300 SYDENHAM ST Kingston, ON K7K 3M7

No one is ever going to use the word “elegant” to describe me, and so perhaps if I want to be attached to such a descriptor I should buy the rather special semi-detached home that is 300 Sydenham St for myself. It might solve all my problems. Just a single, exhilarated breath from McBurney Park and with views of the Cataraqui River at the bottom of the hill, it is a fine example of Inner Harbour excellence. With open concept dining and living room and 9 foot ceilings, along with a gas fireplace, three bedrooms and two full bathrooms, (one ensuite) quality marble floor tile and original hardwood floors, there is the sense, amid this marvellous blend of the historical and the bracingly modern, that Emily Dickinson might appear any minute on the lovingly restored original staircase, pen in hand. Other rewrites include the walls, ceilings and lighting. There is parking for at least two carriages lined up around back, and surely room enough left over for a small greenhouse or patio.