Updated 3-bedroom home includes rec room in full basement

Large back yard offers fenced in-ground pool/hot tub
This brick, story-and-a-half home offers about 2,580 sq. ft. of living space, including a full, finished basement with recreation room. The home has 3 bedrooms and an attached, 2-car garage and in-ground pool in back. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

This brick, story-and-a-half home offers about 2,580 sq. ft. of living space, including a full, finished basement with recreation room. The home has 3 bedrooms and an attached, 2-car garage and in-ground pool in back. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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144 S. Bird Road, Springfield

This brick, story-and-a-half home, originally built in 1963, has three bedrooms and two baths as well as an attached, two-car garage.

Listed for $415,000, the home is set on 1.6 acres and is in the Clark-Shawnee Local School District.

A concrete drive leads to the garage and a stamped concrete walkway to the front door, which has double side lights and a half-moon window. There is a covered front patio next to the garage with a stamped concrete floor and door to the breakfast room.

The entry way and most of the main level has hardwood flooring. The entry way also has a decorative ceiling light.

To the right is a formal living room with double closets. This room could be a bedroom. To the left of the entry is a family room with a wood-burning fireplace with brick surround, glass doors and a wood mantle. There is a bay window in this room as well.

A doorway from this room leads to the dining room with beamed ceilings and a second wood-burning fireplace with brick surround. This room also has an exterior split door that leads to the back yard patio.

Connected to the dining room is the kitchen with a breakfast bar, ceramic-tile flooring, stainless-steel appliances, including a range, dishwasher, microwave and refrigerator. There are granite countertops, updated white cabinets and a tile backsplash.

The rear of the home features a fully fenced, in-ground pool with diving board, hot tub, a large, unfenced yard with yard barn, flagpole, additional patio and extensive landscaping. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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A breakfast room is connected to the kitchen and features a decorative chandelier. A door opens to the covered front patio.

The first-floor bedroom has a ceiling fan and double walk-in closets as well as an additional closet with bi-fold doors. The first-floor bathroom is completely remodeled with tile flooring, a new double vanity and mirrors, tub/shower combination and linen closet.

Upstairs there are two bedrooms, including a main suite with an attached bath. Both bedrooms have hardwood flooring and ceiling fans, and the full bath is remodeled with double vanity and tub/shower combination.

The lower level has a finished recreation room, laundry room and larger storage area. The back yard features a 16-by-32-foot, in-ground pool, newer landscaping and a hot tub. The pool area has a white vinyl fence and an all-weather storage cabinet.

Next to the fenced pool area is a concrete patio with a pergola. There is also a concrete patio off the back door with access to the dining room. The yard has a storage shed/barn and a permanent flagpole.

144 S. Bird Road Springfield

Price: $415,000

Directions: E. Main to South Bird Road

Highlights: Brick story-and-a-half, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, about 2,580 sq. ft., 1.6 acres, 2 wood-burning fireplaces, updated kitchen and bathrooms, in-ground pool with vinyl fence, hot tub, wood flooring throughout most of home, yard barn, full basement with finished recreation room and laundry area, attached 2-car garage, covered front patio

For more details

Linda & Michael Knox

Coldwell Banker Heritage

937-605-8333

Knox@knoxsite.com

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