1024 Westview St Philadelphia, PA 19119

Start with a magnificent park-side location, throw in a well-built (circa 1920's) stone colonial, add a large glass-enclosed artist's studio facing the park, mix in a solarium with southern exposure, and you have the recipe for a memorable visual feast, full of surprise and character, and just ready for the holiday season. Surprises begin with the entryway adorned with birds-eye maple paneling taken from a Chestnut Hill mansion. Then enter a large living/great room flanked by a wood-burning fireplace and overlooking Wissahickon Park. Sunlight pours in across gleaming wood and marble floors. The short walk from the dining room to the solarium pleasantly blurs the distinction between indoors and outdoors. Among this home's many notable features: 5-6 good-sized bedrooms, four baths including a full first floor bath, close to 4,000 interior square feet, a very private deep and sunny back yard, great spaces for entertaining both inside and out, cozy family room, marble-floored library, sun-filled solarium with heat mirrored glass, dramatic art studio with skylights and 12-foot ceiling, eat-in kitchen with separate pantry and mud room, master suite with large dressing room (could be extra bedroom), master bath with Jacuzzi tub , attached garage , and access to some of the best hiking and biking trails in the region right there at your doorstep. Seller is offering property "as-is". A buyer may to wish to do exterior painting, renovate the kitchen and replace older but serviceable bathrooms, but the location alone would warrant such updates. Well worth an extended look before the holidays. And if it looks good in December, just think how good it will look in May. (Note that the property being sold includes two tax parcels: 1024 Westview (0.63 acres) and 6698 Springbank Lane (being a sliver of land containing 0.19 acres in the back yard) .