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NEW LISTING!!
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ALTA VISTA Bungalow 5 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Backing on GREENBELT,
2-bedroom INLAW SUITE!
MLS# 559199
List Price: $299,900
Listing & Photos: http://orebweb2.oreb.ca/mlssearch/SearchDetails.aspx?mls_num=559199
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***CONTACT INFO***
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SHAWN KERWIN (E-mail: info@kerwinrealties.com) of Kerwin Realties
Limited
Office: (613) 725-2950
Residence: (613) 270-8870
Cell: (613) 299-5302 
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Rooms
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- 5 Bedrooms
- 2 full bathrooms
- 2 kitchens
- 2 living rooms
- 1 dining room
- 1 laundry room

- attached garage
- Lot: 50 (frontage) x 100 (depth) Imperial

Heating & Cooling
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- Central Air Conditioning
- Forced Air 
- Gas (Natural)

Summary by level
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- Upstairs has: 3 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, 1 kitchen, 1 living room
(with fireplace), 1 dining room
- Downstairs has: 2 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, 1 eat-in kitchen, 1
living room, laundry room

Features
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- wireless alarm system

Executive Summary
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Excellent ALL-BRICK home.  5 BEDROOMS! Back yard borders directly onto
beautiful GREENBELT in ALTA VISTA.  HARDWOOD floors throughout BOTH
main level and throughout basement (beautiful original RAISED CHERRY
HARDWOOD throughout basement ... a RARE find!!)  3 bedrooms on main
level.  Main level also includes L-shaped living and dining rooms with
wood-burning FIREPLACE. Italian CERAMIC tile in spacious kitchen. 
Ceramic tile in bright 4-piece bathroom.  Downstairs has BRIGHT
2-BEDROOM INLAW SUITE with hardwood throughout... 2 bedrooms, ceramic
tiled 4-piece bathroom, 1 large eat-in kitchen, 1 living room. 
Laundry room is also downstairs.  Most windows in house are new. 
Spacious single car garage attached (brick).  Recently updated roof &
furnace.  Bathrooms both have powerful NUTONE fans.  Back yard is
shaded in summer by beautiful mature Sugar MAPLE,  which displays
brilliant colours in autumn.  Property is superbly landscaped by
PERENNIAL and bulb gardens which display literally hundreds of
STUNNING spring blooms every spring (the most beautiful in the
neighbourhood).  Short walk from several parks, play structures,
wading pools and recreational facilities in several directions.

Detailed Walkthrough
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Located in PRESTIGIOUS ALTA VISTA, this BUNGALOW is located ONLY 15
MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN OTTAWA and a short drive from many other popular
destinations (see "Local Area Driving Times" below).  As you approach
this home, you'll notice that it's in the heart of beautiful ALTA
VISTA.   Many of the homes in this area were built in the 1950s, and
are solidly built with wood and brick.  Mature trees, gardens, parks
and greenbelts abound, making this a wonderfully refreshing area to
live. There are two main greenbelts which run north/south through the
Alta Vista area. The westerly of the two (onto which this house
borders) has been gradually becoming covered by young forest, and will
most certainly remain a greenbelt indefinitely, partly due to the
powerful influence of several key provincial and federal political
figures resident in the area. The area is serviced by a number of
great OC Transpo Bus Routes (8, 88, 148) as detailed below (see "Local
OC Transpo Bus Service" below).

As you come up to the house you'll note that this home BACKS DIRECTLY
ONTO THE GREENBELT!  This is really quite a RARE find ... if you were
to stand in the back yard and gaze up at the stars by night you would
FEEL just LIKE you're in the COUNTRYSIDE ... the fact that the back
yard adjoins the greenbelt means you have a small forest out back ...
you almost forget you're in the city!  There is a nice CEDAR HEDGE at
the back of the property, and the back yard is perfect for having
large barbeques or garden parties ... 35 - 50 people fit comfortably
... or parties of 75 or more can spill over into the greenbelt! The
mature Sugar Maple provides cool, refreshing SHADE in the summer, and
breathtaking displays of colour in the fall.  Whether it's going for a
leisurely stroll at dusk, going cross-country skiing in the winter, or
walking a dog in the morning, the greenbelt and adjoining kilometers
of walkable PARKLAND provide a lovely distraction from the busy pace
of life.

