The
Home
This fully furnished “Century”
home (built in 1885) welcomes you with its owner / architect designed addition
(2004) and luxurious interior on one of the quietest streets in the historic
section of Orangeville. The house
offers one floor living.
Inside the 2004
addition, the living room has south facing floor to ceiling windows that fill
the vaulted living space with light and offers a view of the large, private,
fenced-in garden. The new master bedroom is separated from the living room by a
double sided fireplace and a partial wall. It provides direct access through
French doors to a covered patio with a secluded cedar hot tub. The double-sided
gas fireplace provides warmth and atmosphere to both the living room and the
bedroom for those cozy white wintery evenings. The hot tub is a great spot for
relaxing with friends and family, watching the birds come to their
feeder.
The master
bedroom with a queen sized Swedish foam bed, has an adjacent dressing room and a
spa-like walk-in shower in the bathroom. The upstairs guest bedroom under the
eave of the Century house has a queen sized bed, a private bath, and offers the
view of a huge evergreen outside the window and.
Except for the
entrance hall, the dressing room and the bathroom (all covered with non-skid
tile), the new section of our home has wall-to-wall
carpeting.
The downstairs of the Century
section contains the kitchen and dining space with authentic pine floors, an
exposed brick wall and stairs leading to the guest bedroom and bath.
The
kitchen is equipped with a full-size range, refrigerator, microwave, and
everything you need to make simple or gourmet meals, including spices. The
dining area includes a dining table that seats four, a 17" TV with built-in VCR,
and a broadband computer connection (We also use this space as a study and you
will find bookcases full of books on various subjects.).
As part of the entrance hall you
will find a washer/dryer, access to the utility basement and a powder room.
Everything is provided to make your stay in our home perfect!
Extras include, laundry area, 2
televisions with full cable service, a hot tub in a quiet and private garden,
forced air heating with humidifier, driveway cleaned of snow, cleaning every 2
weeks.
Home includes
Phone, Cable TV, VCR, DVD, Stereo, CD Player, Full Kitchen, Microwave,
Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Fully equipped kitchen with cooking Utensils and china
provided, Linens provided, Washer & Dryer, Private Hot Tub.
The house has a Chubb security system installed. We use it mainly to monitor the basement water level (sump pumps are installed).
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The
Neighborhood
Our home is located in
Orangeville, a small town at the heart of the Headwaters Region of Ontario,
Orangeville offers live theater, great dining and the convenience of 5
supermarkets within minutes from our home. It is also a hub for winter sports
(at the Hockley Valley Resort just 15 minutes from here), for the opera, ballet,
museums, theaters, dining and shopping of Toronto (just 1 hour away), Niagara
Falls (and its casinos), and all the other city or country activities you may
wish.
Nearby
activities include Biking, Golf, Tennis, Miniature golf, Fishing, Wildlife
Viewing, Horseback Riding (riding lessons available nearby), Shopping,
Restaurants, Cinemas, Sightseeing, Indoor Swimming, Skiing, Snow-shoeing, Scenic
train rides.
The
People
Both of us are retired University
professors. My husband’s field was Management, and he is currently working on a
book. My field was Architecture and Urban Planning and I am doing genealogy
research. We have lived for 20 years in