“We’re really going to miss the backyard, all the updates since we moved in, and how warm and inviting the house is.”
Home: If you’re looking for a home that’s fresh and easy, a place that feels clean and new—with more than the obligatory rectangle of sod laid out and called a garden—this could be the place for you. If you’re not up for projects and taking on updates, but you also don’t want to live in a flip, this could be the home you’re looking for. You might feel it when you walk in—we hope you do, we think you might—this house wasn’t bought as a stepping stone or investment; people belonged here. Maybe you could too.
Just minutes from downtown Puyallup and the Sounder train, this fully renovated home is better than new. Extensive updates starting in 2024 include a new roof, interior and exterior paint, all new appliances, flooring, trim, solid Craftsman-style doors, a complete kitchen renovation and more. The eat-in kitchen features quartz counters, soft-close cabinets, an induction stove and a coffee bar with a beverage cooler. Sit by the gas fireplace in the vaulted ceiling living room, read by the bay window and take the open staircase to the bedrooms above. Settle in the primary suite with its private bath and walk-in closet. Host parties beside the honeysuckle trellis on the deck in the big, fenced yard where lilacs, dogwood and a green lawn grow.
Updates Since 2024:
“What sold it for us is that the house feels bigger than it is when you get inside.”
New roof
Fresh exterior and interior paint
New flooring and trim
New doors: solid, 3 panel, Craftsman-style, matching doors (just one original door remains from the laundry room into the garage)
All new light fixtures
All new appliances and smoke detectors
Custom induction stovetop
Multi-function/Combination Microwave offers oven function
Refrigerator/freezer
Dishwasher
Beverage Cooler with soft-close door and special settings for a variety of beverages
Washer and dryer set
Full Kitchen Renovation
All new appliances, see above
Quartz countertops
New sink - wired for garbage disposal
Installed under-cabinet lighting
New cabinets
soft close doors and drawers
pull-out spice rack
pull-out garbage bin
pantry cupboard
Plumbed for natural gas and wired for a 2nd microwave
New flooring, paint, and lighting as throughout the home
Built a coffee bar with a beverage cooler in the kitchen dining area
New blinds
Set up for Smart Home systems like Alexa, Google Home, etc., and wireless TV capability with Smart Lights and Locks
Private ¾ Bath Updates - new floor, trim, light fixtures, and shower head, fresh paint
Full Bath - new lighting, paint, and shower head added to extensive updates by previous homeowners
Nursery closet redesigned
Installed sprinkler system
Wired for a hot tub
Preinspection: A recent seller-procured home inspection is completed and attached to the seller’s disclosure. Available upon request.
“What’s great about this location is the proximity to the Sounder train to get to Seattle, being walking distance to Sam Peach park, the walkable neighborhood, and how close it is to downtown Puyallup.”
Community: When the homeowners talk about this location, they talk about how sweet it is to walk through the neighborhood to nearby Sam Peach Park, how at home they’ve felt here, and the beauty of the local streets with all the trees soon to change color for fall. They’ve loved taking the drive to Fika when they have time for a nice, relaxed cup of coffee with pastries, or just heading over to Happy Donuts and Lick Homemade Ice Cream downtown for local treats.
You can reach the Puyallup Farmers’ Market, pubs, coffee shops, and Pioneer Park in under 10 minutes from here. And when you need to get out of town, the Puyallup Sounder Station—with routes from Lakewood to Seattle—is just over 1.5 miles away. Plus, it’s only a 20 minute drive to downtown Tacoma for the art and history museum, glass museum, breweries, and concerts. But we’ve heard that with weekly events at the fairgrounds and all the community life going on, it’s pretty hard to run out of things to do here in Puyallup.
Looking for a local way to volunteer? The sellers recommend supporting Step by Step at Farm 12.
Continue on for the video tour, photos, details, and a more thorough neighborhood introduction, including our list of 20 favorite local destinations and services nearby.
Main Floor
Entry
Living Room
Eat-in Kitchen
Dining Area
1/2 Bath
Laundry
2nd Floor
Primary Suite with Private 3/4 Bath & Walk-in Closet
2 Additional Bedrooms
Full Bath
Garage & Grounds
2-Car Attached Garage
Fully-Fenced Back Yard
Garden Shed
Deck & Hot Tub Hook-up
Lawn & Established Landscaping
Open Front Lawn
Covered Front Porch
Paved Driveway
Location - Puyallup
“We love the beautiful fall colors with the trees throughout the neighborhood.”
Serving up big, tall slices of frosted and filled layer cakes with seasonal flavors, Cat & Rabbitt Cake Shop is under 2 miles from home.
