Walking into the house, we instantly felt at home. It’s a beautiful home but without some of the trappings of a more formal AirBnB, which suited our family perfectly with two kids (3 and 5 years of age). The furniture and decor was comfortable, tasteful and lovely, but the biggest selling point for us was that is that this is a family home, a home that is lived in. The playroom in the basement, the dollhouse on the first floor, the small stepstool in the upstairs washroom, all these small details made our transition into the space so much easier. We spend 10 days here over the Winter Holidays and enjoyed ever minute of our stay.

We settled on this place because it was close to the home that we grew up in, which was recently sold. It’s in an excellent location. For people with kids, there is a park across the street, and Casa Loma around the corner, not to mention the Terragon Theatre around the corner. More generally, it is a really easy walk to Bloor St, though now that there are a number of Rose and Sons ventures on Dupont (including a bagels, lox, and cream cheese place just under the bridge), as well as the Fiesta Farms and Loblaws for grocerie shopping just west of the house, there is no dearth of places to go out for a bite or get groceries.

We'd highly recommend staying at at Alison's home and hope to get a chance to stay here again ourselves next time we are in Toronto.

Thanks for Alison for sharing your lovely home for us.