Privacy is a big word in real estate, perhaps second only to location. Private gardens, private estates, private baths. A brand-new listing in Paris, Ont., has an unusual feature — a private postal code. N3L 2N3 to be exact.

The property, at 1 Banfield St. in the County of Brant, about a 90-minute drive west of Toronto, is a Gothic Victorian estate that was built in 1854. Its original owner was Charles Whitlaw, owner of the Paris Mills — at the time the largest mill in what was then Canada West — and several times mayor of Paris, Ont. Its current owner is entrepreneur, philanthropist and former Cineplex Media president Salah Bachir.