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Published on: 1/11/2004
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"All the lots are more than half an acre and have a southern exposure," said listing agent Brad Albert of Advanced Realty.http://content.yellowbrix.com/images/content/cimage.gif?ctype
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"All the lots are more than half an acre and have a southern exposure," said listing agent Brad Albert of Advanced Realty.They're also around 312 feet deep, creating a nice property buffer, he said.
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Some of its special features, Albert said, are a two-story family room with a gas fireplace featuring a tile hearth; 9-foot ceilings in the rest of the first floor; 9-foot insulated Superior walls in the basement; Pella windows; 31/4-inch case moldings around the windows and 6-inch baseboard moldings; natural oak hardwood floors in the foyer and dining room; a dining room with panel molding and tray ceiling with double-layer crown molding; and a two-story foyer with a turned staircase.
Turned staircases have become very desirable, he said.
The kitchen has a ceramic tile floor; a ceramic tile custom backsplash; an oversized double oven; a gas cook top; General Electric Profile appliances; a large work area; high and low (staggered) custom maple cabinets; oversized rope crown molding; and a desk, Albert said.
The staggered cabinets "give more dimension with the 9-foot ceilings," he said.Tile floors also are found in the dinette (which has sliding Pella French doors leading to a wood deck), the powder room and the laundry.
Upstairs, the master suite "really is fabulous," he said."It's the high point."
The bedroom is huge, with an open sitting room, Albert said.The bath is highlighted by a ceramic tile floor; a corner whirlpool; a large walk-in shower with dual heads; oversized, double vanities; an enclosed toilet; and an L-shaped, walk-in closet "that's the largest one I've seen in any home," he said.
Off the closet is a separate media room that can be used as an exercise room, Albert said.
Visitors also have privacy because the guest bedroom is across a catwalk (overlooking the family room) from the rest of the second floor, he said.
The house comes with a landscaping package that includes four 15- foot-plus pine trees as well as smaller trees, he said.
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With small builders such as Donrich, "you get a lot of house for the money," Albert said.
The spec house is open 2-4 p.m. today.
For the next 30 days, he said, the builder is offering qualified buyers a special financing rate of 4.9 percent for a 30-year, fixed- rate mortgage.The lender is Advanced Mortgage Services (no connection to Advanced Realty).
Children who live in Wetherburn South attend Bucher Elementary School in Manheim Township School District.Montessori Academy of Lancaster also is just a few blocks away.Albert said the subdivision, close to routes 222 and 283, is attracting local residents and buyers from out of the area.
Some are commuters who work as far away as Harrisburg and Philadelphia, he said.