75 Glen Drive Yardley House for Sale
Our home is in a park like setting at the end of a culdesac in Yardley, Pennsylvania. There are a number of incredible trees on the property and a large grassy island directly in front of our house that children frequently play on. It is so private where we are that you get to know every car that passes by. The culldesac is actually referred to as the “Cookie Bend” after a neighbors Nanny that used to cook the most amazing cookies for the children in the neighborhood. Legend has it that the smell of the cookies would actually fill the air for hours.
This is a great shot looking into our brand new upstairs bathroom, which includes a vaulted ceiling with skylight, incredible white “subway wall tiles” and one-of-a-kind handmade sink and antique wrought iron base ($19,000).
We spared no expense in our ground-up renovation of our basement. We completely gutted the original basement down to the studs removing the old “octopus” heater to completely open up the room. The ceiling and walls were all added and behind the drywall we used an extremely expensive fireproof foam installation. We also upgraded the electric for the house and added two toy closets in the basement. It has a new berber carpet that includes the highest level of padding because of the concrete floor underneath. There is a stage where the kids can play music, act, etc. A cubby sleeping area underneath the stairs, two of the best and safest egress windows available, and custom handmade DVD, Wii, and CD cabinet and built-in TV cabinet. All of the power outlets are new as well. It is freshly painted in green and orange (Nickelodeon style) with a blue-sky ceiling with brand new recessed lighting.
Wow! Check this shot out. We opened up the walls in between the kitchen and dining room and even added a doorway. This sunfilled photo was taken looking across our kitchen at our combination kitchen and dining room table. The dining room has a cathedral ceiling and french doors that lead outside to the bluestone patio. It is a bright, vibrant and modern addition to our wonderful timeless center hall colonial.
We added a hallway between the kitchen and the living/family room when we renovated the basement. We took the extra time and money to design and build the two arches that you see in the picture because we didn’t just want to add something functional but we also wanted to make sure like all of the other additions they enhanced the look and feel of the house and appeared to be an original feature.
As part of the renovation of the second floor of the house we added this hallway and also as you can see refinished most of the original hardwood floors. The hallway improved the flow of the upstairs and also better linked the finished attic with the other rooms. The attic loft now feels like an entire additional floor of the house. It would be very, very simple to turn the attic loft into a 4th or 5th bedroom.
As you can see our kitchen is HUGE and we opened up the entire room and seamlessly integrated our family room as part of the kitchen. So, you get all of the beautiful built-in shelving, cabinets, and many other unique details of our 60+ year-old center-hall colonial with a modern cathedral ceiling family room that include new custom handmade Carlyle flooring bardwood flooring, windows, and so much more!
Matt Montgomery built this custom designed one-of-a-kind children’s clubhouse and at the same time he also built an adult sized outdoor room. Both structures are incredible and feature weather treated materials, concrete footings, and a corrugated roof ($12,500.00).
This is a great shot of the windows in the sun room it provides comfortable living space year round.
This shot was taken looking down into our dining room and kitchen from the loft that is accessible from the dining room. This loft also includes a wall of windows some of which are stained glass that look out on our backyard. We have done an incredible amount of work to update and improve our house. For most of the renovations we completely gutted each of the rooms down to the studs and we also incorporating in a lot of custom and/or unique materials or features such as restored barnwood, custom flooring handmade in Maine, and cabinetry.
The downstairs Powder Room is the only room in the house that is basically untouched. You can see the 1940’s sink and 1940’s toilet both of which are in great shape and really add to the character of the house given all of the new improvements. The window in the Powder Room is this great old custom window that is built into the wall with a really cool ledge. This is the ONLY original window in the house. We kept it because of the great character and sunlight that comes in through it.
This is the main staircase just inside the house in the center entrance hallway. The hallway was just painted in a neutral color and the stairs were refinished recently by Applegate Flooring. We also added the wooden rail that you see in this picture as a safety measure for our children.
We added a finished attic to this beautiful Yardley house. This is also next to the storage part of the attic which is easily accessible through a door. You can also see that we had a custom wooden desk built into the office along with custom wood shelves that were made by a well respected local carpenter. The second zone HVAC unit is located and easily accessible within the attic as well.
This is a great photo of our Master Bedroom. It is an oversized room with 4 windows and two entry/exit doors. The one door is at the top of the main stairs and the other is in the back of the hallway with easy access to the finished attic. As you can see the floors have been completely refinished in the Master Bedroom and they have this very, very unique light honey orange color. There is also a great chair-rail molding around the entire room and like all of the rooms upstairs we invested over $1,500 to have blackout shades installed to help everyone sleep longer!!
This is a recent shot that was taken in the loft that looks out on the kitchen and family room. Right now it is our children’s book library and a great spot for character get togethers and parties. The room has a wall of windows on one side and can easily be converted into a 4th or 5th bedroom.
This is a 3,000 + sq. ft. center hall colonial house situated at the end of a cul de sac. Inside this home you will find many highlights including the ULTIMATE kid's basement playroom, a large eat-in Kitchen, a large Master Bedroom, a Sunroom, and two unique Lofts/offices. The interior of this house has an Arts-and-Crafts cottage atmosphere with new earthtone paint and random width wood floors. There have been many recent enhancements including a multi-zone HVAC system, windows and newer electric system. The backyard features a professionally installed stone/brick hardscape area perfect for outside entertaining.
