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Highland Park,IL 60035
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Detached Single
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 3,302 sqft
Price per Sqft $241
MLS Listing ID 12352071
Style Colonial
Bedrooms 4
Full Baths 2
Half Baths 1
Year Built 1993
Annual Tax Amount $11,167
Tax Year 2023
Lot Size 0.700 Acres
Lot Dimensions 252X192X278X41
Property Sub-Type Detached Single
Property Description
Fantastic newer construction! Builder's own home. Great open floor plan - perfect for entertaining! So much space inside and out! Features recently remodeled kitchen and baths. Kitchen / family room combination has abundant white cabinets, quartz countertops, stainless appliances, bar area & large pantry. Separate very large dining and living rooms. Awesome 4 seasons sunroom with gas fireplace and vaulted ceiling off of the living room opens to patios on either side - great for parties! Convenient 2.5 car attached garage with epoxy floors leads into the spacious laundry room and 1/2 bath. Upstairs is a large primary suite with remodeled spa-like bath and huge walk-in closet. Three additional good sized bedrooms and a newly remodeled full hall bath complete the 2nd level. Full unfinished walk out basement is plumbed for a full bathroom - great space to finish or leave as it is for storage. Feels like being in the country on the 3/4 acre professionally landscaped lot with barn and fire pit ring. The barn is a perfect she-shed or he-shed! Convenient location, minutes to downtown Highland Park! Outstanding home, property, and value! Fun facts and history: It is said that one of Al Capone's speakeasy stops were on the property. There was a house here that was demolished around 1940-1945. Owner still find bits of broken dishes and glass....even whole creamer bottles from a local dairy. The neighborhood was once referred to Punkin' Center. Small farm-ettes were here with many family farms. Notes & Highlights: The house was designed and completed by August 1993. Frame construction using standard 2x4 framing. Commercial grade steel was used for support beams. The berm in the back yard came from the excavation material. Additions to the house include: the sunroom completed in '03; round patio addition '04 with the gazebo added '05; the rear patio was extended and the pergola was added '09; The barn was built in '07. Roof was replaced on '10 (30 yr roof Timberline shingles), New dual high-efficiency furnaces replaced '15 (with controls on 1st and 2nd floor for heating and cooling), New water heater '21, New sump pump '24, Upstairs AC replaced '22 (also high efficiency). Appliances '15 except refrigerator '19 & DW in '23, Garage door replaced '17 & opener replaced in '19. The gardens have been patiently built from clay soil and have given vegetable and flower gardens over the years. Current plantings include: Boxwood, Weigela, Dwarf Crabapple, Pink Dogwood, Boomerang Lilac Pink, Hydrangea, Sarah Bernhardt Peonies, Spirea, Blue Spruce, Viburnum,Daffodils, Jonquils, Grape Hyacinths, Scilla, Shasta Daisies. You will also see wild Violets and Speedwell as well as Periwinkle that planted themselves here.
Location
State IL
County Lake
Area Highland Park
Rooms
Basement Unfinished,Full
Interior
Interior Features Walk-In Closet(s),Open Floorplan,Pantry
Heating Natural Gas
Cooling Central Air,Zoned
Flooring Carpet
Fireplaces Number 1
Fireplaces Type Gas Log
Equipment CO Detectors,Ceiling Fan(s),Sump Pump,Water Heater-Gas
Fireplace Y
Appliance Range,Microwave,Dishwasher,Refrigerator,Washer,Dryer,Disposal,Wine Refrigerator,Gas Oven
Laundry Gas Dryer Hookup,In Unit
Exterior
Exterior Feature Fire Pit
Garage Spaces 2.5
Community Features Street Paved
Roof Type Asphalt
Building
Dwelling Type Detached Single
Building Description Cedar, No
Sewer Public Sewer,Storm Sewer
Water Lake Michigan,Public
Structure Type Cedar
New Construction false
Schools
Elementary Schools Wayne Thomas Elementary School
Middle Schools Northwood Junior High School
High Schools Highland Park High School
School District 112 ,112, 113
Others
HOA Fee Include None
Ownership Fee Simple
Special Listing Condition None
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