238 Morris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

This wonderful Heritage Hill home is ready to welcome a new family, with original details and contemporary conveniences! On the first floor it offers an entryway & grand reception hall with amazing open stairway, and original carved oak trim. The spacious living room with bay window, and the formal dining room with zebra oak floor and original built in china cabinet, each have a working gas fireplace in carved stone. Original oak pocket doors and Victorian fixtures throughout. A wonderful custom kitchen with modern conveniences and period cabinetry also features a walk-in butler's pantry and wet bar. Downstairs there is also a full bath, and a great office/family room. The second floor is spacious with its large hall landing surrounded by a carved oak banister, including window seats. The stairway leads into 5 bedrooms & 3 full baths. There are lots of extras on this level as well: a master bedroom with a dandy walk-in closet, a built in linen closet, and a separate laundry room. The huge attic is floored but unfinished, and has the original maid's room with her outside sleeping porch: her "Juliet's balcony" is the cupola seen in the front of the house. The unfinished, full basement has a work room, 2 other large rooms, three smaller storage rooms. The condition of the home is excellent: newly painted, beautifully landscaped, new high efficiency furnace & tankless water heater, new roof, updated electrical & plumbing. A new two-stall garage with remote opener & spacious private deck under old shade trees offers privacy & relaxation in the center-city. A beautifully landscaped rock garden, as well as natural gas & built-in electric serves the large deck for entertaining. The front has a lovely porch with porch swing. This home is within easy walking distance of the new farmer's market, restaurants & other downtown entertainments; as well as restaurants, boutique shops & clubs in the Diamond-Cherry-Eastern area and St. Mary's Hospital complex. Easy on-off expressway access on the most beautiful street in Heritage Hill district.