CHEDOKE CREME DELA CREME

140 Chedoke Avenue, Hamilton Ontario
Chedoke Avenue is hands down one of my 10 ten favourite streets in Hamilton, delivering home upon home of early 20th century (BRICKLY) delights. And this address stands out among a crowd of worthy adversaries! Just listed, this ravine property on a gorgeous estate-sized lot (145 ft x 333 ft), is sure to break a few hearts when it hits the open market. If I was a betting man I'd wager that this property will not last for long if there is (a million dollar+) buyer waiting in the wings.

History will repeat itself. Just look at these neighbouring properties which recently sold in a flash:

32 Chedoke
95 Chedoke

I am so excited to share this post with you. This truly is "the one you have been waiting for". I have always admired this home and the incomparable Tom Vogel has captured its beauty through the finest of visual storytelling. Check out this FRESH piece of BRICK below and dare to dream big!

Offered at $1,190,000
For Sale by Zena Dalton, Broker
Judy Marsales Realty Limited, Brokerage
Contact: dalton@judymarsales.com or call 905.529.3300
VIEW FULL LISTING HERE

FRESH FEATURES:

• Georgian Style Home
• 1 acre lot backing onto Chedoke golf course, Conservation and the Ravine
• Beautiful gardens
• Single garage attached
• 3 fireplaces, 1 wood burning and 2 gas
• Relocated + rebuilt kitchen with granite counters overlooking the fabulous view
• 3.5 bathrooms (2 are ensuites)
• Hardwood floors, open sun room on the side (south) with cement walkways in the front
• Inground pool

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SUMMER GARDEN PICS:



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MAKE YOUR MARK ON MARKLAND

141 Markland Street, Hamilton, Ontario

UPDATE: Back on the market May 2018 at $799,900.

Make your mark on Markland with this soon to be listed Victorian beauty located within the historic and superlative Durand Neighbourhood (The Rosedale of Hamilton). 

This home is beautiful from the inside out and features stunning, low-maintenance, professionally landscaped front and rear gardens. Includes a living wall, Limestone Trail shed, seat wall, basement walkout, irrigation and lighting.  FRESH INCLUSIONS: front and seat wall concrete planters, patio sectional, Umbrosa Paraflex umbrella and bird bath.

Offered at $629,000

Listed with Colette Cooper , Broker

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FRESH FACT: The real estate spotlight continues to shine brightly on Hamilton and both local and Toronto buyers alike know that this is 'the city' to invest in. And this is amplified in Hamilton heritage districts where home values soar. The most marked difference is in the Durand-Markland heritage district. The average value of the 46 homes within the district was $507,977, versus $173,400 within the entire area of Ward 2. That’s a difference of 193 per cent!*

*Source: Hamilton Spectator November 2012



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DYNAMITE DUTCH COLONIAL REVIVAL

401 Aberdeen Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario
This gorgeous home is FRESH for the picking, ripe with charm and character. Fall in love with this 2+1 bedroom Dutch Colonial* today (see the history of this architectural below) !

View Listing Here
Offered at $485,900

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*Dutch Colonial Revival Style 1890-1940

The Dutch Colonial Revival is considered a subtype of the Colonial Revival style
It often shares a great many of the same characteristics including symmetry, similar siding, windows, entries, and finishes both inside and out

Not uncommon to hear it described as a "barn house."

The gambrel roof allowed a complete second story to be built at minimal expense

The revival of the Dutch Colonial was popular from about 1890 to 1930. This style was described in the 1928 Home Builders Catalog (bottom most image is from a 1900s Sears ad):

 While the term “Dutch Colonial” conveys a definite type of house to almost everyone, the name itself is misleading. “Dutch” does not refer to Holland and “Colonial” has no direct relationship with Colonial Architecture. This type of home takes its name from the Dutch Colonists who settled in the lower parts of New York and New Jersey. There they lived for many years in warm and cheery comfort. The Dutch Colonial house conveys to us this rich domesticity and love of good living.

The most characteristic feature of the Dutch Colonial style is the gambrel roof—so much so, in fact that “gambrel” and “Dutch” have become synonymous. The legend goes that this low, sweeping roof, with its dormer windows, was the ingenious means by which the Dutch Colonists evaded the heavy tax on two story houses. And there is today a practical advantage over the two story house in saving of materials without the loss of space. The extraordinary flexibility of the style makes it possible for one to arrange the interior to suit his taste and still be assured of an harmonious exterior. One wing or two can be added without disturbing the gentle contour. One can compare this flexibility to Colonial types where there is harmony without freedom, and to English types where there is freedom without definite symmetry.

Sources:
http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/styles/dutch-revival.htm
http://nookstowersandturrets.blogspot.ca/2011/11/name-that-style-dutch-colonial.html



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