Builders in town are sensing a change in homebuyers’ tastes in the direction of modern design — the sheer, stark look they see in downtown lofts.
Kentwood agent Sheila Schlifkin will take you in exactly the opposite direction Sunday, Sept. 23: a five-bedroom Cape Cod with a main-floor master suite in Old Cherry Hills Village thatap all about warmth, comfort and solidity.
Itap in a single-loop enclave of the village called Mockingbird Lane, built in the 1980s, that has the village’s serenity and none of the unsightly power lines and cable runs that drape the backs of some acreage neighborhoods there.
At 17 Mockingbird Lane, you’ll see a 1985 home that repeated generations of owners have reported always attracted the neighborhood kids after school (Schlifkin, a Cherry Hills expert, has seen the address through three sales over the years).
“Itap one-of-a-kind, not a me-too house,” she says, showing the lush finishes of its entry areas, flanked by a sunroom and a richly finished study.
As in classic New England homes that were its archetype, the plan wanders across plank-peg floors, down a step to a formal dining room, up a step to the kitchen and master with fireplace and a bright designer bath with lavish cabinetry, and down a step to a wide-open family room
Kids’ bedrooms are upstairs via two sets of stairs, showing the gabled windows with nooks, crannies, seats and built-ins that have disappeared from newer architecture.
The price is $3.95 million for 7,352 finished square feet, plus a three-car garage.
Despite the seasoned character, you’ll have a hard time figuring which areas are original and which have been remodeled.
The kitchen-family room areas are bright and inviting, and open to a nearly 2-acre yard thatap lushly landscaped with gardens, mature trees and an appealing pool wrapped by a large terrace.
Schlifkin will have it open Sunday, Sept. 23, from 11:30 to 12:30.
Take Quincy west from South University, just under a mile to Mockingbird.
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