Modern home with sunset views over Parrott’s Bay

22 Brooklands Park Ave., Bathtub, Ont.

Asking Value: $1,150,000

Taxes: $5,741.77 (2022)

Lot Measurement: 98- by 147-feet

On the market by proprietor: MLS #40347955

The backstory

Johnny C.Y. Lam and Kate Golding first discovered a few mid-century trendy home overlooking Lake Ontario after a pal went for a hike within the Parrott’s Bay Conservation Space close by and have become inquisitive about properties on the market within the space.

“This home has your names written throughout it,” she instructed the artistic couple.

Mr. Lam and Ms. Golding had good motive to worth the opinions of their pals; the 2 met on a blind date years earlier in Toronto.

On the time, Mr. Lam was constructing his profession as a portrait photographer and Ms. Golding was working in tv and promoting.

In 2011, Mr. Lam bought a farm in bucolic Prince Edward County, Ont., and the couple relocated in 2012. Ms. Golding gave up promoting to place her wonderful arts diploma to make use of as a floor sample designer.

“I all the time knew I needed to design wallpaper,” she says.

After the tip from their pal, the couple travelled about 25 minutes east from Prince Edward County to see the home on the market close to the village of Bathtub, Ont.

Mr. Lam and Ms. Golding beloved the setting on a quiet cul-de-sac surrounded by nature. The lounge window gives a sundown view of Parrott’s Bay on Lake Ontario.

One of many predominant promoting factors for the 2 artists was the decrease degree, with outsized home windows and loads of area for a house studio.

They had been additionally drawn to the pristine situation of the Nineteen Seventies-era house, which had modified little or no over the many years.

They bought the property in 2017 from the 94-year-old proprietor, who instructed them he purchased it years earlier from the Swedish architect who designed the home.

The home in the present day

Residents and visitors arriving to the entrance door take a couple of steps as much as the principle flooring with 2,316-square-feet of residing area. Taking a couple of steps down results in the decrease degree with a further 1,808-square-feet.

As a result of the home sits on a slope, each ranges have massive home windows with ample gentle.

Upstairs, the residing and eating space has a vaulted ceiling, a wood-burning fire with a brick encompass, and doorways resulting in a picket deck with views in direction of the bay.

The kitchen on the rear additionally has a breakfast space and sliding doorways opening to the deck. Mr. Lam and Ms. Golding left the kitchen intact however up to date the area with new home equipment.

“Plenty of issues are authentic however in very, excellent situation,” Ms. Golding says. “I believe that retains the soul in the home.”

Mr. Lam says he has lived in earlier homes the place he wanted to knock down partitions and renovate the area. On this case, the structure wanted no changes.

That flooring has a major bed room with an ensuite toilet. There are three extra bedrooms, a household toilet and a powder room.

On the decrease degree, the couple’s studio with a gas-burning fire would serve equally effectively as a recreation room, Ms. Golding factors out.

Mr. Lam says having the studio and principal room on totally different flooring permits them to really feel extra separation from their work lives on the finish of the day.

The decrease degree additionally has a workshop, a wine cellar, a toilet and a sauna.

“We love an excellent sauna within the winter time,” Mr. Lam says.

All through the home, expansive home windows present a vista over the panorama.

“Final winter we noticed a snowy owl fly previous as we had been consuming our espresso,” Ms. Golding says.

Mr. Lam says the couple took their time gathering items of mid-century trendy furnishings that pair effectively with the structure. They discovered furnishings on the market on-line and labored with a couple of sellers who stored an eye fixed out for them.

As we speak classics similar to George Nelson bubble lamps and Herman Miller eating chairs are a part of their assortment.

That they had lots of the items reupholstered or refinished and are prepared to supply a number of the furnishings on the market with the home.

When it got here time to picking a paint palette for the interiors, the couple determined to go together with varied shades of white to go well with every room and the sunshine that passes by it at totally different occasions of day.

“We’re each visible artists – we’re fairly choosy about our color,” Mr. Lam says.

For the studio, they introduced house samples of white from the paint retailer and individually selected a favorite. They every landed on the nice and cozy tones of Night time Blooming Jasmine.

“I can’t consider we each picked the identical white out of 20,” Mr. Lam says.

The couple have determined to market the home themselves with the usage of a social media marketing campaign . Additionally they paid a price to have the property positioned on the A number of Itemizing Service of the Canadian Actual Property Affiliation and created a web site at 22Brooklandspark.com. They like to work immediately with patrons however are prepared to pay a 2-per-cent fee to a purchaser’s agent who brings an appropriate provide.

They determine the home will attraction to patrons who wish to be in a rural setting however not too removed from the facilities of the town.

Mr. Lam usually travels to shoot portraits, interiors, and meals and life-style photos. He takes on assignments in Kingston and locations close by however the house’s location additionally makes it straightforward to get to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, he says.

The very best characteristic

“My absolute favorite factor is the serenity and feeling of nature,” Ms. Golding says of the house’s environment.

Once they’re in search of outside actions, the pair stroll to the grasslands, marsh areas and coniferous forest of the identical conservation space that impressed their pal to seek out the home.

They personal a canoe and a kayak, which they’ll wheel out the door and put straight into the water.

“I’ve truly portaged the canoe over the highway a few occasions, which entertains the neighbours,” Mr. Lam says.

A brief ferry journey takes them to Amherst Island, the place they search for birds and wildlife within the winter and chill out on the seaside in the summertime. Simply down the highway, the free Glenora ferry transports vehicles and folks to Prince Edward County.