Community council to rule if this lakefront home will be demolished to build something larger.
Here is something we rarely see these days just when most old homes in the community are being demolished.
The Etobicoke York Community Council will consider this month if a small detached home with great views of the lake on Lake Promenade that is set between mansions and historic lots should be demolished.
Officials of Toronto Building will let community council decide if the decades-old home on a large lakefront lot will be flattened.
The home at 307 Lake Promenade sold for more than $4 million and has a great view of the lake and lakefront trail.
A numbered company that owns the lot at 307 Lake Promenade, owns another next door at 303 Lake Promenade, and has applied to Toronto Building to demolish 307 so it can be replaced by a monster home or possibly condos.
The company said “they wish to demolish the building located at 307 Lake Promenade to afford them the opportunity to widen the footprint of their home located at 303 Lake Promenade.”
The owner said the home is in disrepair and would require a lot of work to make it habitable.
But an inspection by Toronto Building in December 2023 revealed there’s no evidence of structural damage.
A numbered company also owns this adjacent home that it wants to make larger with the demolition of 303 Lake Promenade.
“Although some areas on the interior and exterior exhibit signs of water damage and some maintenance is required, the damage is considered minor,” Toronto Building officials wrote. “No unsafe conditions have been observed.”
Real Estate records show the 2,750 square feet home was listed in 2022 for just over $4 million and is located on a 50-feet by 238-feet lot. It sat on the market of 121 days.
The two storey detached home has beautiful views of Lake Ontario and the lakefront trail.
“Great waterfront lot in the desired neighbourhood of Long Branch,” according to the realtors. It is “surrounded by mansions and historic lots.”
They said the property is close to shopping, restaurants, Long Branch GO, streetcars, transit and minutes to Queen Elizabeth Way, Highway 427, downtown and Marie Curtis Park Beach.
Toronto Building wrote community council can refuse the demolition because there is no permit application to replace the building; or can approve the demolition of the vacant home without any conditions; or demolish the home with certain conditions.