• 4 Bedrooms / 2.5 Baths   
• Family Room Adjacent to Eat-In Kitchen
• 'Healthy Home' Updates Throughout
• Just 2 Blocks to Greenlake!
• Home Square Ft: 2,230

This house is a masterful blend of meticulous attention to period detail and careful implementation of “Healthy Home” Practices.  Refinished original fir floors, period light fixtures and oil-rubbed bronze hardware on five-panel fir doors, new fir trim and new Marvin wood windows are just the beginning of the journey.  The first floor has been opened up for maximum flow and light.  There is a charming window seat in the living room, a full size dining room and a family room right off the kitchen.  A convenient half bath is located on this floor.  The eat-in kitchen has been updated with quality cabinetry, custom tile work and has 21 feet of butcher block counters.

A beautiful, custom stair rail leads to the second floor where there are three bedrooms and a full bathroom with a claw foot tub, pedestal sink and waterfall showerhead.  The attic has a fan to re-circulate warmer air in the summer.  The stair landing is a perfect place to pen a letter, attend to homework or relax with a book.

The stairs to the lower level reveal lovely light sconces, new fir floors, generous ceiling height and deep window wells to showcase the new wood windows.  There are three generous rooms which can be designed to suit your needs.  The first room opens from the stairs and has an open floor-plan and lovely windows—this would make a great den!  A second room has beautiful double French doors and could be an office or a fourth bedroom.  The third room conveniently exits to the gorgeous and serene backyard.  This level also has a full bathroom and the utility room.

The truly exceptional improvements are those that you can’t see—there is new plumbing including cast iron plumbing from the top floor down to ensure silence on lower levels.  There is a re-circulating pump installed on the water heater for instant hot water.  French drains were installed around the outside perimeter of the home.  Extra insulation was installed between the main and lower levels and between the two front bedrooms for even more noise reduction.  Extensive seismic retrofitting was completed in 2000.   But you can certainly appreciate the visible assets of this gem—the large side yard has lush mature plantings and bountiful fruit trees.

Nestled between Phinney Ridge and Greenlake, you couldn’t ask for a better neighborhood.  One where people are friendly and actually know one another, keep an eye out for one another, where their children play together and families gather for block parties and Halloween.  Some favorite neighborhood places include Greenlake (two blocks away!), the PCC, the shops and restaurants on Greenwood and Phinney, the Phinney Neighborhood Association for fantastic classes and community-building activities and, of course, all that Greenlake has to offer.