• 4 Bedrooms
• 2 Baths
• 3020 Interior Square Feet (KCR)
• Year Built: 1925

This well maintained home, accented by its’ trellised climbing clematis, is on one of the most charming blocks of Nob Hill Avenue North on Queen Anne. While the home has been tastefully updated, it still retains many of its’ 1925 period details, such as leaded glass windows, crown molding, hardwoods and the original fireplace.

The main floor, which is generously bathed in natural light, has territorial views, the grand fireplace mantle which makes a wonderful focal point, hardwood floors and gorgeous custom-built bookcases. In addition to a formal dining room, the kitchen has a sunny eating nook overlooking the deck, the flagstone terrace and custom built stone wall and many lovely plantings. The kitchen has wonderful natural light from a generous skylight highlighting the custom built leaded glass cabinets, bead board ceilings and extensive custom tiled counters. The kitchen has recently updated appliances (microwave, stove, dishwasher and fridge) and is accented by a generous butcher block table. Custom tile work highlights the remodeled full bathroom. The fourth bedroom and family room with French doors opening to the back yard complete this floor.

The upstairs with gleaming fir floors, has the master bedroom and second bedroom with Northwesterly views of the Canal out to the Sound and the Olympic mountain ranges. A third bedroom is currently used as a nursery and there is an extension of the master suite which makes a perfect office, library or reading room. The full bathroom has a charming claw foot tub/shower and extensive tile work.

The finished basement is a wonderful multi-functional area which is carpeted and has custom built-in storage and display cases, including a wine rack. The laundry room, more storage and a tandem two car garage complete this level. Please see below to appreciate all the attention paid to this home during the current owner’s stewardship.

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 Improvements Made By The Current Owners

Interior

Finished basement, which included:

◦ Moving all duct work and furnace to the garage

◦ Lowering floors for higher ceilings

◦ Installing custom-built bookcases, cabinets and wine rack

◦ Putting in a new furnace, hot water heater and thermostat

◦ Converting from oil to gas

◦ Insulating and sheet-rocking the garage

◦ Installing an electric garage door

Re-did bathroom on 1st floor (including original Mexican tiles and custom-built medicine cabinet)

Updated kitchen with installation of new oven, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator and garbage disposal (2003-2005)

Retrofitted house for earthquakes (i.e. bolted house to foundation secured hot water heater)

Installed new front door, antique-period hardware and mailbox

Custom built bookcases in living room

Painted every room in house (1997-1998)

Re-plastered walls in downstairs bedroom and upstairs kids’ bedroom

Stripped many layers of old paint off of much of window and door trim throughout house

Refinished wood floors throughout most of house (which involved pulling out wall-to wall carpeting upstairs)(1997)

Carpeting stairs to 2nd floor and installed hand rail

Replaced large windows in living and dining room (double pane)

Installed storm window in entrance foyer on first floor

Restored weight system, stripped and re-hung windows in downstairs bedroom and upstairs kids’ bedroom

Replaced several failed windows in kitchen eating area, downstairs bathroom and master bedroom

Heating ducts and furnace cleaned and serviced in 2004

Installed new curtains and natural fiber window coverings throughout house

Installed new light fixtures in dining room, kitchen eating area and front stoop

Exterior

Installed new gutters and re-built several sagging soffits (1997)

Painted exterior (1997), restored north side (1999), restored west side (2005)

Patched, cleaned and treated roof (2002, 2005)

Installed caps on chimneys, tuck-pointed and sealed bricks, cleaned out chimney (1998)

Built wooden front stoop and stairs (used to be concrete and ivy)

Re-did concrete walkways and stairs

Custom-built flagstone terrace, wooden deck and stone masonry retaining wall in backyard

Fenced back yard (which included removing wire fencing and overgrown ivy)

Pruned and restored asian pear, Japanese maple and tread branch trees in front yard, as well as cherries, hawthorn and laurel trees in back and sideyards (1997, 2001, 2003)

Cleared out overgrown trees and ivy

Built outdoor trellis with climbing clematis vines

Planted hydrangeas, vine maple trees, camellias, rhododendrons, hellebores, epimedium, lavender, tulip and crocus bulbs and more.