32 Main Street, Kingston

Main St powers north from Colborne and takes a sharpish left before reaching Raglan. The turn is smooth but abrupt, controlled, as if a greyhound has just spied a rabbit plunging through the long grass. 32 Main sits on the west side just before that curve. It's a modest two-storey home, sure, but it's also sweet and eminently livable, an urban, metal-roofed cottage walkable to everything and with a deep and very pretty garden. The fridge and stove are brand new, and the washer and dryer aren't much different. There is a freshly finished den (or home office) at the back of the house. The two rooms upstairs are connected so I'm properly calling it a one-bedroom house, but if you're just starting out, the second of those is a nursery, or a gym; a dressing room, or a study from which you describe the world.