This carefully maintained Eastside home checks all the boxes with its extensive updates, 2.5 baths, 2-car garage and fenced back yard. Valuable improvements include fresh interior and exterior paint, laminate flooring, appliances, light fixtures, window coverings and Smart home security features. A gas fireplace warms the living room near the open kitchen with a ½ bath and laundry just across the hall. Upstairs find 2 full baths including a private en suite in the primary with its walk-in closet. Set atop a gently sloping front lawn bordered by roses, rhodies, an apple and flowering plum trees, this home is near a favorite local nursery, big parks, McKinley’s coffee shops and restaurants as well as events and transit at the Tacoma Dome.
In this University Place home there’s room for everyone, room for guests, room for an office and arts studio, room for so much light through the big windows. There’s room for movie nights by the gas fireplace, for cookouts on the newly built deck, for tea in the front sitting room. And there’s room for linens, puzzles and games in the many closets. Of the 5 bedrooms 1 is on the main beside the ½ bath, 4 inhabit the 2nd floor along with a large studio-office. Rest in the primary suite with a 5-piece bath and walk-in closet. Gather for weekday meals in the eat-in kitchen and set the dining room for holidays. A brand new roof covers all and a fenced back yard keeps it easy outside. Live near Chambers Bay, groceries, schools and local dining.
Whether the dream is to fix up a small home, establish a business, or make a rental investment, this property’s central location and flexible C-1 zoning create a true opportunity. Updates are off to a good start with a brand new roof, gutters and downspouts, as well as fresh exterior paint and stain. Plumbing, wiring and sewer are in good shape, and inside find new vinyl plank flooring extending from the kitchen into the bath and laundry. The main living space is all on one floor with an extra 179 sq ft in the loft and a 264 sq ft 1-car garage on the alley for storage. Set in Central Tacoma, this home is just 2 minutes by car to coffee shops, dining and bookstores on 6th Ave and 5 minutes or less to groceries, parks, hospitals and schools.
At the end of the road a one-story farmhouse lives between an orchard and secluded meadow on a level, shy-acre framed by quaking aspen, fir, and ash trees. Approach on the paved and gated driveway which leads to a 2-car garage with attached workshop and canning room. Pick apples, plums, pears, cherries, and figs from mature trees; roam freely in the grass, and plant vegetables in sun soaked garden beds. Store your equipment in the big garden shed then head inside to prepare homegrown produce in the eat-in kitchen. Relax by watching the leaves change from the sun porch, curling up next to the wood stove, or soaking in the primary suite's private bath. This Summit homestead is perfectly placed between life in Tacoma and the heart of Puyallup.
Open the new front door, or let yourself in like family at the side door by the apple tree and settle into the eat-in kitchen. Refinished fir floors lead from the living room, under the archway and into the bedrooms while fresh paint creates a clean palette to make all your own. Don’t be fooled by the wood stove; a heat pump and programmable thermostat keep the house comfortable all year. Spend weekends on the patio, growing a garden in the fully fenced back yard, or tinkering and building in the 836 sq ft garage-shop with bay doors facing east and south. Find the laundry, storage space, a 2nd bath and brand new water heater in the separate entry basement. Just one mile to McKinley’s cafes and library—even closer to the park and playground.
Offered for people 55+, this Harvest Gate single-level home is defined by its vaulted-ceiling fireside living area, eat-in kitchen and its ease of access to Puyallup’s markets, fair grounds and dining, or Tacoma’s museums and breweries. Own your home, lease the land. Inside it’s all yours from the primary suite to the guest room and 2-car garage. Amenities include RV parking and a clubhouse with event space, sports court, and more.
