626 W NAOMI ST Philadelphia, PA 19144

Folks keep telling the sellers they have the "best-looking house on the block". Indeed, these owners take great pride in how they have restored this charming home over the last 32 years and made it the sweet showplace it is today. This is a single family detached residence c.1859 with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and a small extra room at the rear of the 2nd floor that could be a den, a dressing room, a sitting room that gives stair access to the 3rd floor master bedroom. With 1,256 square feet (as recently measured)the house offers an open covered front porch, a sunlit living room, a formal dining room, an updated kitchen with stainless steel sink and garbage disposal, gas cooking, lots of counter space, built-in microwave. The second floor offers a large front south-facing bedroom with track lighting, insulated side walls, 2 closets along with a fully renovated bathroom with shower over the tub, ceramic tile, and an extra sitting room that gives access to the stairs to the 3rd floor. The third floor is a wonderful master bedroom with its own electric baseboard heat and wonderful closet space. The basement is unfinished, brightly lit, for utilities, work area, storage and laundry area with washer and dryer. More features: Many walls insulated, freshly painted interiors, many new windows throughout, original pumpkin pine floors on the first floor, custom-made brackets under the roof eaves, exterior lights on solar power, new security door to the patio and gardens, security system. One can't describe this property without mentioning the exquisite gardens: perennial shrubs, dwarf weeping cherry tree, verbena, peonies, hosta, old established ferns, creeping myrtle, ornamental grasses and more. The long private rear yard shows color all spring and summer and offers a large storage/garden shed in the rear of the property. The location of 626 Naomi gives easy access by car or commuter rail to Center City Philadelphia, yet it is a quiet one-way road within Blue Bell Hill, an area with a strong sense of community and friendly neighbors. Ideal settlement time for sellers: in September after Labor Day.