PROPERTY PROFILE
AtlanticEast Real Estate
$875,000
Seeing isbelieveing
The Friendship Lane area is a quiet, family neighborhood but has the benefit of quick access to schools and shopping, as well as to Miacomet Golf Club and the South Shore beaches. As properties go on Nantucket, the home at 21 Friendship Lane is a real sleeper. It is a family home in a family neighborhood, but it is much more.You can't just do a drive by. You have to visit the home to appreciate the value that it affords. It is full of surprises.

In fact, driving by you barely get a glimpse of the house because it is mostly hidden from the road by a tall hedge. Only when you pull in, do you realize that it has a long semicircular driveway - so you don't have to back out into the street - with a parking area to the side so you have easy access to the kitchen for bringing in groceries.

From the outside, the house appears to be a Cape-style bungalow and so, that is what is - from the outside. Even as you enter, you are impressed by the unusual amount of natural light which finds its way into the large, open living-diningkitchen area. The living room, has plenty of space for whatever you need. The dining area will easily seat eight or more.

A breakfast bar, faced with beadboard and with a built-in cabinet, divides the kitchen from the rest of the space. The kitchen is bright in its own right, highlighted by the colorful diamond pattern built into the tile backsplash which covers two walls. The more-than-ample cabinets are accented with wood and there is more counter space than you will find in the kitchens of many, much grander houses.

To the rear of the dining area is a large mud room, with a washer and dryer hidden behind doors and two other large pantries or closets. A sliding glass door leads to the deck overlooking the back yard.

There are two good-sized bedrooms on the first floor, one of which has a private full bath. There is a second full bath as well - and lots of closet space.

Going upstairs, you will be dazzled by what the former attic of this house has become. Recent renovations created one room much larger than the norm, which has been used as the master bedroom, but would also be great as a family room, playroom for younger kids or hang-out for teenagers. At the other end of the house, past a very large bath with a shower, and one of the largest linen closets you will ever see, is another bedroom which holds one of the house's great surprises - and you won't see it until you are actually in the room. One entire wall sports a mural, in the primitive style, depicting Sankaty Head lighthouse, the beach and the ocean. The painting is so warm that the whale feels like your friend. It is marvelous. This room could also be a playroom or den. You have choices!

The full basement, reached by both interior stairway and from the exterior, has a spacious work area. The rest of the basement - well, you are just going to have to see it and use your imagination. The possibilities are almost endless.

Outside, the obligatory outdoor shower, the spacious deck, which extends along part of the rear of the house, the lush plantings and the irrigated lawn all add to the ambiance of the property. A play area to one side of the back yard is perfect for the little ones and can be watched from the kitchen window.

One can hardly imagine that this house would need to be expanded because of all the space it already offers. However, if enlarging it is your fancy, there is ground cover available. It is served by municipal water and sewer.

This wonderfully imaginative home in a great family neighborhood, with four bedrooms, three baths and many other features,

is offered for $875,000. I