Easy highway access to old-world charm. Tucked between Routes 1 and 32 and just south of Interstate 95, this new Colonial home by custom builder Calvin Boone, CEB Construction, is offered for $679,900.
The five-bedroom home sits on a wooded half-acre in the Nordau subdivision. Given the small stream that burbles out front, it took Boone three years to secure the appropriate approvals from Howard County.
The heating/cooling system is a 90 percent energy-efficient heat pump. Because natural gas wasn?t available, propane is the backup, says Boone, who is also the listing agent through Lederer & Co. of Mount Airy.
“I put a lot of quality into this home,” he says. “The extra details really make a difference.”
Among them: Bookshelves in the first-floor library, window seats with shelving above on both sides of the family-room stone fireplace, bookshelves and decorative pillars separating living and dining rooms and hardwoods throughout the first floor. The two-story foyer features a tray ceiling with crown molding and a gleaming brass chandelier.
The kitchen has cherry cabinets with Silestone counters. (A man-made surface with the look and heft of granite, Silestone has Microban, a built-in bacteria guard to prevent microbial penetration.) Appliances are stainless steel, with a downdraft stove on the island and a pair of microwave/conventional/convection ovens.
Behind the two-car garage is an in-law or au pair suite, with bedroom, full bath and large closet. Doorways and the hall are wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
On the second floor is a 6-by-12 laundry room and four bedrooms. The master bedroom?s 10-by-10 sitting area reposes beneath a dormer and cathedral ceiling. In the master bath is a two-person Jacuzzi with jets, double-bowl vanity topped with Silestone, and a glass-enclosed shower with rainhead and hand-held spigots plus body jets. The hall bath has double sinks set in cultured marble and a bathtub/shower combination with dividing door between sinks and shower.
The unfinished basement has a roughed-in bathroom with walk-out stairs.
Convenient to both Laurel and Columbia, the house pays no Columbia fees.
Adds Boone, “I build and sell one home at a time.” Currently, he?s working on a large addition in Catonsville.
