$874,900

5 bedrooms, 3.0 bathrooms

There is so much to love about this custom home in desirable Ramsey Ridge, which is beautifully perched on a premium 1-acre lot bordering the Mount Cuba Center Botanical Garden. This lovely move in ready home features hardwood floors throughout and offers the perfect space for entertaining family and friends. The elegant workmanship is apparent as you enter the double doors to the spacious foyer flanked by the living & dining rooms displaying an elegant turned staircase. The well-appointed kitchen is the heart of this home featuring a large center island, Corian countertops and plenty of counter space. Sliding glass doors lead to a separate breakfast room with access to a private deck that overlooks the natural gas heated pool with spa. Enjoy a relaxing nicely landscaped pool deck and abundant yard with space to play. Back inside, a spacious great room is perfect for large scale entertaining with access to the deck/pool and is paired with a gas fireplace. Enter the family room that is open to the kitchen accented by a vaulted ceiling, skylights and a wood burning brick fireplace. The main level also includes a tucked away private office with access to the deck/pool, guest bedroom, full bath, and laundry room. Not to be overlooked as a potential in-law suite or au-pair suite. Upstairs, the owner’s retreat is complemented by a walk-in closet, full bath with an oversized soaking tub and newly updated shower with seamless glass doors. An adjacent bedroom can also be used as an office or sitting room to further expand the Owner’s suite. Completing this level is a hall bath with an updated tub enclosure that serves the additional bedrooms, which are nicely sized with ample closet space. Indeed, there is no lack of space in this home as it also includes a finished lower level, storage areas and an expanded two-car garage. Other recent updates include roof, gas furnace/AC, gutters/downspouts, windows/patio doors, 5 new skylights, front door, exterior light fixtures updated, septic tank replaced, driveway expanded & replaced, all new faucets, washer, most areas professionally painted, all new pool coping & tiles.... the list with dates is available upon request. Conveniently located just minutes from downtown Hockessin’s numerous restaurants, shops, parks, Rt. 48 and Rt. 141 for easy commuting!