APRIL 2017

Welcome to this very special, sun-drenched 1929 Mediterranean home, located in the convenient Bettswood area of Norwalk. Beautifully maintained, the home is filled with character and period details, offering three bedrooms and two full baths. Vintage features include wrought-iron stair rails, chandeliers and arched doorways. The spacious light-filled living room offers high ceilings and flows to a cozy den that is reminiscent of 1920’s parlor days, both rooms share a double fireplace. The updated kitchen offers granite counters, high-end stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry with self-closing drawers and sliders to an entertainer’s deck overlooking a park-like yard with a charming footbridge. Upstairs has three generous bedrooms, a full bath and another accommodating sunny balcony. The family room in the lower level can be a potential fourth bedroom with a full bath. The lower level also includes ample storage, a laundry room, a utility room, walk out to the backyard and interior access to a generous-sized one car garage.

A testament from the owner: “The kitchen includes a 40+-year-old, six-burner Garland range and offers quick access to the spacious deck and dining room, convenient for year-round indoor and outdoor entertaining. The dining room, open to the living room and library, which share a fireplace, has provided generous capacity for me to receive friends and host conversations or to listen to live music. The balcony off the 2nd floor has been a scenic site for an afternoon party, and the three bedrooms and bathroom afford a view of this tranquil neighborhood’s multi-style architecture. I find the downstairs family room a relaxing space with a full bathroom steps away and easy access to the backyard gardens: white and pink roses in the summer; forsythia and Rose of Sharon in the spring; and a Japanese maple, varieties of hosta, and decades-old pachysandra and a stream in two seasons. The original railings, stucco walls, Mediterranean-style roof tiles, chandeliers, and hardwood floors remind me of a bygone era-made-modern in the middle of Norwalk.”

$459,000. Contact Aurelia S. Gilbert of NewBridge International Realty Group at (203) 451-3178 or agilbert@newbridge-properties.com.