74 Stephan St, Kingston, NY 12401

A delightful Kingston neighborhood, a family home since 1978, lots of updates to make the house more comfortable yet enough left to do so a new owner can make it their own. An out of state job opportunity makes it necessary to move before all the bucket list projects have been completed - but those projects can be done over time. There are wonderful raised garden beds in front of the rocking chair front porch, along the left side of the house and in the large back yard. You will love that yard with its two apple trees, large shade tree, platform deck, family trampoline, sandbox, firepit to roast marshmallows, picnic table to share meals, and shed to hold garden tools and equipment. There is a privacy fence on one side and across the back. Clearly, having a large back yard to enjoy is enhanced by the French doors to the mudroom with the staircase to the kitchen. The mudroom also leads to the basement, kept dry with a dehumidifier. Going back into the kitchen you will find wood cabinets that were top of the line customized back in the mid-1980s, a built-in hutch , lots of counter space including a peninsula, and a unique newer sink that is extra deep with two basin inserts as well as a cutting board (a great set-up for canning and preserving garden bounty). The kitchen is open to the dining room which is large enough to serve lots of friends and family if you choose to eat indoors. If you want to relax on the comfortable, rebuilt front porch, there is room for chairs or a glider or two. Enter the living room from the front porch and be wowed by the craftsman style staircase. The living room is large, and having the staircase almost in the middle gives an opportunity to use it as two different living spaces - maybe a living room in the front and a den with built in bookcases at the far end. To the left of the front door is the main bedroom - originally two smaller rooms - with an unusually patterned wood parquet insert in the floor and two organized closet spaces. The full bath is on the first floor and has a brand new ceramic floor and some reconfigured spaces. On the way up the staircase, stop for a second to admire the unusual stained glass windows. Upstairs are two large cape-style bedrooms on either side of a large landing hallway with a big closet, a configuration that opens design options such as perhaps adding another bath. Some of the recent updates: In 2019 a new asphalt driveway that can hold 4 cars, with a new retaining wall along the edge; the water heater is about 3 years old with a 9-year replacement warranty; new roof in 2018; rebuilt front porch; newer vent fan and brand new ceramic floor tile in bathroom; newer low-e windows in all 3 bedrooms; the large bedroom has newer insulation, sheetrock and recessed lighting; new casement windows in basement; newer front door and newer French doors to the mudroom; newer flood light and porch light; new siding for the mudroom will be installed and primed. A permit will be required to insulate, heat and sheet rock the mudroom, something sellers will now not be doing. (Note that the mudroom was an existing room, part of a 1980s addition; it is NOT new construction.) HVAC technician has indicated the maintained older furnace has ductwork set up for easy installation of central air.