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Welcome to The Country Retreat, one of the best of Toronto luxury homes, a unique place for unique people doing unique things. Built in the mid-1990’s with the best of everything, this 18,000 square foot home features elegant entertaining areas, a semi-professional kitchen, casual family areas, five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, separate staff quarters, an indoor pool and spa, dedicated home theatre room, heated underground and ventilated four vehicle garage, and ground source heating and air conditioning.
The house sits atop a knoll near the back of a 10 acre (4.1 hectare) property that is heavily populated with a mix of deciduous and evergreens trees. Its south facing view looks out over a park-like setting that includes a half acre spring-fed pond with extensive aqua culture and grounds that feature numerous landscape and water features; inspiring, tranquil, private and peaceful.
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The formal guest entrance leads to the greatest of great rooms. Floor to ceiling windows along the exterior wall invite the outdoors in. Sky lights in the vaulted ceiling, muted by fabric swags, gently wash the room with outdoor light. Four distinct seating groupings define the formal living room. A soaring wood-burning fireplace serves both as a focal point and a divider between the sitting areas and the formal dining room which comfortably seats between 12 and 14 guests.
Two steps down from the dining area is a more casual sitting room that looks out over the lighted landscaped grounds and the woods beyond. These three areas allow for intimate evenings with different moods or flow easily from one to the other for larger gatherings. Each has a deck, further blending the outdoors with the indoors.
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A floating staircase off the dining room leads to the Master Suite which can be closed off to the rest of the house. It features large his and her walk-in closets, birds-eye maple shelving, stainless steel and marble accents, a silver-leaf ceiling, a deep whirlpool bath, open shower with skylights, and a large balcony that looks out over the property. Elegance redefined.
No time to go to the cottage? No problem. Just descend the rotunda staircase to the indoor pool and spa which immediately puts you in a Muskoka-like setting. The chemical-free pool appears as a small lake with natural rock outcroppings made with 65 tons of Canadian granite. The indoor landscaping, with its meandering pathways and foot-bridges, authentically replicates a lake country setting. The “cottage” is just a few steps up the path with “outdoor” seating and a dining area that includes a barbeque, refrigerator, dishwasher and warming drawer. Inside the “cottage” is a change area, a granite-clad steam room, washroom, shower and private massage room. The pool and spa; it is the Holodeck incarnate.
This central part of the house gets more use than all the others. It is both informal and formal. It is the place where family and friends congregate to partake of a glass of wine and prepare meals. On formal evenings more than a few world-renowned chefs, Sursur Lee, Jamie Kennedy, Fred Oh amongst them, have prepared exceptional culinary delights in this kitchen; comments Sursur Lee, “I could run a 75 seat restaurant out of this kitchen.”
A Garland stove with twin ovens, six burners, grill, griddle and salamander surrounded by solid maple and granite work counters comprise the prep area. Two sub-zero refrigerators, a sub-zero freezer, two refrigerator drawers and two warming drawers support the chef’s every need. A full servery bookends the opposite side of the kitchen. Supplies arrive via a dumb waiter that starts near the staff apartment off the underground garage. A wood burning pizza oven serves as both a source of fun and the architectural centerpiece as it reaches up into the kitchen’s barrel vaulted ceiling: fun, functional and fabulous.
Running under the length of the kitchen is Terrace Room that leads to a large outdoor terrace, the underground garage, the two bedroom staff quarters and the dedicated Home Theatre Room.
The Family Wing on the east side of the house catches the morning sun through floor to ceiling windows and a grand glass brick wall. The area houses two family bedrooms, served by a large pass through bathroom, an exercise/hobby room and an informal sitting room with a vaulted ceiling, wood-burning fireplace and entertainment wall. To the east is a landscaped terrace, to the west access to the main patio deck that runs the entire length of the Gathering Area.
On the lower level there is a large billiards area, a guest suite with en-suite washroom, a home office (or 5th bedroom) a large cedar clad storage room and a 1,200 bottle wine cellar: casual, comfortable and cozy.
The Country Retreat is located in East Gwillimbury, 10 minutes from the village of Queensville, 25 minutes from the city of Toronto and minutes from the 404 expressway. It is situated on 10 acres (4.1 hectares) of very private park-like grounds surrounded by other 10 acre lots or open farmland. The house is hidden from the road with lane access that can be gated.
The house sits atop a knoll near the back of a 10 acre (4.1 hectare) property that is heavily populated with a mix of deciduous and evergreens trees. Its south facing view looks out over a park-like setting that includes a half acre spring-fed pond with extensive aqua culture and grounds that feature numerous landscape and water features; inspiring, tranquil, private and peaceful.
Two drilled wells
* Full irrigation system
* Emergency generator
* Exterior landscape lighting
* Overflow system for pond
* Floodway system for ground water
* Entrance pillars pre-wired for lighting
* Two outbuildings for grounds equipment
* Sixty bird species catalogued on property
* Circular driveway entrance with fountain and speakers
* 10,000 gallon underground tank and hydrant for fire protection
* Laneway surfaced with “Envirobond” material for a natural country look
* Clear water pond, abundant in plants and fish – the family’s summer swimming pond
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