5-bedroom home enjoys park-like setting
Lower level offers entertainment spaces.
A canopy of trees creates a park-like surrounding to this brick-and-stone two-story that sits on 0.91-acre lot within the Trails of Saddle Creek subdivision of Washington Twp.
Listed for $899,900 by Irongate Inc. Realtors, the home at 9393 Ridings Blvd. has about 6,960 square feet of living space, including a walk-out lower level. A concrete drive leads to the threecar, side-entry garage, and a wrap-around front porch welcomes guests. The back yard has tree islands, a creek and two concrete patios. A rear, covered porch and a screenenclosed porch overlook the park-like setting.
The home’s open floor plan creates three distinguished settings with the formal areas near the double front doors, more casual spaces off the kitchen and a lower level offering a pub and entertainment section.
Wainscot pillars offset the formal areas upon entry. The dining room and living room open into the foyer, all having hardwood flooring. The open staircase leads to a catwalk hallway. A transom window is above French doors that open into the study, which has built-in desk and bookcases.
Bold crown molding and pillars frame the formal dining room from the foyer, and similar pillars accent the entrance into the living room, which features a built-in media center and a wall of windows that look intothescreen-enclosedporch. A large island that allows seating for six plus storage is the centerpiece to the kitchen, which has antique-white cabinetry and a china hutch with bubble-glass cabinet doors. Granite countertops provide plenty of work space. Appliances include a six-burner gas cooktop, wall ovens, in-island microwave, wine cooler, dishwasher and refrigerator. Sliding patio doors open from the breakfast room to a covered patio.
A stone, gas fireplace is the centerpiece to the hearth room and has a raised stone hearth and wood mantel. A cathedral ceiling has recessed lights and a ceiling fan. French doors open to the screen-enclosed porch. A back staircase leads to the second floor where three bedrooms are located. All three bedrooms have walk-in closets and private full bathrooms.
Off the kitchen is a planning area with built-in locker benches and a planning desk. Access to the laundry room and the garage are from this area.
The first-floor main bedroom has a tray ceiling and private bathroom, which features two single-sink vanities with marble countertops, a whirlpool tub, a walk-in ceramic-tile shower with multiple shower heads, and a 12-by-10-foot, walk-in closet. The stairwell to the lower level divides the space into a billiard room on one side and a pub and theater room on the other. The billiard room has pillar accents with wrap-around bar counter, a media nook and a sliding-barn door that opens into unfinished storage space. The other side leads into the pub with a brick-accented wall with a wood bar counter, wood flooring, an island bar with storage and seating, a wall bar with sink, beverage cooler, mirror, and display shelves. The room opens into a media room, which has a 100-foot projection screen, three daylight windows and patio doors.
A hallway from the theater room leads to a fifth bedroom with a daylight window and walk-in closet and a full bathroom, plus a second entrance to unfinished storage and mechanical space.