257 Bartlett Avenue, Toronto

This may be the one you regret missing. An unusually roomy downtown home offered under $1M, with no offer date and no waiting around to see what happens. Over 1,500 sq. ft. above grade and nearly 2,200 sq. ft. across four finished levels, including a lowered basement, gives you the kind of space and flexibility that can be remarkably difficult to find at this price point. Inside, there is an unexpected beach-house spirit: bright, relaxed, and a little bit lofty, with an open-concept sensibility that makes the home feel easy rather than formal. There is room to live, work, entertain, retreat and grow without having every square foot perform three jobs at once. Then there is the backyard. Deep, green, and wonderfully removed from the city around it, it feels more like an enchanted garden than an ordinary urban yard. Morning coffee, long dinners, kids, dogs, gardening, a hammock, maybe the occasional "unicorn" sighting. It is the kind of outdoor space that changes how you use a house. And the location completes the equation. Across from Dovercourt Public School and its neighbourhood green space, you are in the heart of Dovercourt Village, close to the evolving Dupont corridor, Geary Avenue's restaurants and local haunts, Dovercourt Park and community amenities, subway and transit connections, and Hallam Street, that understated east-west thread connecting some of Toronto's most interesting west-end neighbourhoods. Note: End of Row. Don't wait for offer night; there isn't one!