Large Montlake home with hardwoods, box beams, wainscoting, and other special details by architect owner. Leaded glass book shelves and family dining area. Rare private library space on first floor. Ideal location, large basement and exceptional landscaping. Area for garage on SW corner of property. You’ll fall in love with the large, light, bright spaces and charming details.Backyard is such that a two-car Garage could be legally constructed. Note that parking on 20th Ave NE is not a problem as no houses front along the length of the house’s side-yard, always available parking Large level corner lot in very desirable neighborhood. Mature garden, great southern exposure, easy access to many amenities. Arboretum, Montlake Playfield, Library, Fuel Coffee, Monts Market, Metro Busline, all easy walking distance. Neighborhood is further benefited by great school in Montlake Elementary, University of Washington and easy access to Bellevue and downtown Seattle. Strong community organizations including on-line chat forum that keeps everyone up-to-date on neighborhood events and information. The once a year St. Demetrius Festival at the Greek Church draws thousands from all over the city, loved by everyone. Entire upper floor was gutted and remodeled. This includes all new insulation at walls and roof, floors refinished, all new tru-divided insulated wood windows, all new electrical, all new plumbing, reinforcement of roof overhang knee-braces, and remodel of bathroom including addition of Velux skylight. · Main floor Bathroom remodeled, including insulating of exterior wall, new electrical, and new insulated window. · New main floor Library, including insulating of exterior wall and new electrical. · All new plumbing throughout house, including new water line to meter at street. · Re-tuck pointed firebox in Living Room. · Added a $400 high-efficiency burner to oil furnace. · Seismic upgrades to house, including bolting house to foundation and nailing plywood to pony-walls of interior spaces for strengthening structural shear. · In response to some floor sag at the main floor there was added new 2×8 joists and new beam to existing floors in Living Room and Library. While both were not necessary owner added as precaution for weight of grand piano in Living Room and books in Library. Loads were sized by structural engineer. · Added steel angle beams at basement two windows. · Added Photography Lab in basement, plumbed for sink. Space could easily be converted to bathroom. Neighborhood Description This is a very tight-knit community with strong ties to the University of Washington. You will find a wonderful mix of young children as well as elderly couples that have lived here for 40 years plus. For the younger families there are a number of baby sitting co-ops along with the just remodeled Montlake community center (3) blocks to the west and the new Montlake neighborhood library (3) blocks to the east. The Arboretum and Interlaken Park are both within (5) blocks and provide some of Seattle's best park experiences. In addition to the close proximity to the Arboretum and Interlaken Park, Montlake has easy access to downtown Seattle, the University of Washington and the eastside. I ride my bike to work on the Burke-Gilman trail - which is located just on the other side of the Montlake Bridge.
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