Welcome To
75 Laing St
The Leslieville House Where the Hard Work Is Already Done
Send This Listing To A FriendYou can change a lot about a house. Location isn’t one of them. And neither is the time, cost, and disruption of rebuilding one properly.
At 75 Laing Street, that work has already happened.
Renovated back to the studs in 2020 for long-term owner occupancy, this end-of-row townhouse was approached as a home to live in, not simply one to update and resell. The work addressed plumbing, wiring, insulation, HVAC, roofing, windows and skylights, grading, and extensive soundproofing (permits are now closed). More recently, new flooring and carpet were added in the basement.
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What you notice first, though, is how well the house comes together. The enclosed front porch creates a proper landing place before you enter the main living space, with room for the coats, shoes, bikes, dog gear and everyday stuff that needs somewhere to go.
Inside, the main floor unfolds from living to dining to kitchen, with exposed brick and hardwood running through the space. Rather than separating each function into its own room, the glass staircase keeps sightlines open through the centre of the house and gives the dining area definition without closing it off.
At the back, the kitchen makes excellent use of the space. Quartzite natural stone counters wrap into a waterfall edge with seating, while extensive cabinetry provides storage around the gas range. Large doors connect the kitchen directly to the rear deck, making the outdoor space feel like a natural extension of the main floor when the weather cooperates.
Upstairs, the primary bedroom takes advantage of the home’s architecture with a vaulted ceiling and bay window. It fits a king-sized bed and offers substantial PAX-style storage. Skylights bring additional natural light to the upper level, and having laundry on the second floor keeps one of the most repetitive household jobs close to where most laundry originates.
The renovated family bathroom is just down the hall. It features a tub/shower combination with glass doors and a waterfall showerhead, along with a large vanity and built-in storage.
Two additional bedrooms complete this floor. A child’s room, nursery, office, guest room, reading room, or creative space can all work here, depending on how you live now and what you may need in the future.
The finished basement adds another useful layer to the house. With new waterproof laminate flooring, the main area is set up as an additional bedroom, giving guests or household members their own space. Â
Some of the most thoughtful work in the house is also the least visible. Safe ‘n’ Sound Rockwool insulation was installed in exterior and interior walls as well as the basement and second-floor ceilings, with resilient channels added on key shared walls. It’s the kind of behind-the-walls investment that says a lot about how the renovation was approached.
Out back, the two-tier deck creates dedicated outdoor space without requiring a weekend’s worth of yardwork. A large shed stores bikes, tools, and seasonal gear, while kitchen doors make stepping outside easy.
And when you want more room to move, Maple Leaf Forever Park is directly across the street. Queen Street East is only a few houses away, making the neighbourhood part of everyday life rather than a weekend escape. Betty’s East, One Academy, Rorschach and Black Lab breweries are among the nearby local stops, with Loblaws, FreshCo and Farm Boy available for groceries. Head south and Tommy Thompson Park and the Leslie Street Spit offer a very different kind of East End escape for walking and cycling.
75 Laing is for someone who wants to live in Leslieville, wants the independence and additional space of a house, and would rather spend the next few years enjoying it than renovating it.
The hard work has already been done. The next part is considerably more fun.
5 Things We Love
1. The Renovation Wasn’t Just Skin Deep. The quartzite counters, hardwood, exposed brick and glass staircase are what you see. The more important story is what you don’t. The 2020 back-to-studs renovation addressed plumbing, wiring, insulation, HVAC, roofing, windows and skylights, grading and extensive soundproofing, with electrical and plumbing permits now closed. This renovation was undertaken for long-term owner occupancy, and the scope reflects it.
2. The Main Floor Makes Every Foot Count. The living, dining, and kitchen each have a clear purpose without being boxed into separate rooms. The glass staircase maintains sightlines through the centre of the house, while the kitchen anchors the back with extensive cabinetry, quartzite counters, seating and doors directly outside. It’s an efficient footprint that has been carefully resolved, not simply opened up.
3. Everyday Logistics Have Somewhere to Go. The enclosed front porch gives coats, shoes, bikes and dog gear a landing place before they enter the house. Upstairs, the renovated family bathroom and laundry are both conveniently located on the same floor as the bedrooms.Out back, the large shed stores bikes, tools, and seasonal items. None of these is the glamorous part of buying a house, but they’re the things you appreciate most once you live in one.
4. The Primary Bedroom Gets the Best of the Architecture. A vaulted ceiling and bay window give the primary bedroom its own character, with enough room for a king-sized bed and substantial PAX-style storage. Skylights add natural light upstairs, helping the second floor feel open without relying on square footage alone.
5. Leslieville Starts at the End of the Street. Queen East is only a few houses away, while Maple Leaf Forever Park sits directly across the street. Betty’s East, One Academy, local breweries and multiple grocery options fit easily into the routine, and heading south takes you toward Tommy Thompson Park and the Leslie Street Spit. The location doesn’t require much planning: you step outside and use it.
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About Leslieville
Where Love Turns to Loyalty
Some neighbourhoods are easy to love at first sight; others, like Leslieville, turn that love into loyalty. This tree-lined pocket of Toronto’s east end has evolved into one of the city’s most magnetic communities, blending character, creativity, and convenience without losing the sense that people actually live here.
What makes it different is the rhythm of everyday life. The neighbourhood has a relaxed, almost village-like quality, but never a shortage of places worth walking to. People know their baristas. Brunch spots fill with locals. A quick coffee can become part of the morning routine, and dinner, drinks, or a bottle of wine for the weekend rarely require much planning.
The local food scene is a big part of that appeal. Lake Inez delivers the kind of combination that keeps a neighbourhood restaurant in regular rotation: fantastic food and an atmosphere that makes you want to stay. Alice Marie Coffee has your caffeine covered, while Bar Etc and Poor Romeo’s make a strong case for keeping cocktail plans close to home. And when the occasion calls for a good bottle, East End Vine is the kind of neighbourhood wine shop where an incredible recommendation is part of the experience.
That concentration of independent spots gives Leslieville its personality. Coffee shops, restaurants, cocktail bars, breweries, and local businesses aren’t simply amenities; they’re part of how the neighbourhood functions. They give you places to become a regular and make spontaneous plans possible.
There’s plenty happening beyond the food scene, too. Running groups move through tree-lined streets, cyclists head toward the lake, and farmers’ market bags come home filled with produce from local growers. Boutique fitness studios, galleries, and indie shops add to the neighbourhood’s creative pulse, while parks, off-leash dog areas, splash pads, and patios make it easy to spend a weekend close to home. Families, professionals, and long-time residents overlap here, giving the neighbourhood a sense of community that feels established rather than manufactured.
Getting around is another part of the equation. Transit, bike lanes, and major routes make downtown accessible without requiring you to live in the middle of it. The streetcar and bus service along Dundas and Queen East already connect the neighbourhood to the wider city, with an important new rapid transit option on the way.
The Ontario Line will bring rapid transit directly into the neighbourhood, with the new Leslieville Station at Queen St E and DeGrassi. Now under construction, the 15.6-kilometre line will run from Exhibition Place through downtown to Don Mills Road, giving residents a new way to reach the core and connect with Toronto’s wider subway, GO, streetcar, and bus network.
It’s a meaningful addition to a neighbourhood whose appeal has never depended on a single destination. Leslieville works because the pieces fit together: good food, independent businesses, tree-lined streets, places to gather, ways to get outside, and increasingly connected transit.
It’s close to downtown without feeling like downtown and full of reasons to stay local when you get home.
