Colonial

A truly beautiful and favorite Wyndmoor house with a great location. Welcome to 7706 East Lane, a classic 1928 center hall stone colonial in exceptionally great condition on a beautiful lot close to everything. The property is sited slightly above the street allowing for privacy and incredible views of neighboring open green space. Wait until you see an auto enthusiast’s dream of the custom oversized 4 car detached garage – it’s fantastic and looks like a studio – with HVAC, Swisstrax flooring tile, metal workspace/storage cabinets. The owners have loved living at 7706 and it shows by their meticulous care, quality improvements, and system upgrades including zoned heat and central air conditioning. There are appealing home office options while still allowing for desirable living space perfect for both everyday and entertaining. Throughout the interior you’ll find generous scale, fine millwork and flooring details, great closets and storage. An inviting front to back center hall is wide and deep and has the most exquisite stair with wide landings to second and third floors; powder room and coat closet (each with window) flank the front door, wide entry to living room, glass doors to both dining room and sunporch, door to kitchen. The big living room with wood burning fireplace, wall of built-ins, and glass doors to sunporch allows for flexible seating arrangements. Large, gracious dining room with elegant details, door to kitchen for sensible flow. A rebuilt sunporch at the back of the center hall has a stone floor, skylights, many windows, glass door to back yard. Everyone will want to gather in the expansive well designed center island eat-in kitchen with cherry cabinetry, granite counters, tile backsplash with Mercer tile accents, gas cooktop with exhaust hood, 2 wall ovens; incorporating the original butler’s pantry and great back stair. The kitchen is open to a 2 story family room with vintage Rittenhouse Square stained glass window and gas fireplace, captivating loft space with built-in bookcases and long bench, bookcase/secret door to laundry room, tall glass doors to patio to back yard, Right off the kitchen is a big, bright laundry room with 2 windows, counter with sink, many cabinets. A great looking mudroom/back entry hall off the family room has a coat closet, lovely large powder room, and door to driveway. The second floor big primary bedroom has a large custom fitted dressing room with built-ins/center bench cabinet/closet/window. A big, beautiful primary spa-like tile bath has 2 vanity sinks, large stall shower, storage closet. The second and third bedrooms are spacious and have good closets – one bedroom has a door to the loft over the family room which offers space for home office or meditation or perhaps a library. Great looking hall tile bath with shower over tub and vanity sink. Hall door to back stair to kitchen. The third floor has 2 more spacious bedrooms each with closet – one bedroom has door to attic storage room. Hall bathroom has a footed tub with shower, vanity sink, tile floor. The basement is a crisp finished plan of a recreation room with an outside entrance to steps to back yard, workshop room, studio/office with desk and built-ins and fantastic graphic flooring, gym/storage room with wall of recessed storage cabinets, and large pleasant mechanical/storage room. The back yard has room for play and lounging offering patio, green lawn, lovely perimeter plantings, gravel garden with raised vegetable beds, and side English style spiral garden. Township parks, Wyndmoor’s town center with great market and restaurants, major roads, minutes away. More shopping, restaurants, galleries, Woodmere art museum,The Morris Arboretum,The Wissahickon/Fairmount Park, train to center city, close by in Chestnut Hill.