The owner’s tour | An undeniable cachet in Terrebonne

Owners open the doors of their exceptional residence to us, offered on the resale market.

Anchored on a large lot in Terrebonne, this charming house, in a room-by-room style, has received a lot of love. Patiently renovated for a decade, it is ready to welcome a new family, because its owners have decided to meet other cultures.

Danny Masson and Christophe Audinelle lived in an apartment for a year with their children and Danny’s mother while waiting to find a residence that would suit them. “My husband had sold his house in France in 2012 and we needed a large space to accommodate the whole family, says the latter. It was Christophe who found the ad for this property on MLS [une base de données exhaustive qui regroupe les annonces immobilières]. We went to visit it without waiting, it didn’t look like that at all inside, but its size suited us. »

The same day, the couple makes an offer which is accepted. Barely gone to the notary in the morning, Mr. Audinelle, who is a joiner-carpenter, gets down to work and decompartmentalizes the ground floor in the afternoon. So much so that when his wife opens the door, she panics: “I thought he had demolished our house! »

For his part, Christophe Audinelle saw the full potential, as this was not his first renovation experience. There was wood everywhere and the ceiling was overwhelming the space. Painted white, it has kept its beautiful texture, but makes rooms brighter.

Ten years of work

After the renovation of the ground floor, the master of the place tackles the first floor where there are four bedrooms, then the basement, while taking care to develop the courtyard in the summer. Careful work that lasted 10 years. “When we arrived, there was nothing on the ground, apart from a swimming pool which I called the wart,” laughs Christophe Audinelle. I love Japanese ponds, so I designed one here, but I’m in the process of redoing it, to make it a bit bigger and deeper, because I have koi carp growing up. They now measure between 40 cm and 50 cm and need more space. » A new swimming pool area harmonizes with the garden and has direct access to the covered terrace.

Six months after moving in with their 2-year-old son, Danny’s two teenage daughters and their grandmother, the latter has a stroke. “We had to place her and she never came home. It was a big shock, a tragedy because our purpose of having this big house was for her to stay with us and to be taken care of until the end of her days. , says Danny Masson.

The sun on the horizon

Since this painful event, the young girls have grown up and are at university. The pandemic has been there, with its share of nostalgia linked to confinement and like many others, the couple has asked a lot of questions about the meaning of life. “We love our house very much, we put our hearts into it, but we decided to sell it because we plan to move to the Caribbean,” explains Danny Masson.

They want to work differently to take the time to see their son grow up, discover other landscapes, other customs and plan to create a completely autonomous space. They shared the idea of ​​this new adventure with their neighbours, curious to know why Danny Masson and Christophe Audinelle wanted to leave their beautiful home. These retirees had cherished a similar dream several years ago, but did not take the plunge, which they regret today.

“Life is now; so we must not miss it and even if it is hard for me to leave this house which is the work of my husband, it is important that we leave and that a new family settles there ” , believes Danny Masson.