One of our favorite parts of the house is this updated kitchen with the dining room overlooking the back yard.
The front entrance is covered on this west-facing home, giving you a chance to dry off or get some shade before stepping inside.
Listed $300,000/Sold $306,000
3 Beds
1.75 Baths
1,276 Sq Ft
4255 Phillips Rd SE, Port Orchard
This comfortable, single-level rambler with interior updates is set on ¾ acres, and is well-placed for easy commuting. Reach the Southworth Ferry in 15 minutes, downtown Port Orchard in 10, and drive less than 5 minutes for groceries! But before we get into the location, take a look inside. This home has seen some good changes in the past couple of years. All new flooring creates a clean, finished feeling in every room. And the renovated kitchen with its new appliances, cabinets, sink, and backsplash is a fresh, bright highlight of the home. With both a full bath in the hall, and a private ¾ bath in the en suite bedroom, there’s flexibility for family living, guests, or housemates. It’s all covered by a newer roof. And when you’re ready to go outside, just open the sliding doors from the family room to the deck and enjoy the fenced back yard.
We mentioned downtown Port Orchard and one of the nearby ferry terminals, but there are also beachfront parks, and restaurants within reach, as well as easy highway access. But you can read more about that in our dedicated location section further down.
Continue on for the video tour, photos, location highlights (including driving time/distance to a list of local destinations), and many more details about this home.
A preview of the pretty, updated kitchen.
Single Level Living
Living Room
Kitchen
Dining Area
Family Room
En Suite Bedroom with 3/4 Bath
2 Additional Bedrooms
Full Bathroom
2 Car Attached Garage with Laundry
Out back there’s a deck and lots of room to play.
Outdoors
3/4 acre lot
Back deck
Fenced back yard
New shed
Living Room
Step inside from the covered entry with its bright red door and get your first glimpse of the cozy living room. A wood-burning stove insert and brick hearth will make a friendly glow on cool evenings (and there may even be some firewood stacked out back). New laminate floors are lit by a big front window and new light fixture with a ceiling fan for comfortable air flow.
The living room opens into the kitchen and dining room where the homeowners removed a partial dividing wall to create more light and a nicer sense of space.
Kitchen
This room is transformed. With all new stainless appliances and simple cabinet doors there’s a nice mix of modern and classic. Along with the new appliances and cabinet doors, there’s a new floor, new backsplash, and new sink and faucet. The kitchen overlooks the back yard, and the window is right where it should be, over the sink so you don’t have to face a wall when you do the dishes.
This angle lets you take a look at the cupboards and drawers under the bar counter. There’s a nice amount of storage here. And with a wide windowsill, you might find yourself following this example and placing flowers or little potted plants in the window for company.
Bar stools are a great spot to stick your friends or kids while getting meals or a snack ready. This design also ensures a good amount of counter space for chopping, stirring, and baking. The new refrigerator has a water filter, ice maker, and freezer drawer.
Dining Area
Family and friends can sit in the dining room without being completely separate from the kitchen, so the cook can visit and keep an eye on things. The bar counter is a great spot to pull up a stool for a cup of coffee or a chat with the cook, but it’s also a great spot to lay dinner out buffet-style with easy access from the table. The new flooring continues from the kitchen into the dining room which also overlooks the back yard and is lit by a new ceiling fan light fixture.
Family Room
You might be seeing the “Family Room” heading and wondering what you’re looking at. This room is designed as a family room, but is set up here as a beautiful bedroom. It could even be used as a home office, a studio, sewing room, or play room. You probably have your own ideas! No matter what, you’ll enjoy the light through the sliding doors to the deck.
This flexible room has a door leading into the dining room (shown open), with another door opening into the hallway. Notice the new laminate flooring. No carpets in this home, which is helpful for managing dust and allergies.
En Suite Bedroom with Private 3/4 Bath
The private 3/4 bath is all set with bamboo flooring, a new toilet, and new pedestal sink. The clean white color scheme invites you to bring your own style and color to the room. You can make it pop with bold and friendly colors, choose soft florals, or neutrals. Anything goes!
Another look at the en suite bedroom with a door opening into the private 3/4 bathroom.
Although you're looking at cute bunkbeds and a sweet children's room, this is the en suite bedroom with its private 3/4 bath shown above. With new laminate floors, a window overlooking the back yard and its own bathroom, this is such a lovely bedroom you might have to make it your own!
Don’t miss the nice glimpse of trees out back through the bedroom windows.
