16 Race Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603

DESCRIPTION: "Property will be offered for Public Auction on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 6pm. Please note the sale price listed in no way reflects the final sales price, but is the starting bid only. Please contact Hess Auction Group at 717-664-5238 for questions or to schedule a showing." This traditional design two and a half story 2022 square foot home welcomes guests onto a covered porch 9 feet deep and 20 feet wide. You enter the front door through a beautiful stained glass transom and surround into a large entry with a side stained glass window and coat closet behind the hardwood stairway. A third beautiful stained glass window graces the landing, drawing your eyes up to the second floor. The living room is of good size with a triple window looking out onto the front porch. Massive french pocket doors are available to close off the dining room. The dining room features a bump out three bay window on the side wall and another stained glass window at the back of the room. The galley kitchen is compact with a small eating bar and ceramic tile backsplash. Upstairs the master bedroom is located across the front of the house and features both a three window bay and a large dressing room, just waiting for California Closets to customize it to your personal requirements. The second bedroom also sports a three panel window for great light. The third, smaller bedroom has a door onto a very decent sized covered balcony which looks down into the mature landscaping of the back yard. The bathroom provides the usual functionality! Proceeding up to the top floor you will discover a large garret room flooded with light from windows facing to the front and both sides of the home. This is a treasured escape room for an artist, an older teenager, maybe Mom and Dad, or someone needing a large and pleasant home office. The possibilities are endless. The basement of the home is completely dry and contains a new washer and dryer as well as a convenient toilet. There is ample storage and wonderful opportunities for a play, exercise, man-cave or craft area. A back stairway leads up to an outside entrance. There are numerous windows lighting this flexible space. The furnace is efficient natural gas forced air. In front of the house, ground ivy and rhododendrons surround the porch and frame the house in greenery. The remainder of the yard is completely privacy fenced.Your children and dogs will love this space! The back yard has several mature pine trees and a holly providing year round greenery. Large rhododendron and azalea bushes burst with color in the spring and early summer and provide very effective privacy screening. Other flowering specimen trees and vines compliment this private retreat. The three car garage of 660 square feet provides a larger central bay and matching side bays. This could be a rental opportunity for the one or two car family!