785 Forest Dr, Palmerton, PA 18071

This gorgeous family home has meticulously designed and maintained landscaped gardens and remodeled interior. Enjoy a large, cook-in kitchen including gas stovetop, vegetable sink, raised breakfast bar seating, walk in pantry, and room for a large dining table. A laundry room and private office is also accessible from the kitchen. The main living area is an open concept that continues from the kitchen and dining space with a built-in bar, gas fireplace, and gorgeous, white-washed, A-frame pine ceilings that extend into the adjoining Florida room: both of which contain many windows for amazing views of Blue Mountain Ski Resort in the winter. From here, step out onto the upper deck to enjoy the views or grill in style. Also on this main floor are two large bedrooms with closets and one full bathroom. On the way upstairs, discover a private reading nook loft with the same whitewashed pine ceiling. At the top of the stairs is another full bathroom that includes a jetted soaking tub, a large closet, and another bedroom complete with its own small balcony. At the end of the upstairs hallway is the Master Suite, which includes a VERY large bedroom with more than enough room for all of your bedroom furniture plus a nice sitting area or additional office. the master suite also includes a full bathroom with a stand-in shower and jetted soaking tub along with his and her sinks, plus a walk-in closet with access to unfinished attic space with a lot of storage space. The finished, walk-out basement includes an in-law suite with a bedroom, full bathroom with shower, kitchenette, and large movie room with access to the garage and back deck areas. From the basement suite, the back deck extends the full length of the house (approximately 70 feet) with about half of that space covered for rain-free seating space and a hot tub platform. Meticulously landscaped gardens surround the home and you will find a landscaped private firepit in the back corner of the yard. There is one shed off the front driveway that is currently used for sporting and camping equipment and another large shed off the back driveway that is currently used for gardening and boating storage. There is room for two vehicles in the garage, plus a boat and another car in the stone driveway to the side of the back paved driveway. There is also room for another car to park in front without blocking passageway through the semi-circle driveway. Two heating units provide backup if one should falter: one is a high-efficiency heat pump and the other is a natural gas furnace with an air handler for air conditioning in hotter months. Enjoy the oversized 2 car garage and two paved driveways (one is a semi-circle drive). The home includes solar panels that offset the electric bill by feeding back into the energy grid (and provide small income from selling the production credits, you will need to register with a broker to take advantage). MANY upgrades to this home. New natural gas furnace in 2020. New roofs: partial in 2019, partial in 2015. New living area floors and whitewashed pine ceilings in 2019. New siding and stonework on 1/2 the house and the chimney/front porch wall in 2019. New chimney cover in 2019. New family room sliding glass door in 2019. New upper bedroom deck and sliding glass door in 2019. New basement and upper bathroom plumbing in 2019. New high-efficiency heat pump in 2018. New metal, mold-resistant ductwork, and UV light installed 2016. Back porches resurfaced in composite in 2007. Remaining house siding and roof completed with the main addition in 2006 (front porch, kitchen/dining, office, pantry, laundry room, garage, and master suite).