This Toronto home backing onto a ravine underwent a $6-million renovation. Take a look inside
This nearly 100-year-old home backs onto the Humber River. It underwent $6 million dollars in renovations and offers several amenities, including a sauna, arcade, and home gym.
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57 Baby Point Crescent S., Toronto This sprawling 'Tudor-style' home currently for sale in Toronto's west end was built in 1929 and underwent a $6-million renovation to fully overhaul its interior starting in 2019. (Simon Tingle)
The home is currently listed at $9.8 million. It has four bedrooms, seven bedrooms and spans a total of 4,800 square feet with enough parking for 10 vehicles. It is located next to the Humber River. (Simon Tingle)
The home also features numerous amenities, including an arcade, indoor gym, year-round heated pool, sauna and more. It is considered a smart home and an app allows residents to control heated flooring, floor-to-ceiling windows and premium auto systems, among other features. (Simon Tingle)
The home was bought by its current owner Chris Amendola in 2019 and soon went under a multi-million dollar renovation. (Simon Tingle)
Amendola tells CTV News that he has always liked older homes and had initially hoped to preserve the interior of the residence but was unable to due to its poor condition at the time. "My preference would have been that this would be a beautiful original time capsule Tudor that I could have preserved, but that just wasn't the case." said Amendola.(Simon Tingle)
The home was listed for sale on July 20, according to its listing agent, Mitch Krystantos. (Simon Tingle)
"This house had gone through a number of owners and, through the years, most of the original interior elements were gone," Amendola said. "I think that we have a duty to kind of try to respect homes like this, keep them as authentic as you can." (Simon Tingle)
Next to nature Found throughout the home are top to bottom European folding glass doors, which open up to the Humber Ravine, which the home sits next to. (Simon Tingle)
"I think probably the biggest improvement was we pretty much cut the whole back of the house off, and it's all glass, and it just unfolds on to the ravine," Amendola said. (Simon Tingle)
The kitchen features a Scavolini chef's kitchen with premium Wolf and Gaggenau appliances, according to the properties listing. (Simon Tingle)
The home also features electronic smart controls, including an extensive audio system with roughly 60–70 Bowers & Wilkins speakers on individual zones, zone‑controlled HVAC, smart lighting and integrated alarm and security systems. "Every single system is on some smart controlled system," said Amendola. (Simon Tingle)
Found on the second floor is a living room. (Simon Tingle)
Who is the ideal buyer? According to Amendola, the home is "perfect for a small family,’ someone who ‘loves all of the technology,’ enjoys entertaining, or wants the privacy of a quiet neighbourhood.” (Simon Tingle)
"This was going to be my forever, home, life circumstances change, but what was built I have never seen before," he said. (Simon Tingle)
Amenities Found on the lower level of the home are several amenities, including a home gym, arcade, sauna, as well as a walkout to the exterior. 10-foot ceilings and "polished" concreate floors surround the basement, according to the properties listing. (Simon Tingle)
Gametime anyone? A full-size arcade is also found on the lower level. (Simon Tingle)
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A walkway to the indoor sauna is pictured. (Simon Tingle)
Swimming all year round. Found in the lower level of the home is a outdoor pool that was rebuilt during the renovations. "This is probably my favourite feature of the home," Amendola said. (Simon Tingle)
The backyard features expansive gardens. (Simon Tingle)
"A lot of time and money was put into kind of the stone work that was used outside including the iron gates I designed myself," said Amendola. (Simon Tingle)
Amendola described the exterior as a 'beautiful time capsule." He said that "the roof structure was hand carved by a master wood carver to mimic what would have been done back at the time the house was built."
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Surrounding neighbourhood 57 Baby Point Road is located minutes away from Humber River, as well as near the intersection of Bloor and Jane streets. (Simon Tingle)
