HOUSE Lifestyle FOR
$289,000
(at
the low-end of comparables in area)
(734) 484-0775
“Every year we make
(1/4 mile from Wiards Orchard)
- Two-level ranch-style house
- 1384 square feet plus the same square footage in the basement
- 3 bedrooms upstairs, 1 bedroom downstairs
- Two full-bathrooms: 1 tub/shower upstairs, shower downstairs
- Hot water heat – system heated by gas. Cleaned and maintained annually.
- Electrical panel upgraded within 5 years.
- Plumbing upgraded within 5 years.
- Water softener replaced 2 years ago.
- Well water with excellent pressure.
- Built-in reverse-osmosis water filter for drinking water.
- Living room and several bedrooms with special, Lazure wall treatment.
- Carpeted living room.
- Woodburning fireplace in living room.
- Ceiling fan in living room and master bedroom.
- Entryway coat closet wired to hold stereo unit – speaker wiring under carpet in living room and under floor into kitchen area.
- Cork flooring in entry, kitchen, dining, breakfast nook. Floor stays warm in the winter.
- Large kitchen “planter” window installed three years ago as well as larger window in dining area to add extra light.
- Maple kitchen cabinets.
- Built-in water-saving (silent) Bosch dishwasher (stays).
- 18’ X 10’ three-season room so you can enjoy mosquito free dining in spring, summer or fall. A small space heater keeps this room warm enough to store your plants for all but 2-months of the winter.
- West end deck shaded by mature, flowering Wisteria.
- Two-car garage with electric garage opener. There is a built-in shop in the garage. There are two built-in storage areas in the garage.
- Semi-finished basement with storage shelves, large work-out area, laundry area and approximately 25% in a craft area with built-in storage shelves.
- Downstairs bath has a professionally hand-painted “underwater” mural.
- Cermaic tile in downstairs bath.
- Basement laundry with ironing area and built-in shelves and 10-foot hanging clothes area.
- Short driveway for easy winter snow clean-up.
- DSL ready (we have DSL service now).
- +/- 5.05 acres (This is enough acreage so that you can have a large animal – horse? Cow? We kept goats and sheep for a while.)
- Septic field -- but a bonus double-septic system. (Previous owner was planning on running a day-care center in the house.) Installed 1996. Cleaned July 2005 and serviced.
- 60’ X 80’ two-level barn with garage/workshop area for lawn/garden equipment, second shop area presently used for “project car”, two horse stalls, two shop areas. Large, upper storage space accessible by built-in staircase.
- “Hilton” chicken coop with double-bunk laying boxes, electrified (for wintertime heating) and large chicken yard will hold more than 35 hens but we only have 7 now. Having fresh eggs every day is a real luxury! (Hens will stay with the house – buyer option.)
- 50’ TV antenna tower with motarized, directional gizmo.
- “Organic”, no chemicals used on fruit - - Red Delicious, Winesap, Golden Delicious, Fuji apple trees, Bartlet pear, plum, apricot, Rainier cherry, choke cherry, raspberry, blueberry, and Muscadine grape. Also, there are hops growing by the barn which I have used in home brewing.
- “Organic”, non-chemical maintanance on property – no pesticides, herbicides, or phosphate fertilizer use in the 9 years we have lived here.
- H u g e garden area. (I haven’t planted this year, yet. But, I have added tons of composted chicken manure to this garden and it is really productive!)
- Master Gardener designed flower gardens everywhere you look! Butterfly and hummingbird garden. A large “kiva” area in the back yard is a semi-circle planted with many different types of flowering plants. A special rose garden is to the east side of the house.
- Rose arbor sitting area on west side of house.
- “Bubbly-pool” fountain and frog pond.
- Bird Sanctuary – many varieties fed at our feeders over the past 9 years. Plus we have a resident Red Tail Hawk who keeps rabbits and moles under control.
- Trout stream at the north end of the property in the “wetlands” which cuts across that corner of the property.
- 2+ acres of rambling room on the back half of the property. Was once “cropland” but could be fenced and become horse, goat, sheep pasture if you would prefer. Or, you might sell it off to the neighbors.
From the front – looking toward the back of the property. The chairs to the right side of the house are near the rose garden and east side planting area. The flowering tree out front is an apricot – as are those flowering behind the house.
Flowers everywhere – even in the yard!
From the back, looking past the
Light filled living room. Not pictured is wood burning fireplace.
Lots of kitchen area – maple cabinets, cork flooring, reverse osmosis water
filter, energy efficient Bosch dishwasher, Gas stove / range, cold-water / ice-maker refrigerator.
Cozy breakfast nook which looks out onto west deck.