 What makes this house great are its structure and its location.
This is a three storey, Edwardian house built circa 1908. It has been in the same family for over 20 years and retains many of its original features; Fireplaces, Oak crown moulding on ceilings, hardwood floors, original oak wainscoting baseboards doors and door trim as a stunning example of a heritage family home.
There are five bedrooms, an unfinished basement and a legal front yard parking pad and a mutual driveway to another rear parking pad. The yards have perennial gardens and a patio with patio furniture staying with the property, all the appliances are also included.
The current owner has replace all the electrical wiring updated the plumbing recently replace the furnace with an hi-efficiency in 2008 and redone the roof in 2004 A recent National Home Inspection report is available to interested buyers
The house was said to be built by the Crang family first homestead in the area with the Appleton family built the house directly across the street. The neighbourhood was built up just prior and just after the Great War of 1914-18. Both Crang and Appleton Ave are short streets with very little traffic other the local so it is in the quiet corner of rejuvenated St. Clair West.
ABOUT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Humewood is an established family oriented neighbourhood conveniently located approximately fifteen minutes from Toronto's financial and entertainment districts. There are many amenities such as parks and schools located in the interior of this neighbourhood while shopping and public transit are easily accessed from St. Clair Avenue.
Humewood's intimate streetscape is enhanced by the many tree-lined streets and culs de sac found throughout the neighbourhood. Many of these streets are one-way, with very few through streets, which helps to minimize the traffic flow in this quiet tucked-away neighbourhood.
Humewood residents enjoy the luxury of being able to walk to a tremendous variety of shops and restaurants along St. Clair Avenue West. Included in this shopping mix are fruit and vegetable markets, discount stores, banks, drug stores, fast food restaurants and a Bingo Hall.
The shopping district on Eglinton Avenue West and on Vaughan Road between Oakwood Avenue and Dufferin Street features Toronto's largest concentration of Caribbean shops and restaurants.
 A variety of recreational programs for pre-schoolers, children, youths, adults and seniors are offered at the Humewood Community School at 15 Cherrywood Avenue. Some of these programs include Ballet Bunnies (pre-schoolers), co-ed fitness (adults), and a Humewood Senior Citizens Club. This school also has a sports field, baseball diamonds and a children's playground. Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute at 529 Vaughan Road has an indoor pool that is used for children's and adult's Aquatics.
Humewood Park located between Humewood Drive and Pinewood Avenue, is one of Toronto's prettier strolling gardens. It features gently sloping lawns, a forest of maple trees, park benches and a paved walkway that winds its way through this quaint park. Graham Park, on Atlas Avenue just north of St. Clair is a small park with a children's playground and a basketball court.
The newly built Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre at 341 Oakwood Avenue includes a new state-of-the-art theatre. Dance classes, film nights, and yoga are just some of the programs offered at the centre.
The St. Clair West streetcar connects passengers to the St. Clair station on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line while the Vaughan Road bus connects passengers to the St. Clair West station also on the Yonge-University-Spadina-Subway line. The Bathurst Street bus connects passengers to the Bathurst station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line.
Motorists are five to ten minutes from the Allen Expressway which links commuters to Highway 401.
The St. Clair West streetcar connects passengers to the St. Clair station on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line while the Vaughan Road bus connects passengers to the St. Clair West station also on the Yonge-University-Spadina-Subway line. The Bathurst Street bus connects passengers to the Bathurst station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line.
Motorists are five to ten minutes from the Allen Expressway which links commuters to Highway 401.
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