671 SUSSEX Boulevard, Kingston, ON

Description

671 Sussex Blvd is just about the most casually stylish three-bedroom, two-bathroom Bayridge sidesplit imaginable. Add any other detail and you’re on a film set. The basement, for instance, comes across like a private room in a Manhattan club. Most Friday nights a long time ago, I swear Lou Reed lounged down there with Andy Warhol. So you’re buying a landmark, but also a smart, bright home in Bayridge South, close to parks and schools and shopping, Lemoines Point, and even the golf course. There is a proper living room where you’ll just marvel at the Hoover-Dam-like curve of that mid-century front window, and also a sunken family room with a wood-burning fireplace. There is a formal dining room with sliding doors out to a splendid deck overlooking the huge private garden, but also an eat-in kitchen kitted out with a lime-cushioned booth for Pizza Night. There are lots of hardwood floors and good ironwork and mid-century doors, as well as an attached single garage. Intensely cool, it also feels custom-built to me; the distilled result of careful planning and a keen eye.