The Home News West Toronto - March 2017

ISSUE 03 • 2017

the Bloor West Village, High Park, Swansea, Baby Point, Lambton, Old Mill, Roncesvalles, Sunnyside, Runnymede & The Junction

For more details on this cover home refer to Page 16

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311 Roncesvalles Avenue Toronto, ON M6R 2M6 416.588.8248

toronto west, high park, roncesvalles village, parkdale, bloor west village, junction

$3,499,000 219 Riverside Drive Majestic Riverside Reno/Restoration, Circa 1929 Center Hall Tudor Set on an Expansive 80’ x 215’ Ravine Lot, Principal Rooms with Grand Proportions, 5 Bedroom, 5 Baths, Stunning Custom Kitchen, Tastefully Renovated Bathrooms, Main Floor Family Room, Hardwood Floors, Exquisite Original Gumwood Staircase, Wainscot, Doors & Trim, Over 4500 sq.ft finished. Post Card Quality Facade & Grounds, A+ Tableland, Tremendous Turn-Key Estate Home.

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+ 250sq.ft Private Terrace, A+

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Kitchen w/Stainless Appliances,

Open Concept Space + Basement

Granite Counters & Carrera

Storage & 2pc Bathroom. 2 Store

Marble Backsplash, Bright &

Front Display Windows, $2k/

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mth Gross Monthly Lease +

Architecturally Significant 2.5 Storey Arts & Crafts Villa On Historic Madison

Windows, Abundance of Building

Shared Utilities, Easy Access

Avenue, First Time Available in Over 50 Years, Largest Single Title Residential

Amenities, Locker, Underground

1 Car Parking off Lane, Close

Lot on Madison. English Aesthetic Movement Inspired Building w/Clinker

Parking, Tranquil BBQ Friendly

Proximity to the Stockyards,

Brick Accents, Oversize Principal Rooms, 8 Bedrooms, Herring Bone Floors,

Terrace Great for Entertaining,

Blackcreek/Hwy 400/401. Clean

Multiple Fireplaces, Beamed Ceilings. 100’ x 127’ lot with Period Stone

Manicured Grounds, Short Stroll

Space Ready for Retail, Office

Walls that Flank the Vast Frontage. Restore or Reposition, Rare Opportunity.

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Junction

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WALL OF FAME ...helping you is what I do

Ladies & Gentlemen, Friends & Neighbours, I, Mark Levin, would like to share my selling my family home with Nutan Brown of Royal LePage West Realty Group.

The first thing you must get is a seasoned, reliable, trustworthy and friendly go-getting real estate agent. In the West end area of Toronto which includes the Baby Point Road area there is none better than Nutan Brown. Not only does Nutan bring the experience you need, but her special brand of really caring about her clients’ needs and requirements for a successful sales transaction.

Nutan Brown does it all for her clients from beginning right through to sold sign. I looked into other agents but knew from research that there was one clear cut agent for me, and that was Nutan Brown.

Nutan made us feel very comfortable at our first meeting and after this I knew I had my realtor. Throughout the process Nutan made the necessary suggestions, to us, on how to showcase our home, from positioning furniture, cleaning/ decluttering/staging, to the pictures of the interior and exterior of our home.

Before I know it offers came in and we accepted one of them and let’s just say that without Nutan Brown we would have been lost in amongst the paperwork.

We sold our family home of over 60+ years, and made a new and valued friend along the way!

So if you decide to sell your home get the best realtor around, Nutan Brown.

Sincerely, Mark Levin SOLD, The Levin Family of 60 Years in Baby Point

Buying or Selling a home is a very personal decision. It involves weeks, even months, working with your real estate representative, building a relationship based on trust, confidence and exceptional service.

Thank you for the Opportunity!

Nutan Brown

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Solid brick 1950’s bungalow with detached garage on a premium 50’ x 200’ lot in the family oriented Cliffcrest neighbourhood. Situated on a pretty tree-lined street, it’s a short walk to parks, schools, shopping and TTC, and 5 minutes to lakefront, Bluffs and Eglinton GO Station.

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INGREDIENTS FOR THE DOUGH

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3/4 cup cottage cheese (4% milk fat) 1/3 cup buttermilk (or 1/3 cup milk and 1 tsp lemon juice*) 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 oz (4 tbsp) unsalted butter, melted 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 9 oz (2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour; more for rolling 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp table salt 1/4 tsp baking soda

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3 tbsp (45 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar 8 ounces (225 grams) semisweet chocolate Pinch of salt

EGG WASH

• 1 egg • 2 tsp (10 ml) heavy cream or milk

DIRECTIONS • Heat oven to 350˚F and generously grease a 12-muffin tin.

• Mix the Egg Wash ingredients in a small bowl, set aside • Prepare Filling First: If your chocolate is in large bars, roughly

chop it. Then, you can let a food processor do the rest of the work, pulsing the chopped chocolate with the salt, sugar until the chocolate is very finely chopped with some parts almost powdery. Add butter and pulse machine until it’s distributed throughout the chocolate. Set mixture aside. Wash and dry the processor well.

• Make the Dough: In the food processor, combine the cottage

cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla. Process until smooth, about 10 seconds. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and pulse in short bursts just until the dough clumps together (don’t over process). The dough will be soft and moist.

• Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it with floured hands 4 or 5 times until smooth. With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 12" x 15" rectangle.

• Sprinkle the filling mixture over the the dough and pat gently into the surface.

• Starting at a long edge, roll up the dough jelly-roll style. Pinch the seam to seal, and leave the ends open.

• With a sharp serrated knife, gently saw the roll into 12 equal pieces (I like to cut in half first and cut each half in half again and cut 3 slices for every quarter). Place each piece, cut side up, in the prepared muffin tin. Brush with egg wash.

• Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, 20-25 minutes.

Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Run a spatula around the inside of each muffin cup to loosen any sticky bits and then remove buns to a rack to finish cooling. DELICIOUSDISH

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“I had complete trust in Christine to sell my home in a timely fashion. The fact that we sold for over asking was a bonus!” SELLER

‘PRINCESS ANNE MANOR’

Thank You to all my valued clients.

It has been a privilege to work with you and your families.

I look forward to meeting new people in this Great Community and helping them with any of their needs in the Real Estate Market.

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