3603 Octavia Street, Raleigh, NC

About 3603 Octavia Street

This is an exceptional 4 bedroom custom-built home in Bryn Mawr with many special features and updates. You enter a gated front courtyard with low maintenance plantings. The huge combination living/dining room has gleaming hardwood floors and access to the attached sunroom greenhouse. Three banana trees and several orchids are among the various plants thriving in this tropical retreat. A balcony on the living room level overlooks this soothing at-home paradise ideal for morning coffee or evening drinks. The expanded u-shaped kitchen has top quality appliances including an Induction Range with True Convection Oven and Warming Drawer; Energy Star Dishwasher; 2021 Counter Depth Side-by-Side Refrigerator; and a Microwave with 2 Stage Cooking. Spacious Wilsonart countertops and many built in conveniences such as the pull-out pantries make at-home meals a delight to prepare. Bench seating in the family room is perfect for casual dining. The family room has a fantastic wood stove with blower system which pumps out cozy heat for those chilly winter days. Double French doors lead to the three seasons room with screens and easily-lowered window covers. Three bedrooms, with newly-refinished hardwood floors, and two full baths are on this Main living level as well The basement level has a 24 x 15 recreation room with built-in bookshelves and wet bar. This room also accesses the sunroom/greenhouse. . There is a full bath with walk-in shower and a second primary bedroom on this level as well. This bedroom has a fireplace with gas logs, not currently active. From this bedroom you can access the private Vacanza series 5 person spa hot tub. This has a convenient custom built cover with lifter. There is a spacious adjacent patio with views of the asparagus garden, the built-up garden areas, the three different blueberry bushes, and much more. The laundry with Whirlpool Duet Energy-Star washer and dryer are in the unfinished portion of the basement. Efficiency features for the home include solar supplemental energy, vinyl replacement windows, Energy-Star gas pack, family room wood stove,, Energy-Star appliances. For more details, please see the Features List and Floorplan in Documents Two lots being combined to total approximately one acre.

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