House buy in La Crescenta-Montrose California

it's all about Coming Home! And for the first time in 61 years, 5514 Terrace Drive is on the market and awaiting its lucky new owner! This beautifully maintained home sits in the coveted Briggs Terrace area of La Crescenta and feeds into Mountain Avenue Elementary School -- GUSD's premier ranked elementary school with 2023 California Distinguished School, CA Gold Ribbon School and National Blue Ribbon School Awards. This home offers spacious living starting with the remodeled kitchen (2020) that has new cabinets, granite counter tops and appliances and an eat in breakfast area that opens to a wonderful deck and quiet backyard. The deck spans the entire back of the house making this the perfect place to entertain, play or garden. The low maintenance yard has lots of fruit trees including avocado, mandarin tangerine, peach, key lime and navel, Blood and Valencia orange trees. The front and back yards have artificial turf cutting down on water needs. There is an amazing second story primary suite with a fireplace, and views of the surrounding mountains and Downtown Los Angeles. The suite offers a fun barn door that opens to a large bathroom with a marble countertop on the vanity and a new bathtub and tile surround. The large primary suite closet is 110 square feet of space on its own offering opportunities galore--is it the closet of your dreams, an office space, a nursery, a in-home gym? Buyers' choice! There are currently three bedrooms with one bedroom that was converted to a dining room. This room can easily be converted back to a bedroom - and what a great choice for the new owner. To add to the amenities, this home is equipped with a whole house vacuum system, skylights, tons of off-street parking, original hardwood floors (downstairs), a tankless water heater, energy efficient windows (partial), appliances and three mini-air split systems (in the living room, 3rd bedroom and upstairs primary suite.) Also included is a fire rated cement roof that was installed in 2019. Offering close proximity to Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Burbank and Glendale, this is an ideal location. And this home brings to its new owners the feeling that it is truly -- all about Coming Home!