5158 Merrit Drive

Description

Come home to this beautifully maintained Red Hawk Reserve colonial (Nordonia Hills CSD) boasting timeless design, thoughtful functionality, and an incredible backyard setting. This home offers 3,678 sqft with 4BR, 3.5BA, a finished basement and 3-car garage. A two-story foyer with hardwood floors and open switchback staircase creates a grand first impression, where archways lead to spacious living areas designed for both everyday comfort and entertaining. Your private office with bay window illuminates your professional pursuits. The fireplaced great room is open to the kitchen, featuring granite, quality dovetailed KraftMaid cabs, a center island, planning desk, pantry, and large bayed dinette. Step out to your tranquil backyard retreat... Fringed with curved walls and manicured landscape beds, your expansive stamped-concrete patio offers spaces for dining, lounging, and entertaining amongst a backdrop of mature trees for picturesque privacy. The formal dining room showcases a tray ceiling and is strategically walled from the kitchen, ensuring elegant dinners where meal prep mess is discreetly out of sight. Upstairs, your oversized owner’s suite features a vaulted ceiling, WIC, and ensuite with double windows for natural light, dual sinks, a relaxing soaking tub, walk-in shower, linen closet, WC. Three large secondary bedrooms (one has WIC) enhance comfort for family or guests. Linen closet and hall bath with tub/shower. The exceptionally outfitted lower level offers versatile living spaces + full bath + gym area + a kitchenette to provide on-site snacks/refreshments for game days, movie nights and gatherings. Water softener. Landscape lighting & whole-yard irrigation. Nature and fitness aficionados will appreciate DIRECT ACCESS TO BIKE & HIKE TRAIL and a 6-min drive/20-min bike to CVNP & Towpath Trail! Proximity to highways/conveniences: 8 min to I-271, 11 min to I-77 & I-480; =10 min to grocers, dining, Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, Walmart. Come fall in love!