55 Cherry Lane

Attractive cape in a family neighborhood, slightly more than a 1/2 mile from UMass, and within walking and biking distance and Amherst center. This well maintained and newly renovated home has three floors of living space with three bathrooms and hardwood floors on the main floors. The front entry leads to a spacious living room with built-in cabinets and shelves, and an elegant brick fireplace with mantle. The first floor also has a separate den/family room, and a formal dining room that overlooks the large, park-like backyard. There is a first-floor bedroom and full bath with bathtub and marble tile floors. The eat-in kitchen has considerable cabinet space with glass-fronted maple cabinets for display of glassware and curios. The kitchen leads to a large, enclosed breezeway that provides access to both the heated, insulated garage, and the backyard deck, and a 3-season screened porch. On the second floor there are two large bedrooms with spacious closets, and the master bedroom has views to the back and side yards. The bathroom features tile flooring and two sinks. In addition to the walk-in closet in the Master bedroom there is also a 4th bedroom (10 x 10 ft) that is currently used as a walk-in closet but that could be converted back to a 4th bedroom if desired. The basement has a well-lit, windowed, home office with built-in cabinets and shelves. The basement also includes a large bonus room with a second fireplace, that could also be converted into an additional teen’s bedroom if desired. The basement is completed by a work-shop utility space, a ¾ bathroom, a large cedar closet, and a laundry area with included washer and new dryer. The heated and insulated 2-car garage offers space as a cold-weather workshop. A drive-through rear overhead door in the garage provides vehicle access to a covered/enclosed brick patio for a third car (but which also currently serves as a 3-season screen porch). The back deck overlooks a very spacious and treed backyard (3/4 acre) that is ideal for lawn games, barbeques, or children’s play. The backyard has a firepit area, a vegetable garden, and currently the yard is outfitted with children’s play equipment. NEW FEATURES and ADDITIONS to the property at 55 Cherry Lane, Amherst, MA in the last 7 years: INTERIOR: • Wooden floors throughout the home and main stairs have been refinished • Walls have been refinished and in several cases on the ceilings on 1st floor and 2nd floor the ceilings have either been refinished or re-done with new sheetrock. • Walls and trim repainted throughout • New kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, and undercounter lighting • New LG stove and Bosch dishwasher • New solid wood doors throughout, and new louvered closet doors • New clothes dryer • New mini-split heating/cooling • New Electric Service (New cable into the home from the street) with new 200-amp electrical service • Home has updated electrical receptacles throughout with new TR or GFCI outlets and switches, and new outlet and switch plate covers. • New marble tile to replace vinyl flooring in 1st floor bath • New vanity counter 1st floor bath • Closet upgrades throughout • New fuel oil tank in basement • New Radon mitigation system • New retrofit insulation in attic space and knee walls that exceeds MassSaves requirements • New Attic ventilation for improved energy efficiency EXTERIOR: • New driveway • New gutters throughout • Front and back landscape grading • New walkways, curved stone wall and landscaping • New upgraded storm/screen front door • New cupola • New mailbox • New lawn and outdoor lighting • New deck • New screened breezeway space that also serves as a carport in winter • New garage door to screen porch/car port • New precast concrete bulkhead entry to basement • New Garage stairway Attic access • New 7 x 7 garden shed • New chimney caps • Raised bed garden added ALSO: • Roof and windows have all been replaced in the past 12 years. • Furnace is maintained annually and has a high-efficiency domestic hot-water tank •Exterior painting is done regularly The home is very well maintained and updated inside and out. ------------ Items in this listing that do not convey include: •Copper fire pit. •Weathervane (but cupola does convey). •8 x 10 ft gambrel roof shed. (If desired purchase of the 8 x 10 ft shed can be negotiated separately. The 7 x 7 ft prefab garden shed does convey with the property).

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