“Outside the Lines”

Grove City grew up all around Southern Grove, but the neighborhood never picked up the pace: big lots, old trees, and a street nobody uses as a shortcut. The only cars on it are headed home. People move in here and stay. And with the YMCA and Fryer Park directly across from the neighborhood entrance, you get a township pace and a Grove City address by living “Outside the Lines.”

It sits on a corner lot on the curve, with a covered front porch made for sitting. Inside, hardwood runs under a picture window that fills the living room with light. The dining area is where the sellers hosted eighteen people every holiday for thirty years, and it looks down over an open railing to the family room below, so the crowd spreads across two levels and nobody misses the conversation. The sellers call it “open just enough.” The kitchen could use some updating, but this may be your biggest opportunity. You can’t remodel your current home into a neighborhood like this, but you can remodel this kitchen (picture it open to the dining area) that’s already in your dream location.

Upstairs, the hardwood continues through the hall and all three bedrooms. The primary has its own door into the updated full bath, so you don’t walk into the hallway in a towel.

Downstairs, the family room is the biggest room in the house, with a brick gas fireplace and a slider to the covered patio. Off it, a bedroom bigger than two of the upstairs ones, plus a full bath on the same level, makes an easy office, guest room, or private setup for anyone who wants their own floor. One more level down, the basement holds the laundry and plenty of storage.

Out back, the covered patio looks over more than half an acre and a line of mature trees, and a sitting area by the kitchen door is a third spot for morning coffee. The side-load two-car garage and long driveway handle the cars and guests. Grove City can keep growing. You’ll be out on the patio.