Home of the week: Quaint updated Cape-style home in Norwood
A modified Cape on the market for $409,000 in Norwood has an updated eat-in kitchen with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances.
A three-season porch lines the front of this updated Cape-style house, giving winter visitors the chance to shed the snow and take in the quiet neighborhood of single-family homes.
Entry is into a living room centered on a fireplace with a red-brick surround, a comfy space that draws light from a bank of windows looking out to the porch and a set of long, narrow windows with shutters that facesfacing the driveway. The original oak flooring has been refinished.
The adjoining dining room offers the same shuttered windows, but this set is longer. The dining room also has a simple chandelier and shares an open space with the kitchen, where a peninsula that seats three offers a roost for a quick bite.
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See inside 55 North Avenue in Norwood:
The kitchen was updated with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances, including a gas stove. During those renovations, the homeowners positioned the sink underneath a window, creating the perfect perch to keep one eye on children in the fenced-in backyard and the other on the pasta on the stove. There’s also a mudroom off the kitchen where everyone can drop muddy boots.
Oak-planked stairs off the kitchen lead to the second floor and, straight ahead, a full bath with a beach vibe, thanks to the Nantucket-style bead-board wainscoting and river-stone floor.
The master bedroom looks out to the street through shed-dormer windows, making it a sunny space. Both bedrooms have walk-in closets.
The poured-concrete basement is unfinished but contains a workshop area and has a sump pump.
A detached one-car garage sits at the rear of the 0.13-acre property, which is on a side street.
The listing broker, Judy McNulty of Tierney Realty Group in Hyde Park, will hold an open house Sunday, Feb. 14, from noon to 2 p.m.
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