REAL ESTATE SERVICES by JOHN RICE REALTOR 616-951-4663 BHHSMI MICHIGAN REAL ESTATE

Private lake frontage, mid-century modern – minutes from downtown…This is a rare opportunity to own an impressive all-brick home of approximately 4,800 square feet on one of the most desirable streets in Grand Rapids. This home features a large frontage on Middleboro Lake (210 feet) and sits on 1.123 landscaped acres (3 lots)on a quiet-street with a cul-de-sac. There are 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms, each of which has been remade and modernized during the past eight years. This home is just minutes to downtown, the Medical Mile, shopping, restaurants, and major highways. See attached supplement for the full list of recent improvements and amenities or reach out to listing agent. This is a rare opportunity to own an impressive all-brick ranch-style home of approximately 4,800 square feet on one of the most desirable streets in Grand Rapids, Middleboro Drive, Northeast. This home features a large frontage on Middleboro Lake (210 feet) and sits on 1.123 landscaped acres (3 lots) in the middle of the block on quiet-street with a cul-de-sac. The front door opens to a foyer which leads to rooms on the main floor with large double-pane windows looking out to the magnificent vistas of Middleboro Lake. The open floor plan makes entertaining both enjoyable for guests and hosts alike. The high-paneled ceilings (with over four-inches in thickness of high-quality insulation) give the house an airiness that is refreshing and full of natural light. There are four bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms, each of which has been remade and modernized during the past eight years. The main floor bathrooms have marble and other premium stone countertops and one-handle water controls using Grohe faucets. This home includes three built-in gas-fired fireplaces in the Living Room, Family Room, and Master Suite. The main kitchen has many built-in cabinets and a walk-in pantry, a hooded gas cooktop, built-in microwave and wine storage, and features a large stainless steel sink, with one-handle water controls, a hot-water dispenser (190 degrees F), that is built into an island with breathtaking views of the lake to the north. A hardwood floor covers the kitchen and the adjoining dining room. There is a second kitchen on the lower level with a stainless steel sink, microwave, new (2017) refrigerator, and granite-countertops, and attractive work cabinets that adjoins the large Family Room which is paneled and carpeted from wall-to-wall. Appliances have been replaced with two new (2017) energy-efficient refrigerators and two new (2016 and 2017) air conditioning systems and air handlers, a new (2016) washer drier set, a new (2010) gasfired boiler and associated piping for both circulating hot water heat and domestic hot water supply, and a new (2018) ultra-quiet dishwasher. The newly remodeled laundry room adjoins the master suite and second bedroom on the main floor of the house. The Master Suite including an ensuite bathroom is spacious with many windows, built-in bookcases, a sitting area, a large walk-in closet, and its own private screened porch, which sits right up overlooking Middleboro Lake. Large windows are also featured in a second bedroom, which may be used as a study or den. There are also large windows in the Family Room on the lower level. The main-floor laundry room has an efficient washer-dryer set. The house features a large deck made of pretreated wood off the Living Room and a spacious patio of some 850 square feet off the Family Room. A new roof was installed eight years ago. The home has a three-vehicle garage with substantial adjoining room for storing gear. The driveway was repaved in 2017. Wildlife are abundant on and around the lake, including resident family of swans, ducks, a great many song birds, a red fox, several nests of squirrels, an otter, numerous Canadian geese (in season), and Sandhill Cranes who come up from Florida each summer and fall. Lake Middleboro limits water craft to no more power than an electric motor, is of some 21 acres, has a depth of 42 feet, is swimmable, has great fishing, and, in winter, freezes over to form wonderful venues for ice skating, hockey, and ice-fishing; it is accessible from this home’s private dock. One unique feature of the house is that it is paneled with decorative, solid cedar planks as a veneer to the all-brick structure, and the large cedar garage doors were custom made for this house. In addition, the house has a 750-square foot, heated storage room at ground level where water equipment and vehicles may be stored when not in use. The lawns are provided with an in-ground sprinkling system with a complete, automatic control system.
This home is just minutes to downtown, the Medical Mile, shopping, restaurants, and major highways.

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