The owner’s tour | The surprise house

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

Right in front of Saint-Joseph primary school, where the film was partly filmed Mr. Lazhar (in 2011), there is a little gem at 4067, avenue De Lorimier. A surprise, discreet house, set back from the avenue and entirely restored from 2019 to 2021 by its owner, Sam Nouri.

On the exterior wall, at the entrance, we see an inscription: “Club National 1918”. This could correspond to a former local club. Horse riding, weightlifting, chess? “We did research, we didn’t find anything certain,” said Sam Nouri. On the other hand, we know that this place was a boiler room for a long time. Behind the house, they put wood. »

Sam Nouri purchased this property in 2012, built around 1910 on a plot of 384 m^⁠2. The house is part of a co-ownership with the neighboring building (4061-4065, avenue De Lorimier) which the 42-year-old man had also purchased and which he resold. There are therefore four lots and four owners on this divided co-ownership.

In 2019, he and his partner, Adèle Terzibachi, called on architects Paul Bernier and Alexandre Bernier (not from the same family and from two different firms!) to create an extraordinary house. Everything inside was demolished except for a few steel beams, the entire structure (including walls) having been redefined and piling carried out throughout.

The contemporary architecture and the whiteness of the premises create a friendly and well-lit space, thanks to skylights and bay windows. The master bedroom, in the basement, is next to its bathroom, two other bedrooms and a children’s bathroom. The structural concrete floors – the slab is 12 inches thick – are heated.

In the basement, the ceiling is made up of a slatted grid which corresponds to a sort of small metal passage to the upper floor, where the living room, the dining room and the kitchen are located. This fence helps add more light to the basement. We go upstairs via a walnut staircase. The arrival in the large room is spectacular. Wow! We walk on the grating, softer than we thought, to the large table in the dining room located near a bay window opening onto a small terrace which leads, via stairs, to the terrace on the roof.

The wall of the interior terrace and that of the roof terrace are made of rust-colored Corten steel. An industrial and elegant style. The roof terrace is truly at the heart of the other homes in the neighborhood, near the alley. “It’s not disturbing,” said Sam Nouri. People are not curious here. I grew up in Saint-Laurent. The neighbors were always watching what we were doing! Here, we greet each other and that’s it. »

Although located near the busy Avenue De Lorimier, the house is quiet. “The only noise we sometimes hear is the children playing at Saint-Joseph school,” says Mr. Nouri. Car traffic is slow at this location. And then, people often think that on the Plateau, it’s party time and that there aren’t many families. But it’s quiet. There are daycares on every street corner, grocery stores, Jeanne-Mance high school is not far away and there are busy parks. It is also an increasingly multicultural neighborhood. It’s cool. »

Owner of several buildings, Sam Nouri has another real estate project which will allow them to have more space, as the family grows. “I really liked living here,” says Adèle Terzibachi. The space, the light, the height of the ceilings. » “We love this house which is original,” adds her husband. Everyone we invited here loved it. Even my nephew and my niece are angry that we’re selling it! »

Consult the property file

Consult the description of the house on the architectural site Kollectif