Thorndale, Ontario

239 Foxborough Place

Started as a showpiece. Finished as a masterpiece.

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Walk through 239 Foxborough

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Great room with the wall of black-framed doors to the covered porch, the kitchen beyond

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4 + 1Bedrooms

4 + ½Bathrooms

2,357Sq ft above grade

990Sq ft below grade

2Custom kitchens

2024Completed

Finished to the last inch.

Royal Oak Homes built 239 Foxborough Place in 2024 as their showcase model home: over 3,300 square feet across three levels, with ten-foot ceilings, white oak floors and more than $348,000 of builder upgrades already in place. Then the owner took it further, room by room and trade by trade, until every square inch had been brought to a standard most custom builds never reach.

The result is one idea carried all the way through. Barzotti and GCW cabinetry on both levels. A two-tone staircase that stands on its own as a piece of sculpture. Four zones of radiant heat beneath a lower level with a kitchen of its own. A yard that was engineered before it was planted. Blinds, sound, cameras and power already where they need to be.

Kitchen island with a waterfall quartz edge, open to the great room, fireplace and black-framed windows

Front elevation — Modern farmhouse, contemporary lines, board-and-batten over stone

Entry hall with the Mastergrain chevron door seen from inside, a white console and the white oak floor — Mastergrain door with chevron inlay

Close view of the front: charcoal board-and-batten gable, metal awning, smeared stone with white mortar, the chevron front door and the lantern beside the 239 — Smeared stone, white mortar, charcoal board-and-batten

Aerial view of the front of the home: board-and-batten gables, stone entry and metal accent roofs over the window bay and garage — Metal accent roofs, smeared stone entry

01Architecture & Exterior

Composed, not assembled.

The façade sets the tone from the street: smeared stone laid with white mortar against charcoal board-and-batten, black-framed Golden windows beneath steel roof details, and a Mastergrain Palma front door with a chevron inlay, supplied and installed by Ridley Windows and Doors. Mastergrain doors are fiberglass, Ontario-made, with the grain cast from real wood so they read as timber and wear like neither wood nor steel. The siding is James Hardie's Hardie Panel in Midnight Black, a fibre-cement board that replaces the builder's vinyl on every elevation: non-combustible, unmoved by moisture or pests, and backed by a thirty-year warranty. Underfoot, the walk and drive are exposed aggregate bordered in broom-finished concrete, laid by Springbank as part of a full regrade of the lot. Two black glass garage doors complete the elevation.

Mastergrain Palma fiberglass door, Ridley Windows & Doors
Smeared stone, white mortar
Hardie Panel fibre-cement siding, Midnight Black
Golden windows, black frames
Steel roof details
Exposed aggregate & concrete hardscape, Springbank

Kitchen island, lit display cabinetry and the great room beyond — Barzotti and GCW cabinetry, quartz island

Kitchen sink wall, the range under its hood with a quartz slab backsplash, and the arch to the pantry — Quartz slab backsplash, Bosch range, arch to the pantry

Pantry with navy cabinetry, lit shelves, a built-in microwave and an appliance garage — Pantry: appliance garage, built-in microwave

Great room with the gas fireplace and the nine-foot French doors to the porch — Great room, gas fireplace, nine-foot French door

02Kitchen & Great Room

Built for scale.

The main floor is drawn around a ten-foot ceiling, and the kitchen takes full advantage of it. Barzotti redesigned the fridge wall to add a pantry and ran the GCW cabinetry to the ceiling with lit glass uppers. The oversized island carries a waterfall quartz edge, and the quartz backsplash runs up the stove wall to the hood. A Bosch fridge and gas range sit flush. The room opens to the great room, its gas fireplace and a white brick feature wall, then through a nine-foot Raven French door to the covered porch, so cooking, sitting and the yard work as one space.

Barzotti & GCW cabinetry, redesigned fridge wall and pantry
Quartz counters, island and stove-wall backsplash
Bosch fridge and gas range
Raven 9' French door, Ridley Windows & Doors
Gas fireplace, white brick feature wall

Formal dining room with wall mouldings, ceiling medallion and white oak floors — Crown moulding, ceiling medallion, white oak floors, Aria flush vents

Curved staircase with black spindles, a carpet runner and panelled walls — Sculptural curved staircase, panelled stairwell, white oak rail

Bedroom-level laundry room with a stacked Miele washer and dryer, sink and quartz counter — Bedroom-level laundry, Miele TwinDos pair

Den with Benjamin Moore Soot walls and a secretary desk, the chevron front door beyond — Den in Benjamin Moore Soot, chevron front door

03Dining & Details

The finish work most builds skip.

Trim is where a budget usually runs out. Here it was the single largest line item inside the house: Veldhuis Contracting opened up the stairwell, panelled the walls, ran crown moulding and upgraded baseboards through the main rooms and set a custom ceiling medallion above the dining table. The staircase, a builder upgrade with a two-tone stain and custom railing, is a thing to look at as much as to climb. Floors are white oak engineered hardwood in every room, upstairs included, with Aria flush-mount vents set into the boards. Automated microscreen roller blinds and Nieman Market front closets complete the main floor; the Miele TwinDos laundry pair sits on the bedroom level. Walls are Benjamin Moore White Dove, with Soot in the den and Black Beauty in the office.

Finish carpentry, crown and panelling by Veldhuis
Two-tone staircase, custom railing
White oak engineered hardwood throughout
Aria flush floor vents
Custom ceiling medallion
Automated microscreen roller blinds, Ash Interiors
Miele TwinDos washer and dryer
Nieman Market front closets
Benjamin Moore White Dove, Soot, Black Beauty

Primary bedroom with a large window and sitting chair — Primary suite, nine-foot ceilings

Freestanding tub under a wood ceiling in the primary ensuite — Five-piece spa ensuite

Double vanity in the primary ensuite — Double vanity, brass fixtures

Glass walk-in shower with brass fixtures — Walk-in shower

04Primary Suite

A retreat on the second floor.

