Location: Milton, by First Line and Lower Base Line West
Price: $14,399,000
Size: 19,800 square feet, plus a 10,000-square-foot auto workshop and a 6,000-square-foot car salon
Bedrooms: 4+2
Bathrooms: 11
The place
A six-bedroom, eleven-bathroom home amid Milton’s countryside. It lies on three acres of property and has a gearhead’s paradise linked to the main home via tunnels. The property also has an in-ground pool, a conservatory, and a quarry’s worth of porcelain and marble.
The history
The present owners (a family of four) purchased this home for $1.53 million in 2017 when it was merely a four-bedroom cottage. They stayed here for two years while they awaited permission to create their Miami Vice-style estate. The building was finished this April. They’re now selling the house since new work commitments have pushed them further away from the metropolis.
Rosedale’s historic Horsman Hall and its 1,900-square-foot coach house are on the market for $11.8 million.
The tour
The home is set back from the road by a park-sized front lawn and a circular driveway.
That’s a 90-foot-long artificial stone waterfall next to the front door.
The door itself was imported from Spain and is equipped with a pivoting hinge and fingerprint entry.
Just inside is the foyer, with a glass elevator that connects all three floors.
Here, the ceilings are 30 feet high.
The flooring is large-format white porcelain. That glass slab on the left is actually a display the owners used to show off their motorcycle.
This angle showcases the floating staircase. Its risers have sensor-activated LEDs, so with each step, the staircase lights up like the keyboard from Big.
To the right of the entrance is the office, which has slatted windows and an electric fireplace. Most of the furniture on display is included in the sale of the home.
The view from the office peeks into the cigar lounge as well as the family room.
Here’s that cigar room. It has a separate air system for ventilation, a wine fridge, a dishwasher, and another electric fireplace.
Now the family room. There’s a walk-out to the pool, an illuminated coffered ceiling, in-floor heating, and built-in cabinetry that blends into the background.
This is one of two first-floor powder rooms.
Down the hall is the kitchen and dining area, which almost looks too pristine to cook in. It comes with a 20-foot-long marble island and Gaggenau appliances, including two wall ovens, an integrated fridge, and a built-in espresso machine.
The dining area overlooks the car salon.
Behind the main kitchen is a prep kitchen, this one with Thermador appliances. In a separate room, there’s an indoor commercial barbecue station with oversized grills and a hood fan.
Moving upstairs reveals the second-floor landing, which leads to four of the bedrooms, each with its own ensuite bathroom, walk-in closet, and balcony.
Here’s the main bedroom, with an illuminated feature wall attached to the bed frame.
The main ensuite is a symmetrical wonder. Its soaker tub sits adjacent to yet another fireplace.
Opposite the tub is the true show-stopper: a double glass walk-in shower with a bull’s head design worked into the marble wall.
This is the main walk-in closet.
The suite walks out to a terrace with a hоt tub.
Here’s one of the secondary bedrooms.
Its ensuite has two sinks and moody accents.
There’s also a laundry room on the second floor.
And what mega-mansion would be complete without a gym big enough to host a football team? It has wall-to-wall-to-wall windows, padded floors, and mirrors all over. This space could also be converted into two bedrooms, as it has rough-ins for ensuite bathrooms.
Residents can use the three-story glass staircase.
The owners designed the basement for entertaining, and that can only meаn one thing: a “Hotline Bling” dance floor, a stage, and nightclub lighting.
Just beyond the stage is a full bar with an ice machine, fridge, sink, and dishwasher.
Yes, there’s a powder room down here too.
And an eight-seat theatre.
The first basement bedroom is currently a blank slate.
While the second bedroom has been set up as a playroom.
This is one of the tunnels leading to the car salon—12-foot ceilings, LED wall lighting, and terrazzo flooring.
On the ground floor: a gallery of vintage autos.
Upstairs might as well be a showroom at a car convention.
Here’s another view of the salon, for good measure.
Auto enthusiasts can continue the adventure in the workshop.
Outside, even the patio has a fireplace.
The backyard is an eclectic mix of architectural styles united by a common color palette and a love of hard edges.
The pool actually looks into the basement bar. The wall above it? A 30-foot waterfall.
Meanwhile, the second-floor gym hovers over the car compound like Will Alsop’s floating tabletop at OCAD U.
Finally, here’s a bird’s eye view of the property, with the main house up front, the greenhouse in the distance, and the go-kart-track driveway winding throughout.