Looking on the front of the house you'll note the nice blue garage
door on the attached garage, along with the new living and dining room
windows and surprisingly large basement windows.  You'll also note the
freshly coated asphalt driveway and the red INTER-LOCK brick walk
meandering past the front steps and to the side entrance.  To your
right, you'll see the artistically designed PERENNIAL GARDENS that
wrap around the house.  There are literally hundreds of bulbs waiting
to emerge in the spring -- many varieties of tulips, crocuses,
daffodils, hyacinths, anemone, chinodoxa, iris, galanthus, phlox,
eranthis, erythronium, muscari, violets, scilla, flowering thyme and
ianthus pinks, to mention a few.  This is quite honestly the most
STUNNING SPRING GARDEN to be seen for blocks around.

As you enter through the front door, you'll notice the large carpeted
living room to your left, and the dining room and coat closet to your
right.  You'll see the nice blinds and sheers on the big living and
dining room windows, and notice the calming neutral colours in this
room. Note that under the wall-to-wall carpet is original birch
hardwood floor.  As you look further to your left, you'll notice the
bricked WOOD-BURNING FIREPLACE, with wooden mantel and ceramic hearth.
The logs in the fireplace look just about ready to be lit, to keep you
WARM AND COSY as you SNUGGLE up with a good book or a late night chat.

As you proceed from this room you'll find yourself in the LARGE BRIGHT
KITCHEN.  A door to your right leads to the stairs downstairs ... and
along the wall to your right are the kitchen counter, kitchen
cabinets, DOUBLE SINK, fridge and stove.  The contrast between
PERIWINKLE BLUE AND WHITE walls and cabinets is REFRESHING and
provides a bright backdrop to all your culinary creations.  The
attractive ceramic tile floor was recently installed using quality
ITALIAN CERAMIC TILE.  You'll note that there is LOTS OF STORAGE
SPACE and also an EXPANSIVE KITCHEN COUNTER for you to work with.

Moving on through the kitchen you'll see a very BRIGHT and
tastefully-decorated 4-piece bathroom to your right, and a bedroom to
your left.  The bathroom has recently been renovated and the CRISP
WHITE CABINETS and tub are reflected in the SHINY white ceramic tile
floor. Once again, there is a large amount of storage space in this
room.  Note the powerful NUTONE extractor fan ... one of the more
powerful models available on the market. The bedroom directly across
from the bathroom is very tastefully decorated, ideal for a child's
room or nursery, or as a future study.  Once again, wall-to-wall
carpet covers original hardwood flooring.

Finally, moving to the back of the house, we find a good-sized MASTER
BEDROOM to our left, another bedroom to our right, and a linen closet
immediately in front of us. All the rooms have nice-sized closets, and
they also all have wall-to-wall carpet over original hardwood.  The
master bedroom has an OVERSIZED NEW WINDOW looking out over the back
yard.  OK now we've finished on the main level ... let's go back to
the Kitchen and head downstairs.

As we get to the bottom of the stairs, you'll see the laundry room to
your right.  This room has PLENTY OF STORAGE SPACE and also can
accomodate a washer, dryer, hot water tank and full-sized freezer as
it does now.  Again, the room is well-lit.  As we go through the door
opposite the laundry room entrance, we find that we're into the 2
BEDROOM INLAW SUITE.  BEAUTIFUL RAISED CHERRY HARDWOOD runs down the
length of the hall floor where we're standing.  Just finding hardwood,
much less CHERRY, in the basement of ANY house is unusual.  WHAT A
FIND!!  Highly unusual.  As we ponder this, the VALUE$$ of having a
FULL 2-BEDROOM INLAW SUITE in this home starts to sink in.  There is
SO MUCH POTENTIAL here.  RELATIVES can live here.  A live-in NANNY
could live here.  FRIENDS could stay here when they visit.  Or you
could always use the extra 2 bedrooms and living room and kitchen for
yourself.  One of the bedrooms could easily be an office ... and the
living room could become a den or study.  Note the cherry hardwood
throughout.

So to our left we see the downstairs living room.  Obviously there is
alot of room here, and the high-ranch-type design of this bungalow
allows for LOTS OF LIGHT to enter through the big living room window. 
An ideal place to put a spare couch, turn into a playroom, or use as a
lounge.  Walking down the hall towards the back of the house, we pass
the furnace/storage room to our left, and then find a bedroom to our
left and a kitchen to our right.  The bedroom has a hung ceiling with
SOUND-PROOF insulation ... an ideal room to put guests up in when they
stay overnight, or to use as a music room.  Once again, all hardwood.
Across from the bedroom is the second bathroom -- again VERY BRIGHT
and also with CERAMIC TILE THROUGHOUT - on the floor and on the walls
of the tub. Once again, note the powerful NUTONE fan here.

