Photos of the house vacant and the downstairs remodel

Now the house is vacant we thought we'd post some additional photos which really show the abundance of natural light in the house and to help you imagine what it
would look like with your furnishings.
Additionally, we remodeled the downstairs.
Remodel includes:
A Full Bath
Reconfiguring of Bedrooms
New Tile
New Carpet and Base Boards

New Paint

$224,900.

Living Room

Kitchen

Dining

Master Bedroom upstairs

Master Bath with Jetted Tub

Second Upstairs Bedroom

Upstairs Bath

Downstairs photos of remodel:

Family Room or Bedroom (w/ closet)

New Full Bath

Second Downstairs Bedroom

(BE SURE TO SEE EARLIER POSTS THAT SHOW THE YARD)

Orem Home for Sale

Spring time view

Welcome to the blog we have created
to show our Orem home.
We didn't think we would ever leave this home...

So we worked on it thinking it would be the place we would stay for the rest of our lives.

These passive west facing solar windows allow the winter sunshine in.
In the summer the trees allow beautiful filtered light to stream in yet keep the house cool.
You almost feel like you are living in a tree house!

(More photos below)

Address: 1980 Ribbonwood Drive, Orem, Ut 84057
Square Footage: 2200 sq ft
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 3
Over sized garage
Asking: $224,900
Lower Floor recently remodeled!

~This is a well maintained home~
with many upgrades and improvements!

Exterior:

• Brick and brand new siding, gutters and sofits in 2007.
• Brand new roof in 2006.
• Large yard with new cedar fence and iron side fence/gate 2008.
• Apple and pear trees.
• Framed vegetable garden beds.
• Storage shed.
• Large lawn area and several flower beds.
• Mature trees in front.
• Full Auto Sprinkling System.
  
• Friendly neighbors!

Interior:

• Vaulted ceilings in living room and five large passive solar picture windows looking out into trees!
• New Pergo flooring in living, dining room, kitchen, hall, entry landing and stairs.
• Newly remodeled spacious master bedroom with sitting area, new french doors that open to another bedroom or office.
• New carpeting in master suite and bedroom #2.
• Beautiful custom stained glass transoms in master suite.
• New paint.
• New larger windows w/energy efficient (low E glass) and vinyl cased windows upstairs bedrooms. (New windows are also larger than originals)
• New window treatments in upstairs bedrooms--energy efficient honeycomb cellular blinds. (top down /bottom up features)
• New built in book cases.
• Two fireplaces--one with new gas log.
• Forced air heating and central air (AC is Carrier brand).

Other:

• Wide garage (18 foot wide door).
• Close to schools, shopping, and good freeway access.
• Large well maintained fenced yard.
• Fabulous views of Timpanogos!

Master suite with sitting room--we turned two bedrooms into one so that

our bedroom could also serve as a quiet retreat.

New carpeting...
Artists Jeanne and David Gomm designed and created these stained glass transoms featuring the classic craftsman design of the ginkgo tree. It is such a pleasure to see them at all hours of the day, as they change with the natural light.

Looking from the master bedroom down the hall to the living room.

Second upstairs bedroom/office off the master suite.
Looking from second bedroom into master bedroom. There is also an entrance to the second bedroom from the hall.
Kitchen...

Dining room..
The upstairs guest bathroom.

The beautiful shade garden on the north side of the house.

Side yard with iron fence and gate and two beautiful pine trees (one not shown)
Our front yard and the next door neighbors. Both yards together look like a park!

This garden space gets just the right amount of sun. In the past one bed has been used to grow cutting flowers and the other as a vegetable and herb garden.
To the right is a pear tree and an apple tree.

We extended the "cobblestone" walk to come around to the backyard. It also encircles this fountain that attracts birds to the yard. We also replaced the old fence with this beautiful cedar fence. The fence has been treated so it will retain it's rich natural color.

Taken from our dining room window January 2008--what could be more awe inspiring?

As mentioned above, we bought this house thinking we would be in it possibly the rest of our lives. We are actually quite sad about leaving it because we have made it such a great place to live. Our only problem with this house is that we have nine adult children (and their spouses) and 21 grandchildren and it just isn't big enough to have get togethers !!!

This home has a wonderful history. We have had many fun events here such as a backyard concert last summer with Sam Payne, birthday celebrations, etc. The yard is large and we easily accommodated 40+ people at our concert last summer.

We have worked very hard on this house remodeling, building new shelving for storage, putting in new flooring and carpeting, re-texturing, painting, putting in landscaping and gardens etc. Every detail meticulously executed.

We have been very fortunate to have friendly neighbors! The people we bought this home from bought another home in the same neighborhood.

Thank you for your consideration--worth your time to see in person.

For Sale by Owner

Contact Information:
801 226-4245 hm
801 367-9312 cell


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