10944 23rd Avenue NESeattle, WA 98125Price: $997,000

The most special house and huge property in Victory Heights-1939 classic charm with original hardwood floors and updated, easy one-level living. Come right in to the welcoming formal entry with great closet space and into the spacious main living room with wood-burning fireplace. West-facing windows bathe the home in light. The formal dining room opens to the updated kitchen featuring a Wolf gas range, big pantry, and direct access to a large side patio for outdoor cooking and fresh-air enjoyment. The kitchen overlooks the sweetest second living room with gas fireplace and French doors to a huge backyard deck and beautiful fenced grassy lawn with fruit trees, herbs, an edible garden, and amazing plantings. All three bedrooms face the backyard, and two have usable lofts. The outdoor areas are phenomenal-a barbecue deck off the kitchen, a fire pit area beyond the grassy yard, and an entire former garage transformed into a finished 360 square-foot space, perfect as an extra living room, quiet office, hobby space, or exercise room-or convert it back into a two-car garage. Off-street parking for at least four cars in the oversized driveway and front parking pad, plus a great shed for tools and toys. Truly convenient to all parts of Seattle and Northgate, with parks, trails, bagels, and cafes nearby. Just minutes to Light Rail! Welcome home to this much-loved and thoughtfully updated 1939 house.