{"id":57459,"date":"2026-05-23T10:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:36:24","slug":"5-million-toronto-house-got-a-show-stopping-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57459\/","title":{"rendered":"$5 million Toronto house got a show-stopping renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ’90s were a great time for sitcoms, MuchMusic, and childhoods that didn’t involve being perceived online 24\/7. What they were not great for was interior design. And few Toronto homes embodied peak ’90s luxury decor quite like 27 Boswell Ave.<\/p>\n

Back in 2021, when the house last sold for $3,300,000<\/a>, it looked very much like the kind of upscale family home you’d see in a late-90s movie.<\/p>\n

Now? It’s basically an entirely different house.\"27<\/p>\n

The living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The semi-detached home tucked between Yorkville and the Annex has just hit the market for $4,995,000<\/a> after undergoing a dramatic glow-up.<\/p>\n

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The dining room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The property was taken completely back to the studs and transformed into a sleek contemporary showpiece that somehow still manages to feel warm instead of cold and showroom-y.<\/p>\n

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The front entrance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the moment you step into the architecturally designed front entryway with heated floors, it’s obvious this renovation was not done halfway.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The main floor has been opened up into a bright, flowing space centred around a genuinely jaw-dropping kitchen featuring an oversized island, high-end appliances, and an eight-burner LaCanche gas stove that looks capable of feeding an entire wedding.<\/p>\n

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The living room leading to the terrace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sunken living room adds a bit of dramatic flair,\u00a0complete with a gas fireplace and views overlooking the south-facing terrace and landscaped backyard.<\/p>\n

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The main floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are white oak herringbone floors throughout, massive windows, and enough natural light to keep most houseplants alive and thriving.<\/p>\n

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One of the bedrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upstairs, the home features three bedrooms, including a primary suite that fully commits to the luxury spa aesthetic.<\/p>\n

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The primary bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s a large walk-in closet, heated bathroom floors, a Toto toilet, double vanity, and a glass steam shower with bench seating.<\/p>\n

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The primary ensuite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The lower level is also surprisingly impressive for a Toronto semi.<\/p>\n

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The recreation space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead of the usual cramped basement, this one offers a huge recreation space with another fireplace, a wet bar, built-in storage, and a fully retractable door system that opens directly onto the rear gardens.<\/p>\n

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The wet bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honestly, it feels less like a basement and more like the type of entertaining space people spend entire renovation shows trying to achieve.<\/p>\n

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The terrace off the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The backyard, however, might be the one place where some of the old charm got lost in translation.<\/p>\n

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The backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previously, the property had towering mature trees, lush greenery, and a wrought-iron spiral staircase that made the outdoor space feel oddly magical for the middle of downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n

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The view of the backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now it’s cleaner, more polished, and definitely more modern \u2014 but also a little less enchanting.<\/p>\n

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Another bathroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, none of this comes cheap.<\/p>\n

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A bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nearly $5 million asking price is a massive jump from the $3.3 million paid just four years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The back of the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But\u00a0considering how extensive the renovation appears to have been, it’s also not especially shocking by Toronto luxury market standards or in a\u00a0neighbourhood where homes can sell for close to $10 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ’90s were a great time for sitcoms, MuchMusic, and childhoods that didn’t involve being perceived online 24\/7.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[25041,1668,25042,48],"class_list":["post-57459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-25041","tag-avenue","tag-boswell","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}