Nine-foot ceilings carry upstairs, giving the primary suite real volume, with white oak underfoot where the builder would have laid carpet. Two walk-in closets are fitted by Nieman Market. The five-piece ensuite is spa-inspired: a soaker tub, a custom tiled shower and a double vanity with a quartz backsplash and brass fixtures, in upgraded tile selections. The second floor carries three full baths in all: the primary ensuite, a second ensuite, and a Jack-and-Jill connecting two of the bedrooms, each with the same quartz detailing. A powder room serves the main floor and a full bath the lower level.

Nieman Market walk-in closets
Five-piece ensuite: soaker tub, custom shower
Second ensuite and Jack-and-Jill bath
Quartz vanity backsplashes, brass fixtures
Upgraded tile selections
White oak in every bedroom
9' second-floor ceilings

Lower level kitchen and dining area open to the recreation room — Second custom kitchen, quartz surfaces

Lower level recreation room with fireplace and sectional — Recreation room with fireplace

Lower level office with dark walls and a desk — Office, radiant heated floors

Lower level kitchen with dining table and full-size fridge — Premium appliances

05Lower Level

A lower level that lives like a main floor.

The lower level adds 990 square feet, and none of the living space was left basic. Four zones of radiant heat warm the floor. Barzotti built the second kitchen, topped in Cambria Skara Brae quartz, with a Miele dishwasher, a Sharp convection oven, fridge drawers and a wine fridge. There is a dedicated office, a recreation room with its own tiled fireplace, a full bathroom with a curbless tiled shower, generous storage and built-in sound. White oak treads and new railings by Brandeo take you down. Also new: a sump pump with battery backup and a water softener. It works for guests, for extended family, for running a business from home, or simply as the second living room a house of this size should have.

Four-zone radiant heated floors
Second kitchen by Barzotti, Cambria Skara Brae quartz
Miele dishwasher, Sharp convection oven, wine fridge
Curbless tiled shower
Tiled fireplace, integrated sound
White oak stair treads and railings, Brandeo
Sump pump with battery backup, water softener

Covered porch, patio and garden with water feature — Covered porch, professional landscaping

Water fountain

Covered porch seating area under a wood ceiling — Covered porch, outdoor audio

Backyard lawn, trees and custom fence — No rear neighbours, custom fencing

06Backyard

Engineered, then planted.

The lot backs directly onto parkland with no rear neighbours, and the yard was built to make use of that. Springbank Landscapers regraded the whole property and laid the hardscape, the custom wood and wrought-iron fencing, the water fountain and the plantings. Rainforest installed automated irrigation front and back. The covered porch has its own electrical, a ceiling fan and outdoor speakers, and cameras cover the exterior. Ready for what's next: a gas line for a firepit, a generator-ready gas line, an additional 100-amp panel, pre-wire for landscape lighting and a poured pad sized for a future cabana. The infrastructure is in. The next owner only has to decide what to put on it.

Landscaping, hardscape and fencing by Springbank
Automated irrigation, Rainforest
Water fountain
Covered porch: electrical, ceiling fan, outdoor speakers
Gas firepit line and generator-ready gas line
Additional 100-amp panel
Landscape-lighting pre-wire
Cabana pad
Exterior cameras and alarm

Black glass garage doors, the stone facade and the exposed aggregate driveway — Black glass doors, exposed aggregate drive

Inside the finished garage: Wrought Iron walls, cedar wainscoting, the cedar stair to the loft and the door into the house, virtually staged — Heated, finished garage: epoxy floor, cedar wainscoting, loft

Garage looking out through the black glass doors, with the cedar storage loft overhead, virtually staged — Cedar storage loft, black glass doors

07Garage

Even the garage.

Most garages are left as drywall and a slab. This one was insulated in the walls and ceiling, painted in Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron, and treated like a room: an epoxy floor by Forest City Epoxy, cedar wainscoting with a cedar deck by the door and a cedar storage loft overhead by Brandeo, Nieman Market cabinetry, a heater, upgraded lighting and dedicated outlets on their own breakers, camera coverage, and two black glass doors from Garage City that match the façade. Use it as a workshop, a showroom, or just a better way to come home.

Epoxy floor, Forest City Epoxy
Cedar wainscoting, decking and loft, Brandeo
Nieman Market cabinetry
Insulated and heated
Upgraded lighting, dedicated outlets
Black glass doors, Garage City
Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron
Camera coverage

A note on the investment

Completed in 2024 as a Royal Oak Homes model home with approximately $348,000 of builder upgrades, 239 Foxborough was then taken further by its owner: about $311,000 outdoors, $87,000 in the lower level, $60,000 in the garage and $262,000 inside, every item documented with the trade that did the work. Acquisition and improvement costs total approximately $2.146 million. Everything described above is already in place.

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Areas are iGuide exterior measurements: 2,357 sq ft above grade, 990 sq ft below grade, 3,347 sq ft in all. The drawings show interior area, which excludes walls. All figures approximate.

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Location

Thorndale.

Foxborough Place sits in a quiet enclave on the edge of Thorndale, a village a short drive northeast of London. The property backs directly onto parkland with no rear neighbours. Northeast London, with the Sunningdale and Ballymote corridors, Masonville, University Hospital and Western University, is a short drive away, while property taxes remain a fraction of those on a comparable home in the GTA.

London University Hospital: about 25 min
Western University: about 22 min
London International Airport: about 15 min
Highway 401: about 20 min
Downtown London: about 20 min
Toronto Pearson: about 1 h 50 min