301 Walnut St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870

Incredible home on the beautiful Isle of Que just half a block in from the Susquehanna River. This building was built in 1870 and was the original School House for Selinsgrove! The home has been painstakingly renovated by craftsmen from DB Construction and Nick Charles Home Improvement. The new updates include a 25x25 addition with two bedrooms, a master bathroom and an oversized guest bathroom with laundry room. Each bathroom is equipped with custom designed ceramic and stone tiled showers and ceramic tile floors. The bedrooms, hallway and open concept living areas and kitchen have beautiful Pennsylvania White Pine floors cut by a local sawmill. The kitchen cabinetry was custom made by a local cabinet maker with locally resourced wood which serves nicely to frame the high-end appliances! All the upstairs exterior walls were, framed, insulated, and have new 13' tall sheetrock with the exception of the main kitchen backsplash which also extends 13' to match the height of the drywall! There is also a full composite custom-built deck off the kitchen to enjoy an outdoor living space for the second floor. Above the living area and kitchen are two open lofts that serve as guest bedrooms. These lofts are made possible by the 20-foot-tall ceiling that provides a warm and welcoming look with exposed original shake-roof from 1870! The Roof was custom designed to provide R53 polyurethane insulation inside structurally integrated panels for the sub-roof that is covered with new high durability standing seam steel roof. The home has allnew windows from Mi Window made in Gratz, PA . Every reasonable effort was made to use local or regionally available products and tradesmen. On the outside, each window is appointed with cast-metal window trim, originally from an old inn that used to be on the Isle of Que. These decorative window trim pieces were sand blasted and powder-coated prior to being installed. The addition also serves as a covered patio with a wood lined ceiling to reflect the charm of the original structure. The inside of the downstairs has also been transformed from a once dreary downstairs apartment to a single-span open concept great-room with exposed wood-beam ceiling, and original natural brick walls. A bathroom has also been added to the downstairs with custom ceramic tiling, woodwork, and a custom shower designed for people but also designed to accommodate washing four-legged fur friends! Worried about flooding...don't be this three-course thick true brick home has stood the test of time and previous floods but more importantly, it has been totally upgraded to meet the newest FEMA flood mitigation measures to include flood vents. The subgrade elements of this home were expertly engineered with new sub-grade power, water and sewer then the original foundation was backfilled with an additional concrete footer, and then basement was filled-in with appropriate compacted material, stone, and then capped with a steel reinforced eight-inch-thick concrete slab. This downstairs space feels like a retreat into yesteryear and, with the oversized (4'x9') double barn doors open, it becomes the perfect indoor/outdoor entertainment area with outdoor patio creating a combined total space of nearly 1500 square feet. The exterior of the brick home was expertly prepped, sealed, and painted with a beautiful pure white for the brick, and rich black color for the trim and original corbels.