Living in a city surrounded by farmland certainly has its perks. Fields of springtime lupine, local pumpkin patches, u-pick berry fields, and roadside farmstands are just a few.
Image from City of Puyallup - Sam Peach Park’s playground, ball field, and walking track are less than a mile from 933 23rd St NW.
Puyallup is a town with a Main Street culture, surrounded by farms, and tucked away from the bigger cities nearby. Major grocery stores like Fred Meyer and the Puyallup Farmers’ Market are under 10 minutes away, and downtown Puyallup dining is even closer, so a meal is never out of reach. Essential services like Police and Fire are under 2 miles away, and MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital is a 12 minute drive.
Head to downtown Puyallup for the Saturday Farmers Market, for annual parades and events like the Daffodil Festival and Meeker Days with its food trucks, artisans, and activities for all ages. Or, go downtown any old day of the week to meet friends at locally owned pubs, donut shops, and cafes. Make yourself at home just outside of town at Farm 12 and Fika too. Sit down for a Farm 12 brunch, or visit Fika for coffee and pastries in a garden setting right beside a lupine field that bursts into bloom in spring.
“For fun nearby we love going to the fair, and the farmers market at Pioneer Park.”
We can’t write about Puyallup without the State Fair (called the Puyallup Fair all the years we were growing up, after all). The fairgrounds are just 10 minutes away, and along with the big State Fair at the end of August into September, the fairgrounds are home to dog shows, automobile shows, the Taste of the NW, swap meets, a Victorian Christmas Festival, and much more.
We hope you’ll be able to settle in and enjoy Puyallup, but if you need a day out in the city, the Puyallup Station with its Sounder services and route from Lakewood to Seattle is less than 2 miles from your door. Or you can reach museums, breweries, and happy hour in downtown Tacoma under 10 miles away, just about 20 minutes by car.
Wicked Pie is just 5 minutes from home in downtown Puyallup.
Image from Toscanos Italian Grill - Head over for dinner just 11 minutes away and see if the mountain is out!
Meet a friend at Fika at Farm 12 for coffee, cake, pastries, and sandwiches. Sit on the garden patio in summer, or in their spacious, high-ceilinged cafe year round.
If you’re really looking for a change of scene, it only takes an hour and 20 minutes to reach Mount Rainier National Park. People travel across the world to get up close with this mountain and its beautiful wilderness areas. You can leave on a Saturday morning, choose a trail, and picnic on the mountainside by lunch. To get outdoors even closer to home embark on the Foothills Trail, a 21-mile trail for hikers and cyclists.
Take a look at our list of 20 local destinations. We’ve calculated the distance from the doorstep of 933 23rd St NW to help you get an even better idea of where this home and neighborhood fit in the wider community.
Brunch, lunch, and dinner dates at Farm 12 Restaurant are a highlight of Puyallup life. Their outdoor seating is surrounded by flowering pots, fountains, and lights. Inside, it’s comfortable no matter the season.
20 FAVORITE LOCAL DESTINATIONS & SERVICES WITHIN 4 miles
(Travel times here are calculated for transportation by car.)
Image from Puyallup Farmers’ Market - Visit every Saturday from mid-April to mid-October for Puyallup-grown fresh produce, berries, flowers, neighbors, and fun.
Dining, Drinks & Treats
Lick Homemade Ice Cream: 1.7 miles, 5 minutes
Crockett’s Public House: 1.7 miles, 5 minutes
The Cat & Rabbitt Cake Shop: 1.7 miles, 6 minutes
Wicked Pie Pizza: 1.8 miles, 5 minutes
Happy Donuts: 1.8 miles, 7 minutes
Bourbon Street Creole Kitchen & Bar: 2 miles, 6 minutes
Holiday Cafe: 1.8 miles, 6 minutes
Toscanos Italian Grill: 3.7 miles, 11 minutes
Farm 12 Restaurant & Fika Cafe: 4 miles, 13 minutes
Parks & Activities
Sam Peach Park: 0.8 miles, 3 minutes
Puyallup Public Library: 1.9 miles, 7 minutes
Pioneer Park: 1.9 miles, 8 minutes
Washington State Fair Grounds: 2.3 miles, 9 minutes
Local Schools & Services
Karshner Elementary: 1 mile, 3 minutes
Puyallup High School: 1.6 miles, 5 minutes
Puyallup Sounder Station: 1.7 miles, 6 minutes
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital: 3 miles, 12 minutes
Groceries & Supplies
Watson’s Greenhouse & Nursery: 1.7 miles, 5 minutes
Puyallup Farmers’ Market: 1.9 miles, 8 minutes
Fred Meyer: 2.1 miles, 7 minutes
“For dinner we like going to Happy Teriyaki 11, Farm 12, Wicked Pie, Toscanos, Fred Meyer on River Road, and grilling on the Blackstone in the backyard.”
entry
Now that you’ve seen a preview, let's start at the beginning and see it all. The front door opens from the covered front porch to this entry area where an open staircase leads up to the full bath and the 3 bedrooms, including the primary suite. But for now, start with a visit to the living room.
