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223 E Scranton AVE Lake Bluff, IL 60044
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Key Details
Sold Price $835,000
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Detached Single
Listing Status Sold
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,251 sqft
Price per Sqft $370
MLS Listing ID 12120579
Bedrooms 5
Full Baths 2
Half Baths 1
Year Built 1920
Annual Tax Amount $11,984
Tax Year 2023
Lot Size 6,250 Sqft
Property Sub-Type Detached Single
Property Description
Located on the coveted 4th OF JULY PARADE ROUTE!! Wonderful in-town location. Two blocks east of the town and train. Five blocks from the lake, Artesian park, and tennis courts. Six blocks to the middle school. Easy access to the high school, highway, and tollway. Hardwood floors throughout home. This spacious home offers a great room addition with vaulted ceiling and floor to ceiling brick fireplace. First floor office/bedroom. The second floor offers three bedrooms with an updated full bath. The finished third floor offers another bedroom with full bath. The lower level has a deep pour, wonderful recreation room with a fireplace, in addition to the original part of the basement. Some of the more recent updates include: -newer hardwood floors in the great room and rest of hardwood have been refinished, -recreation room with newer flooring, -powder room and second floor bath -chimney flue with new ceramic logs, -hard wired home for network, -tankless hot water heater, - electrical box, -foam insulation in attic eaves, -sewer clean out, - Roof new in 2023 as well as exterior painting. Presently, the owners use one of the bedrooms on the second floor as the primary, however, the third floor could be used as the primary as well with its own private bath. LOCATION, SPACE, UPDATES all make this the ONE! If expansion is desired, the cathedral ceiling above the great room could be lowered and a primary suite addition off the back of the second floor.
Location
State IL
County Lake
Area Lake Bluff
Interior
Heating Natural Gas, Forced Air
Cooling Central Air
Flooring Hardwood
Fireplaces Number 3
Exterior
Garage Spaces 2.0
Community Features Park, Pool, Tennis Court(s), Sidewalks, Street Lights
Roof Type Shake
Building
Building Description Stucco, No
Sewer Storm Sewer
Water Lake Michigan
Structure Type Stucco
New Construction false
Schools
Elementary Schools Lake Bluff Elementary School
Middle Schools Lake Bluff Middle School
High Schools Lake Forest High School
School District 65 , 65, 115
Others
Special Listing Condition None
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