Overview
- Updated On:
- September 23, 2023
- 6 Bedrooms
- 4.5 Bathrooms
- 5,950.00 ft2
Property Description
Learn more (photos, factsheets, 3D and more) about this “Home of a Lifetime” in Carderock Springs, in the Whitman district on a huge level, landscaped lot, beautifully designed and renovated, dreamy expanded custom chef’s kitchen and rare commercial elevator! First time on market! 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 5 fireplaces, expansive indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces. Quality built by Charles Hilton, this home has brick on 4 sides including lovely herringbone details. It has all the rooms of a “new build” but the room scales of homes past including a grand-piano sized living room and an elegant oversized dining room. with wonderful built-ins. The family room (coffered ceiling, fireplace, 2 sets of french doors flow to the deck) adjoins the airy expanded kitchen, designed by a true chef-owner with custom cabinets and drawers, an island and huge breakfast area also opening to the deck. Elegant library with three exposures also has french doors to the deck allowing perfect circular flow inside and out. The mudroom/laundry room adjoining the kitchen and 2 car garage also houses the elevator which goes to all three levels. A wonderful flexible floor plan for family living. Second primary bedroom addition with huge sitting room, private balcony, spa-like primary bath could be a great suite for multi-generational living with the elevator alcove to the second floor tucked away there. The original primary suite is huge and airy, has a fireplace, renovated primary bath with double sink and huge shower, and delightful office/sunroom overlooking the garden. 3 charming additional bedrooms (King, Queen and double sized) with extensive closets, built-ins. Delightful and large renovated hall bath. Gleaming oak floors on main and upper level. The walkout lower level runs the length of the house. There is an expansive recreation room with three distinct areas, one flows out to a patio and the garden, another has a brick fireplace and hearth and a third has extensive built-ins. There is a wall of deep cedar storage closets. A 6th bedroom (used as an exercise room) and updated full bath with soaking tub, 3 storage rooms and the elevator complete this gorgeous level. Whole house generator! The lot is a rarity–level in front and back, landscaped and extensively hardscaped with patios in the front, side and rear. Nurtured for decades, mature evergreen trees provide privacy and beautiful views from every window. There is plenty of room for a pool and play area if desired. Across the street and one house down on Stone Trail is the path to the back entrance and playing fields of Blue Ribbon Carderock Springs Elementary school. Carderock Springs pool and tennis club is an easy walk or bike ride away (pool, tennis, pickleball, summer camp, clubhouse) with float and movie nights in the summer and BBQ grill and pavilion on site. With loads of picnic tables it feels like a huge potluck every weekend. Cabin John with it’s restaurants, post office, gym, deli/wine shop, is a short bike or drive away and the bike path on MacArthur gives easy access to C and O Canal trail heads and the wonderful Glen Echo Park with camps, art classes, ballroom dancing, music festivals and more. Potomac Village is nearby with 2 groceries, restaurants galore, Strosneiders Hardware and more. Easy commuting options to downtown, NO VA, Bethesda, 270 corridor on parkway, highway or many surface arteries. Carderock, Pyle, Whitman Cluster.