18 Blake Ave, Rockledge, PA 19046

**Adjoining lot at 20 Blake Avenue is part of this property, side yard, but has a separate tax assessment record. It has a square footage of 3750 square feet and, added to the area of the house lot, brings the total square footage to 6875 Square feet. The side yard has an 18' by 26' blacktopped area that can be used for a basketball court. **AQUA of PA is the water utility for Rockledge borough and has completed its mains upgrade program on Blake avenue and throughout the borough. This upgrade included replacing the service line to the curb. Water service line from the curb to the house was replaced in October, 1977. **Residential gas service is provided by PECO and was installed in 1984 when the house was converted from oil to gas heat. **Landline telephone service is provided by Verizon FIOS. The house has primary and secondary telephone lines routed through the house. The primary line has phone jacks in living room and kitchen and in all second floor bedrooms and on third floor and in the basement. The secondary line is connected to the second floor middle bedroom (office) and on the third floor. **House is fully insulated with blown in and batt insulation: all exterior walls and second floor back roof with blown in insulation in 1989; third floor with batt insulation as part of attic conversion to living space in 1992. **House has ceiling fans in second floor bedrooms and on third floor. **House is fully wired for local area network with network drops in the living room (2), 2nd floor middle and back rooms and 3rd floor, thus providing a choice between wired and wireless networking and combinations thereof. **Cable and wired intercom drops are also provided in the 2nd floor middle and back rooms and the third floor. **Kitchen and laundry room ripped out and redone in 1999. **Heating is by hot water radiators with new high efficiency, direct exhaust and air intake, gas-fired hot water boiler furnace installed September, 2012; includes programmable thermostat control. **Hot water heater is 80 gallon electric installed October, 2010. **High velocity central air conditioning system using 2" ducting routed thru ceilings and closets to all rooms in the house installed May, 2009; includes programmable thermostat. Air handler behind knee wall on third floor; outdoor compressor hidden in white fence corral which also hides trash receptacle. **Electrical service upgraded to 200A October, 2007. Two service panels utilize 15 amp and 20 amp magnetic circuit breakers for house circuits, 30 amp breakers for HWH and HVAC compressor. The main entrance service panel provides a 60 amp circuit breaker feed to a service panel dedicated to kitchen circuits. All house circuits are inventoried and described in spreadsheets attached to the service panels. **All kitchen counter and wall outlets are GFCI outlets and GFCI-protected outlets are provided in the laundry room. **Electrical outlets are provided near all windows to simplify seasonal window lighting. **External GFCI outlets are provided at the front and rear of the house. **All external wood surfaces capped with new aluminum capping March/April, 2007. Front porch columns and railing replaced at the same time. **North side brick work repointed in 1999. **Roofing is asphalt shingle and aluminum coating inspected every five years. **Full basement with waterproofed cement plastered walls and floor. **Property includes 3 dogwood trees, 2 in the backyard, and a property line maple tree plus front of house fir tree and shrubs. Side yard and back yard shrubs include several mature and younger azalea bushes. **Ten by twelve utility shed reroofed April, 2013 is situated at the far end of the back yard. Neighborhood Description Three minute walk to Fox Chase train station and a little longer to St Cecilia.