Contemporary

1201 King Road’s prime West Chester location offers the ultimate hybrid of rural beauty, exclusivity and privacy along with the convenience and amenities offered through upscale suburban living in coveted Chester County. This custom-built beautifully designed and crafted contemporary home on 3.5 dreamy acres is finally available from the original owners and offers a highly desirable floor plan flow for everyday living and entertaining coupled with beautiful architectural details and finishes throughout. Let’s start with some of this home’s most stunning and practical architectural features that incorporates a passive solar architectural plan. An 18-foot-high wood burning stone fireplace accentuated with an 1856 historic wood mantel aesthetically divides living room from kitchen and great room offering character, charm and magnificent visual interest. As an exquisite focal point, the stone fireplace integrates seamlessly with a cathedral ceiling extending to a second-floor catwalk and open space that sets the stage for the wow factor throughout this home. Many other highly desirable features and upgrades include classic hardwood floors throughout the entire home, granite counter tops in the kitchen, an expansive light filled great room addition with vaulted ceiling, a granite surround gas fireplace, a dramatic sunroom with an 18-foot ceiling off of living room and kitchen, an oversized deck off of great room addition, sunroom and living room for daily enjoyment of pastoral 3.5-acre setting, and a wood burning alternative heating system through a detached structure on the property. Offering four bedrooms with two bedrooms and a full bathroom on the first floor, and two bedrooms on the second floor, including the primary bedroom suite with an ensuite bathroom just recently upgraded with a stunning new custom tiled shower and frameless shower door. Primary bedroom suite features vaulted ceiling, balcony with view of first floor sunroom and idyllic 3.5-acre setting. Flooded with light throughout with numerous oversized windows and sliding doors that span the entire south side of this home. Aside from an oversized two car attached garage, 1201 King Road offers a heated three-bay detached garage ideal for a contractor, or for additional parking, storage space, the car enthusiast/collector, the art collector, an artist’s studio, a separate home office location, etc. The original 'Tiny House' on this property exudes an old-world European vibe and can be restored and used for overnight guests, an Au Pair suite, an Airbnb, etc. An expansive basement is beautifully poised to add additional square footage if needed and features ten-foot-high ceilings, outside access and is already divided to separate added living space from storage space, workshop space, home office space, etc. While this rare and idyllic 3.5-acre lot is not zoned for subdivision, a separate home can be built to accommodate family members, such as a separate in-law residence. All of this with an unsurpassed convenient location to major commuting routes such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Route 202, Route 30 Bypass & Route 100. From Route 322 to I-95 provides easy access to the Philadelphia airport, Philadelphia sports venues, Center City Philadelphia restaurants and cultural venues. Conveniently located to West Chester Boro, Malvern Boro, Exton & Downingtown for retail shopping, restaurants, parks & entertainment including West Chester University and historic West Chester. Minutes from Exton Septa Train Station & convenient access to a plethora of food shopping options including Wegmans in Malvern. Easy access to tax free shopping in Delaware as well as Delaware cultural venues, & easy access to Main Line Health/Paoli Hospital, Penn Medicine-Chester County Hospital, Nemours Children’s Health in Glen Mills & Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. A magnificent estate like setting ready for its next new chapter!