Inside the home
This 1895 yellow brick home in Holmedale has been meaningfully updated where it counts. The kitchen is the biggest change — white shaker cabinets, stone-look counters, a full stainless appliance package, and a vaulted ceiling with skylights that opens the whole back of the house. Main floor laundry is tucked right off the kitchen. Upstairs, the full bath with a restored clawfoot tub and sloped ceiling is a distinctive room in a house this size. The mechanical list is solid: new furnace (2018), new roof (2018 and 2025), new water and sewer lines, new 200-amp service, and new paved driveway — all completed in the last seven years. The backyard runs deep and is fully fenced, with a wood deck, hot tub, and garden beds. The front sunroom is original and basic. Upper bedrooms have sloped ceilings — workable, but worth seeing in person. The property sits on Grand River Ave, so road noise is a real consideration.
- Updated kitchen with white shaker cabinets, stone-look counters, stainless appliances, and vaulted ceiling with skylights
- Major mechanical upgrades completed 2018-2022: furnace, roof, water line, sewer line, gas line, 200-amp panel, paved driveway
- Deep fenced backyard with deck, hot tub, and established garden beds
- Upper bathroom with restored clawfoot tub is a genuine standout feature
- Main floor laundry with stacked LG units
- Walking distance to Grand River rail trail
Welcome to the Holmedale area of Brantford @ 173 Grand River Ave. It's a great location close to the paved Grand River rail trail, many schools, parks, shopping, hospital & bus routes. This 1.5 storey brick home has a great sized fenced yard incl a deck, hot tub, back storage shed & beautiful flower garden. The original century home (1895) has been enhanced with an addition including bright new kitchen with new white cabinets, new backsplash & countertop & 4 appliances (fridge, dishwasher, microwave, gas stove/oven). Kitchen has a vaulted cathedral ceiling w/2 sky lights that light up the kitchen naturally. The original front part of the home has the entrance foyer/sun room to the master BR. Then you enter the spacious living room which steps down to the kitchen & a 2nd main floor BR adjacent to the kitchen. The back door to the deck & back yard is adjacent to the 2 piece bath rm & laundry area just before you exit. The 2nd floor includes a "show piece" main bathroom with a fancy restored claw foot tub with shower. A 3rd BR is also on the 2nd floor.
This home has many upgrades: new furnace 2018, main roof shingled 2018, kitchen vaulted roof re-shingled 2025, new water line from the street to the inside of the house (old lead pipes removed) & new main water shut off valve also installed in 2022. New 200 amp breaker service also installed. Water softener & filtration system rented w/ Culligan. Hot water tank is owned. A new PVC pipe replaced old clay sewage line to the street & a new gas line from the outside gas metre to the furnace were both installed in 2022. Also the entire old driveway was replaced with a newly paved driveway in 2022.