Area: Madison Park
Address: 2040 McGilvra Blvd E View local map
NWMLS: 28079157
List Price: $1,150,000
Status: Available
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Heat: Gas, Forced Air
Taxes: 2008 - $6,156
Year Built: 1942
Lot Size: 4,000 per KingCounty Records

Extensive remodeling has transformed this 1942 rambler into a sophisticated, three-level home. The phased renovations, the latest completed in 2007, opened up spaces, updated systems, and provided desired amenities for contemporary living. They also endowed the house with style and panache. The property is within easy walking distance to Lake Washington and the shops and restaurants of Madison Park. It has a fenced, recently landscaped front yard with a level lawn. A trellised porch provides an inviting entry to the front-gabled house with clapboard walls. A paneled front door opens to main floor interiors with an open floor plan and dark-stained hardwood floors. A high vaulted ceiling defines the living area, which has a wood-burning fireplace with a brick surround and marble hearth flanked by casement windows.

French doors open to a small deck that overlooks the front yard. Four columns delineate the adjoining dining area. The kitchen, steps up from the dining area, has traditional cabinetry trimmed with beadboard. Butcher block and slab marble tops counters. Appliances include a Jenn-Air 4-burner gas cook-top, GE wine cooler, and stainless steel refrigerator/freezer, dishwasher, and convection oven, all by Kitchen-Aid. Glass block walls border a display niche. An adjoining sitting area has a wall of built-in cabinetry and French doors to the deck and backyard. The main level also offers a bedroom with crown molding and shuttered windows. Now used as a family/media room, the room has built-in cabinetry for a big screen TV and A/V equipment. A full bath with pedestal sink, tile floor and tub surround serves the main floor.

A circular steel staircase connects the home's three levels and adds a dramatic, contemporary element to each floor. It leads to the master suite, which occupies the entire second level. The master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling, abundant storage, and a built-in window seat looking out on the back yard. The master bath is appointed in tile and has a pedestal sink. Two additional bedrooms are located on the lower level; one currently functions as a home office.

A full bath with beadboard paneling and a pedestal sink serves the lower level. The utility room holds laundry facilities and mechanical equipment. A large storage area with tile floors provides access to the backyard. The two-level deck is a recent addition to the backyard, which enjoys plenty of privacy, thanks to a dense, wrap-around evergreen hedge. What was once a detached one-car garage has been converted to a party room that makes outdoor entertaining a great option. The party room has a high vaulted ceiling with skylights, wide-plank pine floors, and French doors to the backyard. Beadboard-trimmed cabinets topped with honed granite offer counter seating. The space is equipped with a dishwasher, mini-refrigerator and wine cooler. Other Special Features: • Bathroom fixtures by Kohler throughout • Hardware either brushed chrome or brushed nickel throughout • Recessed lighting on main and lower levels • Fully air-conditioned • Alarm system • Recently landscaped grounds • Sprinkler systems for both front and back lawns

If you're interested in this home, please email us at twobobs@seattlefineproperties.com .