This impressive home with luxury, vintage features has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a family room with exquisite oak panels and built-ins, a sitting room off the primary bedroom, a slate roof, a lovely garden house, and a large lot with gorgeous landscaping /hardscaping. The house is priced for you to make your own personalized updates to the interior.
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From the foyer, an arched doorway frames the large living room which opens to a lovely family room that is the most striking feature of the house. It was originally a screened porch. A prominent local architect designed the space with a stone exterior, a curved wall of windows in front, slate floors, cladded beams, and beautifully crafted oak shelving and cabinetry. The rear doors open onto a large patio and a view of the back yard.
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The roomy kitchen is flooded with sunlight. It's connected to a cozy breakfast nook. The large dining room features attractive crown molding and chair rails. A full bath is located off an alcove on the main level. It was added to allow one level living if needed--with the family room used as a bedroom.
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The basement level has a wood-paneled recreation room with a vintage bar, powder room, extra storage, ******************************************************************************************************************
There are three bedrooms on the upper level, with a fourth located on the attic level. The primary bedroom has its own bath and a sitting room with a balcony. The attic bedroom space is large and light-filled and loaded with clever built-in drawers, shelves, and cabinets.
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The lot is larger than most. There is extensive hardscaping with rich gray stone work. The lushly planted garden has mature boxwood, laurels, rhododendron, azaleas, and many other perennials.
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University Park is a highly desirable neighborhood located along the Route One Corridor in Prince Georges County. The impressive tree canopy and visually-appealing, well-maintained houses are trademarks of the neighborhood which maintains a quiet small-town feel while, at the same time, being in easy reach of public transportation, shopping, restaurants and entertainment. There is an active civic association which hosts the 4th of July parade, an annual chili cook-off, outdoor movie nights and other fun, yearly events. Families with young children appreciate that University Park Elementary is one of the top-rated schools in the county.