5108 44th St NW

Washington, DC 20016

A delightful Little Free Library and charming front porch complete with porch swing (conveys with sale) greet you at 5108 44th Street, NW in AU Park. Wonderful and close-by amenities to explore in this desirable neighborhood & home, including just a few (2) short blocks to Metro and bus lines on Wisconsin Ave (1 block) to the best of DC, plus even more pleasant surprises once inside the home. Elegant and charming at once, a formal living room welcomes you, with a wood-burning fireplace, separate dining room and open concept to the expanded kitchen/family room, part of a two-story addition. Also find hardwood floors throughout this home, including pine floors on finished 3rd level. Enjoy the 2-story addition (2002) that added a beautiful & timeless chef's kitchen with beautiful granite counters and cherry cabinets. A granite breakfast bar/island and adjoining family room create a convenient great-room you will enjoy year round. From this kitchen/family room addition, access the rear patio and yard through sliding doors, with steps to the lovely landscaped yard and patio with decorative fencing and pergola (added 2016). The yard is an environmentally friendly, low maintenance yard with multiple specimen trees including Cherry tree, 2 Maple trees, Serviceberry tree, 3 Crape Myrtles, and a Hinoki Cypress. The 2002 addition also included a main level powder room renovation and the creation of an office space across from the convenient large pantry. Once upstairs, you ll notice the smartly expanded master bedroom and beautiful master bath (part of the addition), a hall bath (bath #2) and another generously sized bedroom #2. Bedroom #3 is currently used as an office and has a lovely walk up stair-case to a finished attic, used by these owners as bedroom #3. Be careful, your household members may fight over who gets to call this room their own, as the large dormers and fantastic sunlight will be sure to melt the blues away. Use this attic space as bedroom #3, home office, playroom, music room the possibilities in this finished attic level are endless. A lower level recreation room (renovated in 2005) is carpeted and a nice gathering space for TV or games. There is Sufficient space in the utility and laundry room for workshop activities. This room has a rough-in for a toilet (under the washer/dryer) for future bathroom #3. The utility/ laundry room opens to the outside covered storage walk-way where you can store shovels, bikes or other tools that you want to keep outdoors, but covered. A smart Riversmart Homes Audit in 2014 added rain barrels to the house (convey). The front porch swing, rain barrels, Little Free Library convey with the sale.