402 M St, Port Townsend, WA 98368

It was built by a master artist-builder in 2003 The home is on a quiet tree lined dead end portion of Maple Street. It is halfway in between Fort Worden State Park and the Uptown National Historic District in a 20 minute walk in each direction. The property itself is 15,000 sq ft however it is bounded by two never to be opened 60 foot wide rights of way and the back side of Morgan Hill too steep for any development. It results in over an acre of open space surrounding the home. It is set back from the street below providing privacy and a peaceful quiet living space. The artist builder used quality materials every step of the way. He left a notebook behind with photos of what is behind the walls and details about materials used. In the words of the last home inspector “this home has solid bones”. All of the doors, windows, hand built cabinets and trim are hand built from cross vertical grain old growth Fir. They have been lightly stained with protective clear coating. The exterior of the home has recently had two coats of stain applied by brush which gives better coverage. The home entryway has a new marine grade varnished ceiling and a newer cedar deck with teak bench. A bamboo water feature and a full size and dwarf Maple tree are part of an entryway zen garden. You will begin there to see the many artistic touches lovingly applied to surfaces. A newer skybridge with a marine grade varnished cedar ceiling and teak flooring leads to a 160 sq ft room over the detached garage. It has a vaulted beamed ceiling with French doors and a screen that is pulled across the doors to allow breezes and to hear the sound of water falling in the water feature below in the zen garden. The ground floor is a 3 room guest suite with private bathroom and newer front loading washer and dryer. The entire home has a hydronic radiant heat system with a new Rinnai tankless combo boiler. The second floor contains the Primary Suite with a large tiled walk in shower. The high class closet has aromatic red cedar on the walls and thick cherry wood shelves. All of the windows in the home have real wood blinds. Louvered wood doors open to the closet and the radiant heat system. The top two floors are Walnut hardwood that not many other homes have in them. The private studio over detached garage has Maple hardwood flooring. The skybridge and treetop level observation room have teak flooring. The top floor is a 500+sq ft open area with vaulted beamed ceiling. The dining area has 3 floor to ceiling view windows looking across town and the Strait of Juan de Fuqua to Victoria BC, Vancouver Island and San Juan Island. A galley style kitchen has a see through to the dining area. There are stainless steel appliances and black tiles on the floor and countertops and around a new kitchen sink with restaurant style faucet. The living area has a green tile fireplace. Lovely stained glass windows are on either side, There are two more floor to ceiling view windows in this area. To the rear is a sliding glass door that opens to a 120 sq ft treetop level covered observation room with screens on 3 sides. The walls are aromatic red cedar with white cedar on the vaulted beamed ceiling. It is fully insulated and has Teak flooring. . This back area has a 40 foot stream that runs over river rock before flowing over flagstone into the pond off the back deck. The large open area with wood chips and stepping stone path always has wildlife present or passing through. A new 7000 watt Honda Inverter Generator is tucked away in an open area that is safe and is connected to the home electric panel to power the home in case of an outage. It is Bluetooth operated and can be controlled with an app on you devices. A 500 gallon owned propane tank is underground along the driveway with new anode bags making it good for another 20 years.