As we come to the end of the hall, we find two more rooms.  To our
left is a large bedroom ... again, a room with a ton of potential. 
Cherry hardwood persists throughout.  A large window makes this room
very bright, as well.  Across the hall we find our last room ... the
SECOND KITCHEN.  Note the nice vinyl flooring and the SPACIOUS COUNTER
WITH DOUBLE SINK.  PLENTY OF ROOM here for stove, fridge and even an
eat-in dining room table!

So with this we finish our tour.  You'll note that this house is well
suited from a number of perspectives.  If you're looking for a house
to grow into ... THIS HOME HAS ALL THE ROOMS YOU'LL EVER WANT.  If
you're looking for a great location ... THIS HOUSE IS IN ONE OF THE
MOST CENTRAL AND ACCESSIBLE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA (see
"Local Area Driving Times" for details), with fast bussing to all key
locations and with short driving times virtually anywere. If you're
looking for the potential of an Inlaw suite ... you get that here too
... AND A 2-BEDROOM INLAW SUITE TO BOOT!

Overall this house is A RARE FIND ... you won't find any comparables
in the Alta Vista area that have this NUMBER OF ROOMS AND SUCH AN
AMAZING LOCATION AND BACKING DIRECTLY ONTO GREENBELT AND SUCH AN
AMAZING PRICE.  This is a NEW LISTING so you'll want to ***CALL
TODAY*** (See "Contact Info" at top of page)to have a look inside ...
YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED!


Local Area Driving Times
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- Canterbury Recreation Complex (Arena, Pool, Center) - 3 minutes
- Alta Vista Baptist Church - 3 minutes
- Ottawa Hospital (General Campus) - 4 minutes
- Ottawa Hospital (Riverside Campus) - 5 minutes
- National Defence Medical Centre (NDMC) - 5 minutes
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) - 5 minutes
- Deborah Anne Kirwan Poool - 5 minutes
- Your Independent Grocer - 5 minutes
- Ottawa Public Library (Alta Vista Branch) - 5 minutes
- Herongate Mall - 5 minutes
- 417 Eastbound/Westbound Onramp (Vanier/Riverside) - 7 minutes
- Billings Bridge Shopping Plaza - 7 minutes
- Loblaws (Billings) - 7 minutes
- The Glebe - 7 minutes
- Elmvale Shopping Plaza - 8 minutes
- National Museum of Science and Technology - 8 minutes
- Carleton University - 10 minutes
- Ottawa Hospital (Civic Campus) - 10 minutes
- Capital Golf Centre - 10 minutes
- Central Experimental Farm - 12 minutes
- Canadian Agricultural Museum `- 12 minutes
- South Keys Shopping Centre - 12 minutes
- Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club - 12 minutes
- Canadian Museum of Nature - 15 minutes
- Gloucester Shopping Centre - 15 minutes
- University of Ottawa - 15 minutes
- St. Laurent Shopping Centre - 15 minutes
- Downtown Ottawa - 15 minutes
- Parliament Hill - 15 minutes
- Ottawa Airport - 15 minutes
- CFB Ottawa - 15 minutes
- National Gallery of Canada - 15 minutes
- National Arts Center - 15 minutes
- Tunneys Pasture - 20 minutes
- Orleans - 20 minutes
- Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus) - 25 minutes
- Kanata - 30 minutes
- Corel Centre - 35 minutes

Local OC Transpo Bus Service
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Peak
- 148 Westbound to Lebreton every 15 mins.
- 148 Eastbound to Elmvale every 15 mins.
- 8 Northbound to Place du Portage & Museum of Civilization every 15
mins
- 8 Southbound to Billings via Walkley every 15 mins.
- 88 Westbound to Lebreton every 15 mins.
- 88 Southbound to South Keys every 15 mins.

Offpeak
- 148 Westbound to Billings Bridge every 30 mins.
- 148 Eastbound to Elmvale every 30 mins
- 8 Northbound to Place du Portage & Museum of Civilization every 15
mins
- 8 Southbound to Billings via Walkley every 15 mins.

Note: All information deemed accurate but not warranted.