53 Maplewood Ave, Newton Center, MA 02459

Sunny, charming 9 room center entrance colonial (2,400 sq ft). First floor open floor plan with living rm, dining rm, large eat-in kitchen, plus den/family room with working fireplace and gleaming enamel woodburning stove, newly renovated laundry/BR. 3 bedrooms upstairs, w/4th spacious home office/study, including 2 newly renovated full baths (one in primary suite). Spacious windowed basement w/finished room for playroom/exercise room. Lovely backyard w/patio, mature organically-grown plantings, and multipurpose hardwood shed. Heat pumps, 2 zones, central air and heat. 2 blocks from top-rated Bowen Elementary School (A rating by Niche), 5 minute drive to Charles E. Brown Middle School (Niche A+) and Newton South High School (Niche A+). Minutes to the Newton Center Green Line T, "The Street", "Chestnut Hill Square", Wegmans, Whole Foods, and easy access to Rt 9, 128/95, and the Mass Pike.