344 Mack Street

I've known for a few months that this sweet little house was going to be sold this season, and almost every day I've wanted to haul my beaten-up soapbox to the exact centre of one of the many neighbourhood parks and yell out the address through my battered aluminum megaphone, throw open the doors and hand out welcome baskets. I can be impatient. 344 Mack St is a move-in-ready three-bedroom (two up), two-bathroom detached bungalow with a professionally finished basement, two gas stoves and an open plan main floor. But more than that, it's a sweet, utterly charming house. Everything just seems right - the rooms are the right size, the windows are in the right place to illuminate your lives. You put a vase of lilies on the kitchen counter, as I did, and the light falls right on their face, as if to endorse them, elevate them, make them the best darn lilies they can be. The two main level bedrooms are tucked away at the back of the house. The third is down below, where it's a little cooler in the summer, and a little darker too. There's a fabulous rec room and another bathroom too, as well as a second gas fireplace. You could put a kitchen in this professionally finished space - back where the laundry is makes most sense - and you'd have a very nifty in-law suite.