5420 S Asotin St, Tacoma
Listed $365,000/Sold $407,000
3 Beds
1.5 Baths
1,300 Sq Ft Finished + 640 Unfinished
5,300 Sq Ft Lot
Maybe you’ve been looking across Tacoma for home. Maybe it’s your first time buying a place; you have some dreams, some needs, a list of priorities, a sense of possibility. No home has everything—at least not when you first arrive—but every home has something, and this one has a lot. Take a look here, and see if you might want to start your homeownership experience on this corner in Tacoma’s South End. The house is freshly painted inside and out, so check that off your list. Fresh paint is a good clean palette on which to create your home landscape, but what we really love about this house is the series of arched openings leading from living room to dining room, from dining room to breakfast nook, from that bright corner into the main kitchen, and then again into the butler’s pantry. Those graceful arches are a friendly invitation, a welcoming hand beckoning you onward into another space.
So go ahead, open the door from the covered porch, move through those archways, take a peek around the corner at the pantry with its colorful tile and a 2nd sink, then climb the stairs to visit the 3 bedrooms and full bath. While you’re up there, make sure to look out the front window and wave to Mt. Rainier.
Outside, the yard and garden beds are wide open for the trees and gardens you’ve been planting in your imagination while you search for home. Or maybe you’re more of a mower, you like things open and simple. In that case, bring some patio chairs, an umbrella, a bbq, and you’re all set.
Close to groceries, Wapato Lake Park with its lake loop and off-leash area, historic South Tacoma Way’s shops and bars, the Tacoma Mall and all its surrounding amenities, the Lincoln District and its wealth of international food, also near I-5 access and the South Tacoma Station for your forays out of town. We’ll tell you more about all that in our location section further on.
Continue for the video tour, photos, details, and a list of 20 favorite destinations nearby.
Main Floor
Entry
Living Room
Dining Room
Eat-in Kitchen
Butler’s Pantry
Half Bath
Second Floor
3 Bedrooms
Full Bath
Landing
Unfinished Basement
Laundry Area & Storage
Gas Water Heater & Furnace
Exterior Door
Outside
5,300 Sq Ft Corner Lot
Fenced Back Yard
Lawn, Garden Beds, Patio
Covered Porch
Paved Sidewalk & Planting Strip
Entry
From the covered porch, step into a welcoming entry with enough space to kick-off your shoes and set down your groceries while you call out, “I’m home!” A convenient half bath is immediately available, and we all know that can be a very good thing. A staircase opens to your right, but before going up to look at the bedrooms and full bath, take a left through the cased opening into the living room.
Living Room
The lovely thing about this living room—besides picture rail and crown molding for that good, old-school detail—is that it doesn't feel any pressure to be anything but a living room. That’s because there’s plenty of space for dining in the dining room as well as in the kitchen nook. This is a simple, comfortable room with a nice flow into the dining space. Sash windows (replaced less than a year ago along with others throughout the home) easily slide up to open, and face east and south.
Dining Room
A graceful arched opening connects the living and dining rooms. Like the entire home, the dining room is freshly painted. It's illuminated by an overhead light and south facing window. Host holidays and dinner parties in here, and just enjoy the space on regular old weekdays for spaghetti night, pizza night, sushi night, taco night, roast chicken night, jambalaya night - whatever you cook, it will look good around the table here.
Eat-in Kitchen
Step from the dining room through the sweet arched opening into the eat-in kitchen brightened by large windows facing south and west. This is a pleasant spot for breakfast, for after work or after school snacks (after errand snacks, after chore snacks, after jogging snacks) and for casual, everyday meals.
The kitchen is complete with all the necessary appliances: oven and stovetop, dishwasher, and refrigerator. You'll notice a tall pantry cupboard just beyond the stove, but soon we'll show you the butler's pantry too! The flooring is brand new hickory-style laminate.
A door leads from the kitchen out to the yard, so it's easy to move back and forth to barbecue, let pets out, or step into the garden (better go ahead and plant some herbs outside the door).
Butler’s Pantry
Take a right at the end of the kitchen and you're in the butler's pantry! Colorful vintage tile, an additional sink (not typical in smaller kitchens, so a pretty nice surprise), and so much pantry space, storage space, and counter space. Set up your microwave, line the shelves with your cookbooks, plants, jars of pickles and rice and beans, arrange your favorite glassware; think of this as your expanded kitchen. There’s no butler included in the design, but it’s still a great spot.
The butler's pantry is also the hall that leads to the basement stairwell, and there's access to the main floor half bath at the end of the hall as well.
Half Bath
The main floor half bath is accessible from the entry and from the pantry hall off the kitchen. It may be a slightly unusual arrangement, but it's also quite convenient to reach the room from both the front and back of the main floor. You'll find a full bath as we head up the stairs.
3 Bedrooms
Take the staircase from the entry up to the second floor. This front bedroom offers beautiful views to Mt. Rainier in the southeast. Freshly painted walls and a modest walk-in closet complete this first of three bedrooms. The next two bedrooms and the full bath are just down the hall.
The front bedroom's walk-in closet is brightened by a north facing window.
The landing offers a cozy corner and a storage cupboard.
Find the second bedroom straight ahead at the top of the stairs. Finished with fresh paint and the solid baseboard trim found throughout the home, this room enjoys south light through large windows.
The third bedroom is just down the hall at the southwest corner of the home with a window overlooking the back yard.
