La Grande, OR Single Family Residential For Sale - SW LaGrande Neighborhood

Location / Exterior: Quality, value and livability make this property a must see in an excellent south-side neighborhood and location. A home and property of this quality, with these features and location, in this price range doesn’t often hit the market, so do yourself a favor by giving this one its due and worthy consideration! Living here feels rural with all the urban advantages. Close to all schools, university, clinics and hospital, even to downtown, this home is located in the more wind sheltered area of La Grande with scenic views in all directions. You can watch deer and elk on the nearby mountainside, or in the neighborhood, and enjoy the forest aromas. The property is well landscaped and the lot is blessed with several large trees that engender seclusion, privacy and cooling summer shade (in summer you can hardly see the front of the house). You will enjoy watching robins raise their young out the front window or from the front porch-deck. The home has a hip roof design with easy care soffit coverings. In-ground front sprinklers are work saving and water efficient. There is a private RV drain next to the front street sidewalk. The chain-link fenced backyard is a real play yard with a very handy rear access from G Street to gardening areas, wood storage and a metal storage shed. A large, very attractive tiered flower garden adjoins the oversize patio, and there is lots of garden space
Dwelling / Interior: Openness greets you at the front entry and encourages relaxation and interaction. There is a comfortable flow from living, dining and kitchen areas, accented by the brick heat-a-lator fireplace. The front kitchen is beautifully updated and very efficient with lots of counter space and very usable custom ash cabinetry by DeWills. If you like cooking, you’ll love this kitchen. Features include three corner lazy suzans, a recess for your mixer, a recess for the refrigerator so you aren’t walking around it, breadboards, sliding drawers/shelves and tray storage near the Jenn-Air range with convection/conventional self-cleaning oven and a garden style window above the sink. Recessed lighting above the sink and all other kitchen areas ensure plenty of visibility. An attractive open archway invites interaction with the dining and living areas so the cook won’t miss out on a thing. There is a window-side breakfast/coffee area by the kitchen and a larger area for dining table and chairs. Living room space is generous and comfortable with a large window and potential to add an elevated deck/sun room. The hallway leads first to the beautifully updated main bath with gobs of storage in the custom, white oak, double sink vanity and wall cabinet opposite the tub and unique white oak towel rack. There is lots of lighting, a big mirror and guaranteed warm coziness. Next, you come to three good sized bedrooms with big closets and a large, deep hallway linen closet. The floor covering in traffic areas (living, dining, hall and stairway) is a very plush, easy-care (stainmaster) and durable (nylon) carpeting. By the hall and next to the kitchen is an open, walnut-railed stairway leading to the daylight basement landing that directly connects to the three-quarter bath, the laundry and the family room. The laundry has a very handy, deep utility sink beside the washer/dryer location. Updated electrical and plumbing are noticeable here. Above the sink is a storage cabinet for supplies, and there are drying lines that extend back to the workshop. The shop has a large work bench with shelves and drawers, adjacent to tall cabinet shelving and open shelves, plus there is storage under the stairway for big and odd-shaped items. A large sliding panel door connects the shop to the family room so longer and bigger shop and other items can be moved in or out of the lower level through the daylight basement door. The family room is large and very comfortable; it stays cool in summer for great naps. In winter the fireplace here has a very efficient, wood stove insert that adds to coziness and subtracts from heating costs. There are built-in deep shelves on both sides of the fireplace. And, at the opposite end of the room, near the landing and exit door, are two large storage cabinets with shelves and hanger rods. The exit is a sliding glass doorway at ground level to the patio (no steps here). Also off this end of the family room is the door to the larger home office/bedroom (has been used for both as has the adjoining smaller office/bedroom). The larger has a wider access to a large closet that is shared via common wall with the smaller office/bedroom. The larger office/bedroom has a large shelf-storage cabinet that was handy when the room was used for plants and crafting. A doorway connects the two office/ bedrooms and the smaller office has doorway access to the lower bath. A pine/fir vanity and separate built-in tall cupboard of shelves are nice features of this good sized bathroom. Another doorway connects the bath back to the landing. This arrangement affords easy and efficient movement.
IN SHORT: Location, flexible usability, relaxing openness, quality, spaciousness, and lots of storage are special livability attributes of this home and property. One might split off and sell a nice sized back lot, or keep it for extra access, play area, “big toy” parking, and/or more shop, garage, or living space. You can decide when you visit in person!