2 Additional Bedrooms
One of three bedrooms, this room is also set with the new laminate floors found throughout the home, and has a good sized closet with a shelf up top for storage. The window looks west over the front yard. The neutral paint and floor colors allow you to bring in any color palette you enjoy by adding curtains, bedding, rugs, art, and photos.
The 3rd bedroom shares the new flooring and clean, simple layout found throughout the home. You’ll notice the closet is left open and organized with a dresser, toys, and storage bins up top. Set it up for teens, kids, or guests. With 3 bedrooms and a flexible family room space, you have room to choose!
Full Bathroom
Easily accessible from the bedrooms, this full bathroom is refreshed with a new vanity that offers a spacious countertop and good storage underneath. You’ll notice there’s no grout to scrub around the sink since it's all one piece. Easy cleaning! The toilet and flooring are also new, so this updated bathroom is ready to go.
2 Car Attached Garage with Laundry
The 2 car attached garage is also the location of the laundry area for this home. There’s a new washer and dryer out there, just a few steps away. The water heater is new too, so laundry, showers, and baths should all heat up nicely. And there’s a new garage door opener to make coming and going easy.
Outside
Through the sliding glass doors you'll find this shaded deck space where you might just set up your summer dining room. Add flowers, potted herbs, and an umbrella for color, and you'll be ready for afternoon tea and lemonade. Plant a shade garden with ferns, hostas, hardy fuchsia, trilliums, and other shade-loving plants. There are sunny spots too, so feel free to leave it low-maintenance with plenty of room for pets and people to run around, or add raised beds, and landscaping to your heart’s content.
This fenced back yard gives you room to run and play. Embrace the wooded atmosphere with a fire pit for s'mores and hotdog roasts.
The back yard includes a new shed. Store garden tools and gadgets back there to keep the garage clear for parking.
There's even room for a chicken coop back here! If you have pets, there's definitely space for them on this 0.75 acre lot.
With lots of interior updates, and a big fenced back yard, this 3 bedroom Port Orchard home is in an easy location for commuting, ferry access, and more.
Location
Image from the Port Orchard Marina - The marina is on Sinclair Inlet in Port Orchard, just 4 miles away.
Image from Washington State Parks - A glimpse of the beach at Manchester State Park, just 7 miles from home.
You’ll find this home on a wooded Port Orchard road on the Kitsap Peninsula, an area shaped by the Salish Sea. It’s not far to beach parks for camping, clamming, wandering, and picnicking, ferry terminals for commuting or day trips to Seattle, and historic downtown Port Orchard is just over 10 minutes way. In Port Orchard you can browse antique shops, walk the boardwalk, shop the Saturday Farmers Market, explore the marina, and find a meal.
Image from the Port Orchard Farmers Market - It’s just a 10 minute drive to the market for fresh goods!
Port Orchard is situated on Sinclair Inlet, just across from Bremerton, and 18 miles north of Gig Harbor. Whether you’re looking for a place to retire, a home with good access to the Bremerton shipyards, or even a quiet location that allows you to catch a ferry to the city, this could be your spot.
Manchester State Park with its historic structures, picnic shelter, 2 miles of hiking trails, 128 acres, a volleyball court, and 3,400 feet of saltwater shoreline is less than 15 minutes away. Go for the day, or find a camping spot for a close-to-home getaway.
Image from Gold Mountain Golf Club - 9 miles away, and well worth the drive!
Take a look at our list of a few other local destinations and the distance from the door of 4255 Phillips Road. We hope you’ll come explore!
From Home by Car
Image from the Port Orchard Farmers Market - Flowers, local berries, veggies, and handmade goods Saturdays April - October.
Fred Meyer: 1.5 miles/4 minutes
Long Lake County Park: 1.8 miles/4 minutes
The Grey House Cafe: 2.7 miles/6 minutes
Port Orchard Farmers Market: 3.6 miles/10 minutes
Port Orchard Marina: 3.9 miles/12 minutes
Manchester State Park: 7 miles/13 minutes
Southworth Ferry Terminal: 5.8 miles/14 minutes
Trophy Lake Golf & Casting: 6.2 miles/13 minutes
Gold Mountain Golf Club: 9 miles/16 minutes
Bremerton Ferry Terminal: 11.3 miles/20 minutes
Saboteur Bakery: 12.3 miles/23 minutes
OPEN HOUSE - MORE INFORMATION
Open House: come see this rambler in person!
Saturday, June 15: 12 - 2 pm
Sunday, June 16: 12 - 2 pm
In the meantime, for more information about this rambler, call or text me, Michael Duggan, at 253-226-2787. I'll be happy to answer your questions about this home or the local real estate market in general.