Full Bath
The second floor full bath offers a tiled shower/bath and new laminate flooring. The window slides open for air, and there’s a little bit of storage in the vanity. Consider stashing extra supplies like toilet paper, shampoo, or towels in that closet on the landing.
Unfinished Basement
Reach the unfinished basement via the stairwell at the end of the pantry hall. This is your storage area and laundry area too. The basement is also home to the gas furnace and gas water heater. An exit door opens to the yard on the south side of the lot.
Outside
5420 S Asotin is set on a corner lot with a planting strip (or tree strip) across the sidewalk which gives a bit of extra distance from the street. Consider choosing some trees for beauty and shade, and more privacy too. Check the city's list of approved and recommended trees for the planting strip and contribute to Tacoma's tree canopy when you plant. You can even get a tree coupon through the seasonal Grit City Trees program!
The back yard is fully fenced with a paved path leading from the kitchen door to a small, sunny patio space.
This lot is 5,300 square feet. Currently, it's mostly lawn with a couple of small garden beds. This is a yard that's really open to your inspiration. There’s space to landscape and garden; start building raised beds, plant raspberries, add some swings. Or keep the yard low maintenance. If you like, add a shed for your lawnmower, and bring a bbq along. There's room to run, room to play, room to grow, room to lay out your favorite picnic blanket.
Location
This home belongs to Tacoma’s South End. If you don’t know it well, allow us to introduce you. South Tacoma is home to beautiful parks, historic neighborhoods, independent businesses, and all the best international grocery stores and restaurants, many of which are found on South Tacoma Way. From this corner lot on 54th & Asotin, you can easily reach Wapato Lake to the south, the vibrant Lincoln District to the north, McKinley to the East, historic South Tacoma Way to the west, and the Tacoma Mall shopping area too.
The Wapato Off-Leash Dog Park is less than 5 minutes from 5420 S Asotin.
South Tacoma Sounder Station - Image by Verona Photography - with bicycle lockers and 220 parking spaces, this train will whisk you to Seattle for a day out or a day at work.
At Wapato Park enjoy the garden beds, unleash your dog at the dog park, walk the lake loop, or relax at a picnic table. In the revitalized Lincoln District you’ll find the beautiful brick gothic-style Lincoln High School (Tacoma’s 2nd oldest high school, home to the Lincoln Bowl) with Lincoln Park adjacent. Eat tortas at El Zocalo, get a steaming bowl of pho, hot coffee, cold bubble tea, a burger and milkshake at one of the many restaurants, or shop for rice noodles, dried fish, mushrooms, and that staple bottle of sriracha at the Hong Kong Market.
McKinley is home to the Top of Tacoma (one of Tacoma’s favorite bars — for good reason) and a seasonal farmers market.
South Tacoma Way’s historic business district is bordered by South Park, shady cemeteries with old oak trees, and an array of local businesses like The Mule Tavern with its house-made ginger beer, The Fernseed (home to houseplants galore and a stem bar for building your own bouquets), and The Church Cantina.
Image from Vien Dong, a family-owned restaurant offering delicious soups, noodle bowls and stir fries just 6 minutes from this South End home.
With easy access to groceries at WinCo, Marlene’s Market, and Costco, or shopping at REI and the Tacoma Mall, you’ll find you don’t have to spend much time in the car to have fun or run errands from this home. The restaurants, breweries, museums, and bustle of downtown are less than 10 minutes away by car, and access to I-5 is close and convenient. If you commute, or just like hopping on the Sounder for a Seattle day trip, you’ll be glad to know the South Tacoma Station is just 1.6 miles from your door.
To help you get familiar with where this house sits in the city, we’ve calculated the distance from the doorstep of 5420 S Asotin to 20 favorite Tacoma destinations within 2 miles. Take a look at the list below!
Image from Edison City Alehouse - Get friendly with your local bottle shop.
20 Favorite Local Destinations
Visit The Fernseed, just 1.5 miles from your door, to make a bouquet at the stem bar, choose a new houseplant, or repot your favorite fern.
Groceries & Shopping:
Tacoma Mall: 1 mile, 3 minutes
Winco Foods: 1.1 miles, 4 minutes
REI: 1.4 miles, 4 minutes
Safeway: 1.5 miles, 5 minutes
The Fernseed: 1.5 miles, 5 minutes
Hong Kong Supermarket: 1.8 miles. 5 minutes
Marlene’s Market & Deli: 2.1 miles, 8 minutes
Costco: 1.9 miles, 7 minutes
All Star Vintage: 1.9 miles, 5 minutes
Parks & Activities:
Mann Elementary School: 0.7 miles, 3 minutes
Wapato Park: 1.2 miles, 4 minutes
Tacoma Public Library - Moore: 1.1 miles, 3 minutes
Stewart Heights Park & Pool: 1.7 miles, 7 minutes
Lincoln Park: 2 miles, 6 minutes
Dining & Drinks:
Edison City Alehouse: 1.1 miles, 4 minutes
Vuelve a la Vida: 1.3 miles, 4 minutes
The Mule Tavern: 1.5 miles, 5 minutes
Bambu Tacoma: 1.9 miles, 5 minutes
Vien Dong: 1.8 miles, 6 minutes
Transit:
South Tacoma Station: 1.6 miles, 6 minutes
More Information From the Listing Agent
Come see this Tacoma 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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