Living Room
“Our favorite rooms are the living room for natural light and high ceilings, and the back bedroom for morning light and view of the backyard and trees.”
The open living and dining space features the new flooring, trim, blinds, lighting, and fresh paint found throughout the home. The gas fireplace, bay window, and vaulted ceiling make this a favorite room of the house.
Note: This home is set up for Smart Home systems like Alexa, Google Home, etc. and wireless TV capability with Smart Lights and Locks.
Dining Room
Set up a dining area by the window overlooking the back yard. With new lighting, new blinds, new flooring, and fresh paint, there's nothing left to do but sit and enjoy a meal.
Eat-in Kitchen
This renovated kitchen is all new. Updated features include:
quartz counters
soft-close cabinets and drawers including pantry cupboards, a pull-out for the garbage bin and spice rack
all new appliances:
custom induction stovetop - Prefer cooking with gas? No problem. The kitchen is plumbed for gas to keep everybody happy
multi-function/combination microwave offers oven function
refrigerator/freezer
dishwasher
an undermount sink wired for a garbage disposal
under-cabinet lighting
plumbed for natural gas and wired for a 2nd microwave
Pull a seat up to the breakfast bar for a quick bite or just to keep the cook company.
Kitchen Lounge - Coffee Bar
A lounge area perfect for another dining spot or a cozy family room adjoins the kitchen with sliding glass doors that open to the deck and fenced back yard. The kitchen renovation included the addition of this coffee/beverage bar with matching quartz countertop and cabinetry and the beverage cooler with a soft-close door and special settings for a variety of beverages.
Laundry Room
A doorway by the coffee bar opens to the laundry room with a new washer and dryer set. Take the door from the laundry room into the attached, 2-car garage.
Half Bath
This convenient, main floor half bath is tucked back beside the laundry area for privacy.
2nd Floor Primary Suite
The comfortable primary suite overlooks the front yard and neighborhood and features fresh paint, new lighting, blinds, and flooring as throughout the home.
This private 3/4 bath attached to the primary suite features fresh paint, new flooring, trim, light fixtures, and shower head. A door in the private bath opens to the primary suite's walk-in closet.
2nd & 3rd Bedrooms
Just across the landing this updated 2nd bedroom features a new closet organizer. Both back bedrooms fill with natural light each morning through their east-facing windows overlooking the fenced yard.
Full Bath
The updated full bath is right outside the bedrooms on the 2nd floor landing. The full bath has new lighting, paint, and a new shower head in addition to recent updates by the previous homeowners.
Garage & Grounds
Along with parking spaces, the attached, 2-car garage offers built-in shelving, cabinets, a workbench, and pegboard. You'll also find a chest freezer, an additional freezer-fridge, and the water heater, furnace, and electrical panel in here for easy access.
“We’ve appreciated the spacious deck, big open grassy area for playing and entertaining, the shed for lawn tool storage, and the built-in shelving and tool bench in the garage.
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This 1,665 sq ft house (+ the 538 sq ft garage) is set on a 9,138 sq ft lot in a neighborhood with sidewalks and curbed streets near Puyallup’s farmland, parks, downtown, and fairgrounds.
A honeysuckle grows on the trellis beside the big, back deck. Don't forget there's a spot ready and wired for a hot tub out here. The homeowners also installed a sprinkler system for easier care of this beautiful, fully-fenced back yard.
A well-tended garden shed stands in the back corner of the yard. Store yard tools and gardening supplies back here to leave more space in the garage.
Mature trees, shrubs, and hedges border the spacious lawn. Plantings include dogwood and rhododendron for blossoms in spring and fall color too. There's plenty of room to relax, play, and even create new garden beds.
This updated, turnkey house, with a big backyard, open living space, and beautiful kitchen is ready and eagerly waiting to be called home.
More Information From the Listing Agent
Want to check out more details? We’ve shown you a lot, but you can take a look at even more here.
Come see this updated Puyallup home in person to get a feel for the layout, style, size, and location.
And feel free to call or text me, Michael Duggan, at 253-226-2787. I’ll be happy to answer your questions about this property, or talk with you about Tacoma and the local real estate market in general.
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