @brad lamb comment
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z / January 24, 2013 at 09:32 am
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blogto: who do you let pick these? every 'home of the week' has been a tasteless suburban monstrosity so far, hardly representative of your overall sharp site
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Ron Burgundy / January 26, 2013 at 03:09 am
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"I have many leather-bound books, and my apartment smells of rich mahogany."
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Joe / March 19, 2013 at 03:52 pm
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Agreed Gawdy! tasteless unwelcoming funeral home like.
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