Globe & Mail article on Peter Grant’s Haileybury house
- for sale for $25 Million (unfinished):
Canada’s largest home hits the market
65,000 sq. ft: The largest house in Canada is in Haileybury, Ont., and
sits on 43 acres of land and can accommodate a golf course and a 40 ft.
yacht.
It’s bigger than the White House, completely unfinished, and yours for
$25-million. Even Bill Gates wouldn’t feel cramped in this Haileybury,
Ont. home …
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The building includes a boat house big enough for a 40-foot yacht, two elevators, an indoor pool, a giant hot tub and 30-foot fireplaces in the master bedroom and living room.
There’s an exercise room the size of a small gym. Plumbing has also been installed on the grounds for a few golf holes.
But buyer beware: The house is far from finished. There’s no flooring, no finished bathrooms and few wall coverings. “Any buyer who would be really, truly interested in a property like this has to have their own architect and their own engineer come up with them,” Mr. Wilson said. He estimated it will cost at least $1-million to finish the place.
The property was once the dream project of Peter Grant, a forest products titan from nearby Englehart. He planned to use the building as a residence and corporate office for his family-owned business, Grant Forest Products Inc.
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The house sits on 40 acres of land along the shores of Lake Temiskaming and it is believed to be the largest home in Canada
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