Bernadette Place should be tops on your shopping list

Ranch with large eat-in kitchen, huge lower family room with gas fireplace

By Mark Schadenberg

The first woman to be a mayor of a Canadian city was Bernadette Smith.

The year was 1952 and the city was Woodstock (See plaque below).

My newest listing is found on Bernadette Place in The Friendly City of Woodstock.

Sometimes when you walk through a house you can note many items which you can credit the original builder for overall quality in layout and construction.

The ranch at 12 Bernadette Place fits that billing as it’s quite a large bungalow with a smart use of space.

I’m of the belief that Woodstock (for its population) has too many tiny 3-bedroom bungalows built in the 1960s that are all under 1,000 sq ft. These modest homes can be found on quiet streets like Elora, Heather, Lorene, Willowgrove and Lyndale, but also on busier thoroughfares such as Clarke, Springbank, Warwick and Sprucedale.

My 12 Bernadette Place home is the opposite – spacious and very well built.

Beginning with its positive overall curb appeal is the large front (wood) porch (with spindles) as it runs the full width of the home.

The front living room with hardwood flooring is quite large, but the main floor’s top selling point is the spacious eat-in kitchen with oak cabinets. The home was built in 1979, but when you see the brand new backsplash and countertops in the kitchen, you would think the home was much newer. All 6 appliances could stay with the house.

The 4-piece main bathroom is like ‘new’ with a soaker tub.

All three bedrooms are a good size.

You could move in before having children, raise them, and live here still when university is their destination.

All families today seek a gigantic family room, which might be for home theatre or for a pool table or simply to create enough space to play Twister when the cousins visit. The Bernadette ranch includes a recroom the full width of the house – 36 feet by 15 feet, and to top it off there is a gas fireplace so your toes are warm as you watch the Leafs or another sit-com such as Big Bang Theory.

Mostly newer vinyl windows, a 6-year-old roof, water softener, central vac, and a security system are additional traits of importance.

LOCATION
Location is paramount in real estate and this house fits the bill as it’s very close to Southside Park (all-inclusive playground, ball diamonds, skateboard park, swimming pool and splash pad), near elementary and secondary schools, box mall shopping (Canadian Tire, Staples, Wal-Mart, Winners, Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Reitman’s, Sport Chek, Bonnie Togs, etc) and countless restaurants (Boston Pizza, East Side Mario’s, Kelsey’s, Montana’s, Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, A&W, Burger King, McDonald’s, Mr Sub, etc) along Norwich Ave, the community complex (two arenas and gymnastics), and you can see the Cedar Creek golf course from the backyard. For commuters, this quiet south Woodstock neighbourhood also provides quick 401 / 403 access.   

To view this home today, so you can begin the process of making it your home, contact myself.

MLS: 73062

Asking Price: $212,900
Narrated virtual tour: http://tours.CreativeVirtualTours.com/51122

Mark Schadenberg, Sales Representative

Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)

Royal LePage Triland Realty

757 Dundas St, Woodstock

www.wesellwoodstock.com

(519) 537-1553, cell or text

Email: mschadenberg@rogers.com

Twitter: markroyallepage

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