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Welcome to this beautiful Tudor style home located on one of Radnor’s most desirable streets in the heart of St. Davids, just minutes from the St. Davids’s train station, the new Radnor Elementary School and Radnor High School.  This home has been renovated with great attention to detail and maintains the vintage charm and character that is so distinctive and unique to the Main Line. 

EXTERIOR:  The characteristic tudor style has been enhanced and improved with extensive exterior renovations, while the gardens were designed to create the perfect setting for this special home.  Exquisite plantings, carefully designed flower beds, flagstone paths, garden lighting and a walled garden encircle the home and frame it beautifully through all seasons.  The secluded courtyard  patio and garden in the backyard is the perfect spot for morning coffee and summer dinners, and the  flagstone walkway with iron gate creates the idyllic “secret garden”.  A stone covered porch with half walls opens from the Living Room and provides beautiful views of the front and side gardens.  A frost free farm spigot in the courtyard provides water throughout the year.

FIRST FLOOR:  A stone entrance lead to the covered, arched front door that opens into a spacious Foyer with beautiful moldings, charming casement window, coat closet and open staircase.  Hardwood floors are found throughout most of this home. An open archway opens to the formal Living Room (25’x14’10”) that features crown molding, many casement windows with deep windowsills, and French doors to the covered porch.  The focal point of the Living Room is the beautiful fireplace with carved antique mantle and raised brick hearth.  To the right of the Foyer is the elegant Dining Room (16’1”x13’10”) with two sets of casement windows with deep windowsills and beautiful moldings.  A swinging door leads to the renovated, spacious Kitchen (16’1”x12’4”) that features hardwood floors, wonderful cabinet space, generous counter workspace, a large island, and glass doors to a side garden.  The Kitchen is very bright and cheerful and features birch cabinets, white corian counters, recessed lighting, Bosch dishwasher, Sub-Zero refrigerator, stainless steel sink with disposal, 4 burner Thermador gas cooktop with electric range,  copper hood and fan vented to the exterior, ceramic tile splashback, and a Kitchenaid electric wall oven and microwave.  The large island can accommodate several bar stools for casual dining.   The Kitchen leads to the dramatic open beam vaulted ceiling Family Room (18’8”x17’4”) that offers windows onto the garden and glass doors that open into the secluded and charming walled patio and garden.  This room, with ceramic tile floor, indirect lighting and efficient wood stove, is inviting and beautiful in every season, and provides lovely views throughout the year.  The garden entrance to the home enters into a well appointed Mud Room (12’5”x6’10”) that features a double closet with built-ins, the Powder Room, hardwood floors, recessed lighting and crown molding.

SECOND FLOOR:   The split and turned staircase leads from the front Foyer and the Kitchen to the second floor hallway.  The lovely Master Bedroom (18’8”x14’10”) has wonderful natural light through two sets of casement windows.  It features recessed lighting, lovely moldings, two closets with built-in closet systems, and a spacious custom built walk-in closet.  The Master Bath was completely renovated and features ceramic tile floor with radiant heat, custom vanity with corian double sinks, specially designed mirrored cabinets and corian lined shower.  This bath also opens to a smaller Bedroom (12’6”x11’11”), now being used as a second floor Den/Sitting room for the Master Bedroom.  The third Bedroom (14’10”x14’) is a lovely corner bedroom with a deep closet, chair rail and crown molding, and a charming window seat, while the fourth Bedroom (15’x14’3”) has a deep closet with built-ins and a door to the Hall Bath.  This Hall Bathroom features white tile floor, subway wall tiles, new vanity with porcelain sink and custom made medicine cabinet, tub and shower.

THIRD FLOOR:  The wide staircase leads to an open and bright center hall on the third floor where there are two additional Bedrooms and a Hall Bath.  The fifth Bedroom (14’11”x11’5”) leads to an attic storage room and the sixth Bedroom (15’x11’5”) has generous under eave storage areas.  A Hall Bath serves both bedrooms and features a lovely clawfoot bathtub with shower.

BASEMENT:  The basement is divided into two areas.  The large finished room (30’x22’8”) is perfect for many activities and also houses the laundry facility, while a spacious unfinished room provides ample storage.  There is an outside entrance that leads through Bilco doors to the side garden.

GARAGE:  The detached 2+ car garage is a car lover’s delight.  It is oversized and very deep with a large storage closet.  A gas line fuels the gas heater and  a frost free farm spigot  provides water throughout the year.

EXCLUSIONS:  Hanging cupboards in 2^nd floor Dressing room and Hall; hanging cupboard in Family room; hanging cupboard in Powder Room; curtain rods in Dining Room; all curtains, valances and roman shades; Iron Dragonfly on wall near back door; sconces in living room and family room; Iron trellis and garden ornaments not attached to the house; washer and dryer, gas grill.

INCLUSIONS:  Refrigerator, all black out roller shades; fountain in garden that will be dismantled and stored in garage for the winter.

 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS HOME

**Replaced all casement and some double hung windows with Marvin true   divided light insulated wood windows;

**Repointed stonework on house and chimney;

**Repaired stucco and replaced wood  as needed on outside of house;

**Finished basement walls with stucco, installed new carpet;

**Installed new wood stove in Family room;

**Installed outdoor lighting;

**Installed new cast iron sewer pipes in basement;

**Cabled the maple tree;

**Added crown molding to Living Room and Dining Room;

**Rebuilt deck over bilco door and replaced basement door;

**Replaced fences and installed red cedar fence posts;

**Carpeted stairs to third floor;

**Installed new PVC pipe drain in kitchen and bar sinks;

**Refinished Kitchen and back Foyer floors;

**Installed window shades throughout the house;

**Replaced Bosch dishwasher and Sub-Zero refrigerator;

**Rewired entire house with new electric service;

**Updated kitchen island with new sink, countertops, and faucet;

**Gutted and rebuilt Master Bath;

**Installed Closet Works built-ins in most closets;

**Insulated wherever possible;

**Installed drain pit in front of house and removed patio;

**Installed gas line to barbecue;

**Installed gas logs in Living Room fireplace;

**Replaced both Thermador ovens, microwave and cooktop;

**Installed central vacuum system;

**Rebuilt garage adding gas lines for heat and water;

**Repaved driveway;

**New storms and screens installed on existing double hung windows;

**Designed and implemented complete landscaping plans for entire property; created walled garden with iron gate, flagstone patio and paths, exterior lighting, did all perimeter landscaping with bushes and trees carefully selected to frame and compliment the home;

**Whole house fan;

**Installed new gas hot water heater;

**Installed new HVAC systems and Weil-McClain gas furnace;

**Security system with hard wired smoke detectors.

SPECIAL NOTES OF INTEREST:

 **Sellers are in the process of appealing the real estate taxes in an attempt to reduce them.

 **There is a question with neighbor concerning the property line on the  driveway side of the property.

 **Hilaire Road is a private road.  The homeowners share the maintenance of the road surface, but also receive the benefits of the public services of    trash collection, leaf collection and snow plowing.

 **Sellers are looking for a settlement in mid-January 2012.

Bebe Forster and Rob Forster

Weichert Realtors, 111 N. Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA.  19087

610-687-4400, 610-283-2415; 610-420-6187

www.theforstergroup.com

bebe@theforstergroup.com; rob@theforstergroup.com

All information, though deemed reliable, is subject to errors and omissions.  Lot size and square footage are from Trend Public Records and have not been verified by Sellers or agent.

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