PORTLAND – Deering Highlands is one of the city’s select established neighborhoods, thanks to its quiet, leafy, walkable streets; convenient location; homes of architectural distinction; and nearby top-quality schools. Here is an excellent opportunity to own in this family-friendly enclave: A handsome townhouse condominium with five bedrooms and three levels of living space totaling 2,404 square feet.
Built in 1904, the house retains its classic character, as seen in features such as French doors, high ceilings, hardwood floors, elegant radiators (heat is now economical gas); bullseye moldings, original hardware on paneled doors, and a lovely fireplace on a tile hearth in the living room.
The living room opens off the long, wide main hallway, then flows into a family/multipurpose room whose twin floor-to-ceiling bookcases suggest that it could become a fine library. Off the dining room, the updated kitchen has newer, stainless appliances including a five-burner gas range, and cool oak countertops.
Laundry (stacked) shares its daylight room with a half-bath. Outside, the no-mow back yard is nicely landscaped around a ground-level deck.
Both “breakfast” stairs and front staircase ascend to three good sized bedrooms, plus a well-appointed full bath, on the second floor. The master bedroom, on the southeast corner, enjoys wonderful sun, and comes with a very useful office/nursery. At the top of the house are a skylit full bath and two bedrooms, each of which has a windowed study alcove, one with a built-in desk.
The basement has tons of space for workshop and storage, and accesses the very handy lower-level direct-entry garage.
The home at 20 Orland St., Portland, is listed at $445,000 by Colleen Bedard of Townsend Real Estate in Cape Elizabeth. Taxes were $7,691 in 2015. A monthly association fee of $200 covers water, sewer, insurance and more.
Please note that an Open House will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. For more information or to schedule a viewing, please contact Colleen at 233-7273 or at cbedard@townsendre.com.
The Friday feature home is produced by the Marketing Department of the Portland Press Herald.
Photos by Marie Reidman.
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