Summary
Urban Accessibility marries Parkland Privacy! 5800 Brookside Drive is a classic, all-brick, 2800 finished square feet, center hall colonial surrounded on two sides by the Metroparks’ Brookside Reservation. This home has four bedrooms, two full baths, two half baths, refinished hardwood floors, new ceramic tile, a spacious and private two-tier deck, a two car garage with extra storage space, a saltwater pool, a treehouse, a storage shed, enough lawn to play soccer and enough trees to provide shady serenity, a new driveway and garage pad, and all new high-end stainless steel kitchen appliances. The neighborhood is picturesque and walkable to shopping, library, the zoo, and playgrounds, with winding tree-lined streets filled with brick homes, friendly neighbors, and easy access to miles of paved park paths right at the edge of the property.
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Description
This large, family home provides elegant surroundings with nature out every window. Enjoy cozy evenings by your black marble surrounded wood burning fireplace in your large hardwood-floored living room with double french doors to a bright and airy sunroom that can be closed off from the rest of the home to provide quiet for study or a home office. Spend mornings sipping coffee in your multi-windowed breakfast nook watching birds and squirrels in the acres of Metroparks and surrounded by gleaming hardwood floors and stainless steel appliances and light oak cabinetry. Entertain in your classic dining room with tall windows, a buffet nook and white wainscoting. Listen to your children enjoying their big, playroom with second wood-burning fireplace and adjacent half bath. Retreat to your master suite retreat with two closets, room for a king bed and a sitting area, and a large, white tiled bath with separate soaking tub and shower. Grill on your large, private deck while being shaded by dozens of mature oaks and watching children and dogs enjoy the far large lawn with play structure, fenced in toddler-friendly near yard, wooded wild area with treehouse, and saltwater pool. Stroll or bike through miles of paved Metroparks paths, walk to Starbucks, the grocery, and the library in 20-30 minutes, or chat with the families and dog walkers taking advantage of the acres of Metroparks next to your home.
Specifications
- all brick
- center hall colonial
- 2800 finished square feet, plus a two-tiered deck and second floor sunporch
- First Floor: center hall, large living room, sunroom, back hall, half bath, coat closet, kitchen, formal dining room
- Second Floor: center hall, large sunporch, children’s hall full bathroom, two bedrooms, master bedroom with ensuite full bath and two closets, three hall closets
- Third Floor: large, new fourth bedroom with built-in shelves in the eaves, two large storage cubbies, two double-door closets, and a wall of built-in drawers and cupboards
- Basement: large family room, half bathroom, office, wall of closets, bar room, workshop and utility room, and a storage cubby
- enormous double lot–1/2 acre in the city!
- Metroparks adjacent, no neighbors to the north or east
- 4 bedrooms
- 2 full baths
- 2 half baths
- incredible views of nature and sky
- new driveway & garage pad
- new, upgraded insulation
- saltwater pool
- treehouse
- new high-end stainless steel kitchen appliances
- refinished hardwood floors
- new ceramic tile floors
- two masonry fireplaces
- formal wainscoted dining room
- large living room with wood burning fireplace
- first floor guest bathroom
- original knotty pine family room with bar room
- bright kitchen with five windows
- sunroom with floor to ceiling windows on three walls
- double closets in master suite
- three closets, including cedar closet, in upstairs hall
- loads of built in drawers, shelves, and closet in newly created third floor bedroom