Well folks, I have mixed feelings about this. The historic home designed by William Raymond Yelland located on Alma Place in Oakland went pending today. I had been holding open houses to find buyers every Sunday from October until March.
Built in 1925 in the Lakeshore Highlands tract, the home sits high on the upslope lots at what was the intersection of Chatham Road and Alma Place.
The home has a classic Yelland Normandy flair that he was famous for. A two car garage is located in the basement level, cut into the upslope. The two cars park tandem with a single car width door.
Above the garage is a terrace entrance porch. Handcrafted obelisks grace the corners. Along the first floor is a random stacked brick pattern. Bricks arch around the entrance door which is quarter-sawn oak. The side gate features a classic yelland element a startled cat. Shutters along each side of the front window have a chickadee design.
The second floor is in two sections on the left is a classic stepped down gable with dovecotes and the right side is a nice Tudor with half timbering.
When you enter the home you are in an entrance hall. A door immediately to the right goes down to the basement. Next to the basement door but still on the right hand side is the entrance to the hallway. Straight ahead is the door to the laundry room, kitchen and breakfast nook area of the home. Along the left wall is a coat closet.
Turning down the hallway and straight ahead you see a staircase starting with two steps to the a landing. The landing goes right and makes a u-turn to mimick the basement stairs below. To the left opens up the living room.
Now facing into the living room, to the right is the wall containing the french inspired fireplace with it's hood going up to the ceiling and with built-in book cases on each side. Directly across the way are the french doors to the patio, an artwork niche and the opening to the dining room. To the left is another set of built-in bookcases on either side of an artwork niche.
In the dining room, ahead are two built-in angled arched top china hutches surrounding two double hung picture windows to the back yard. The right wall contain patio doors to the same patio off the living area. The left wall contains a swinging door to the kitchen. The upper portion of the door contains a 4 lite glass window.
In the kitchen the sink is along the far wall and toward the left side of the room. The right side of the room is the breakfast nook with nice old style oak panelling. Along the left most wall is a counter leading toward the refridgerator and a doorway to the laundry and half bath. The far right wall in the nook area contains a patio door to the backyard again. The laundry room door connects back to the entrance hall and we have now completed a loop around the living, dining room and kitchen walls.
Going upstairs. At the top of the stairs are three closets built into the contours of the roof line of the front protruding gables. The master bedroom is on the right. Straight ahead is the second bedroom. The left side of the hallway contains the bathroom and the first bedroom.
The two bedrooms share an outdoor sleeping porch in the left rear most corner of the second floor. Each bedroom contains large walk-in closets with mirror panels in the center panel of these single panel doors.
This went pending on the same day when I had some clients interested in making an offer. My clients were out done by the winning bid.
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