Ennismore Listing of the Week

Ennismore of the Week: $559,900 for a Ennismore waterfront home on quiet street 

Address: 1196 Nuforest Dr

Neighbourhood: Ennismore

Agent: Brad Sinclair and Adam Simmonds Flatrate Realty

Price: $559,900

Previously sold for: Built by current owner

The place:

A 103 x Irreg lot, Chemong Lake, a two-hour drive outside of the GTA.

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The property:

Immaculate waterfront living featuring a full time home built for all seasons. This home has nice curb appeal with landscape armour stone entrance, front living room has gas fireplace with built-in oak cabinetry floor to ceiling, their is gleaming new oak hardwood flooring throughout the living and dining room (looking onto the lake) eat-in oak kitchen with built-in appliances and walk out to newer Trex decking with crisp white aluminum railing system, this floor has main floor laundry and an extra den/office/guest room with 2nd gas fireplace all looking out to the lake, upstairs has been extensively updated with all new oak hardwood, trim, casement, baseboard, doors, hardware, paint, new 4pc bath with double granite vanity and new fixtures, down hall are 4 nice sized bedrooms all with new hardwood flooring and nice views of the lake, this home has attached garage/work shop and detached boat house with newer garage door and ample power to putter with. Enjoy 103` of frontage.

Big selling point

Waterfront property on quiet bay on Chemong Lake

By the numbers

• $559,900

• $4486 in taxes (2016)

• 1,400-1600 square feet range

• 103 feet of waterfront

• 4 bedrooms

• 2 bathroom

• approx 41-45 years old

    

Listing of the week: $879,000 for a gorgeous farm in North Kawartha

Listing of the week: $879,000 for a gorgeous farm in North Kawartha

Address: 118 Northeys Bay Rd

Neighbourhood: Woodview

Listing Office: Re/Max Eastern

Price: $879,000

Previously sold for: $130,000 in 2005 (current owner built home)

The place:

A 118-acre property in North Kawartha a two-hour drive outside of the GTA.

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The Home

The property

Kitchen

Sunroom

The overview

Drive down the tree lined drive, you will view the stunning custom built home on 118 acres of fields, hardwood bush with groomed trails for year round use. This home features in-floor heating, and cost efficient outdoor wood furnace. Enjoy the spacious foyer to welcome Guests into your home. Open concept main floor with wood burning fireplace, and walkout to screened-in porch to sit and enjoy the day or sound of the frogs in the two seasonal ponds. Walk up the wide staircase to the second level, bright and airy with large window to view the outdoors. Large master suite with walk-in closet, and ensuite with a great claw-foot soaker tub. Two additional bedrooms round out this floor with a walk-through to living space above the amazing triple car, insulated and heated garage - The perfect place for men and their hobbies. Several other outbuildings, an older single car garage, a pole barn for the horses, and a small barn styled building.

By the numbers

• $879,900

• $4793 in taxes (2016)

• 118 acres

• 4 bedrooms

• 2 bathrooms

• 1  kitchen

• 3 Car garage

Inclusions	Carbon Monoxide Detector, Ceiling Fan(s), Dryer, Garage Door Equip, Light Fixture(s), Microwave, Refrigerator, Smoke Detector, Stove, Washer / Satellite dish, storage shed

    

Ontario will force you to have an energy audit completed before you list your home

This is a letter I received from OREA today. Not sure if the public is aware that people will have to do a sort of Drive Clean for their homes. 

Dear Bradley, I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on an important issue at Queen's Park and what your provincial association is doing to protect the dream of home ownership in our province. Last week, the Government of Ontario government released their Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP). The CCAP is the government's strategy for reducing green house gas emissions. Included among 28 other policy proposals, is a Home Energy Rating and Disclosure (HER&D) program. HER&D would mandate that an energy audit be completed before a new or existing single-family home can be listed for sale. The current proposal would also require that the energy rating be included in the real estate listing. The province is proposing to cover the cost of the audit through a rebate and plans on further consultation before launching the program in 2019. OREA opposes HER&D or any other form of mandatory home energy audits. OREA is deeply concerned about the impact it will have on consumers, the real estate market and Ontario REALTORS®. OREA has successfully fought against mandatory home energy audits since 2009 and our position has not changed. When the province first put HER&D on the table back in May 2015, OREA lobbied hard to stop it. Our policy submission made a detailed case for why HER&D would hurt consumers and the real estate market. Unfortunately, the province has signalled its intention to move forward with HER&D, so we're redoubling our efforts. OREA has retained one of the top government relations firms in Ontario - the same team that assisted us on our MLTT campaign – to strengthen our advocacy against the new proposal. While this promises to be a more difficult and uphill fight than we've faced in the past, rest assured your provincial association is not taking any tactic off the table, including a broader public relations campaign to educate MPPs and consumers about the perils of HER&D. Thank you for your ongoing support of our advocacy efforts. If you have any questions, comments or concerns you can contact OREA's government relations team at GovernmentRelations@orea.com. Yours sincerely, Ray Ferris, President Ontario Real Estate Association