13 FIFTH Avenue

13 Fifth Avenue is a rather brilliant Kingscourt bungalow - as light-filled as a greenhouse, both spacious and stylish, with good renovations and a smart modern flow to it. You walk me in blindfolded and then offer the big reveal (ta-da!) I'd believe it was built just this year, was something modular designed off-shore and trucked in with a police escort. The main living space at the front of the house has oak floors and a gas stove. It is far enough, from end to end, to walk the dog. There are views through to the kitchen with its robin's egg cabinets and butcher-block counter, its subway tile backsplash and its gas stove. The breakfast area reads like a full-on dining room, some Brooklyn diner. Two bedrooms are spaced along the eastern wall, and one has sliding doors straight out to the deck and the mature gardens. It's the sort of room you'd expect to rent for a sunny long weekend in The County. There is a pretty third bedroom in the finished basement, a fantastic space in its own right, with a rec room you'll use (and I covet), a three-piece bathroom, and laundry. An in-law suite seems a smart future. A good detached garage with a new opener and a workshop door has been built at the end of the long driveway. You could park the car in there, sure, but cut a new window into the side you could also write your next book, or build your next space shuttle. I like this house an awful lot, is what it all means, and I think you will too.