In 2026, this house turns one hundred. That character sits alongside an open, current layout, the result of renovations carried out over the past several years, among them full insulation, redone ceilings, and heated floors in the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom. Built-in wood fireplace, code compliant and recently inspected. Original woodwork, notably the window frames, the staircase, and the interior doors.

On the systems side, everything is current: 200 amp electrical service, finished basement with municipal permit, roof redone in 2025. This basement, with its own independent entrance on the side of the house, in fact served as an intergenerational apartment for our son, without a kitchen; with a kitchen added, it could also become a source of income.

At the back, a large deck offers plenty of room for entertaining, with a view over the garden; upstairs, a balcony off the second bedroom looks over that same space. At the front, facing south, a magnificent magnolia planted twenty-two years ago gives flowers in spring and shade in summer. At the back, the vegetable garden, organic and generous, sits behind its own fence, laid out in raised cedar beds and fitted with an automatic drip irrigation system.

Next to Montréal-Ouest, about a twelve minute walk from the train station, in a residential area of rare quiet, Hillcrest Street has its own online group. In its corner park, families with children and dogs cross paths every day; the neighbourhood occasionally organizes a party at the park, and everyone knows everyone.

Many visitors say it as soon as they arrive: in this lovely house, you feel like you're in the countryside, in the city.