510 Parker Ave, Poteau, OK 74953

LOCATION:  This Poteau home is located near historic down-town Poteau and just across the Street from Pansey Kidd Jr. High-school.  The address is 510 Parker.  This is a convenient location within walking distance to downtown shopping, restaurants and several churches.  Poteau Hospital plus several medical clinics are also nearby.   LOT:  Very little mowing with the home situated on a 50 x 140 ft corner lot.  The North and East sides front a paved city street.  The West side has a 6 ft privacy fence separating this home from the neighbors to the West.  The home faces to the East.   HOME:  This is an older home (present owners have lived here since 1957) but it has been extensively updated and modernized for comfort, energy efficiency and minimum upkeep. For example, all new thermal vinyl windows have been installed in the home.  Vinyl siding over insulation has been installed on the exterior walls with brick veneer on both ends of the East side of the home.  An 8 x 40 ft front porch with brick floor has been added with round column supports giving the home a 'Colonial Look'.  The home has 1,056 s.f. of heated and cooled living area.  It has a newer central heating (gas) and cooling system installed in 2016.  It has a composition roof.  Most of the home has a wood floor supported by piers and beams with crawl space with the den and laundry area being a ground level cement floor.  Other features of this home include the following:    APPURTENANCES   Front porch:  About 8 x 40, roof over porch, colonial support columns, brick floor on porch, sidewalk from porch to street. Carport:  About 24 x 30 (shelters 3 cars) with cement floor and steel girders supporting the metal roof over the carport. Rear porch:  Cement floored porch is about 8 x 18 with an aluminum cover over the porch which is attached to the home. Wrap around wood deck:  Around the South and West sides of the home is a wood deck painted ranch red.  The South side deck is about 10 x 20 and the adjoining West side is about 4 x 36 feet and extends from the home up to the privacy fence along the West side of the property. Storage building:  There is a frame storage building about 8 x 12 foot in size.   ROOMS   Living room:  About 12 x 32 with 10 ft ceilings and wood paneled walls.  There are 2 brass light fixtures and a ceiling fan.  The floors in this room and throughout the home, except as noted, are plush shag off-white in color. Master bedroom:  14 x 24, off-white plush carpeting, country white wood-paneled walls, ceiling fan with light, large walk-in cedar-lined closet about 8 x 20 ft in size, built-in shelving and storage cabinet with shelving and lower drawers on West wall of the master bedroom. Master bedroom bath:  Has a tub/shower combo unit, marble top vanity with oval sink and light mirror and storage above the sink, commode.  Has blue wallpaper. Office or bedroom:  Current owners use this room as an office.  It is 11 x 11, white wood paneled walls, 10 ft ceilings, off-white plush carpeting, ceiling fan with light and a closet. Kitchen:  8 x 16, light colored in-lay floor covering, wood paneled walls, about 16 running feet of custom ash cabinets on 2 walls.  There is a double sink with disposal.  There is a shelf for the included micro-wave oven.  There is a double-door refrigerator.  The island bar with Jenn-aire cook-top which is about 5 x 6.  Both the island and cabinets have white ceramic tiled counter tops.  The room is arranged with the kitchen work area at one end and the dining area at the other end of the room. Den:  Stepping down from the kitchen is a lower level den which is about 14 x 16.  It has off-white colored carpeting, wood paneled walls, ceiling fan with light and a built-in cabinet section with shelving above storage compartments with doors.  In the center is a TV nook. Adjoining room:  Stepping up from the den with an 11 ft opening is another room that is currently used as a bedroom although there is no dividing wall closing off the den.  This room is 11 x 11 and has 2 large closets.  Laundry/bathroom:  One door leads to two separate rooms consisting of a bathroom with fiberglass shower, marble top vanity and commode.  The room is about 6 x 20 and has white inlay floor covering and painted walls.  The laundry area is about 6 x 20 and has a clothes closet plus wall cabinet for washing supplies, washer and dryer connections.  There is room for a chest type freezer plus a work area.   SERVICES TO HOME:  City sewer, natural gas, city water, electric, telephone, TV. cable, trash pickup, Poteau police and fire department protection.   TAXES:  $247.90 paid last year with homestead exemption.   PRICE:  $75,000.   COMMENTS:  Long time owners are selling their home they have lived in for over 50 years to move to a retirement village.  This home is in good condition and now vacant for immediate occupancy.  If you want to be in a handy down-town location with a home that requires minimum upkeep and yard work.....this is the place.  Compact in size for low utility costs and taxes but everything needed for comfortable living at a very reasonable cost.