216 S Melville Street

Fully updated 4 bedroom plus office, 2.5 bath home on a neighborly tree-lined block in the Penn Alexander School CATCHMENT. Front yard, lovely covered porch, and rear yard with deck. Nice character, high-ceilings, and nice light and space. The front porch leads to the main living floor, which offers an open floor plan; hardwood floors; a sizable living area; open dining room; and open eat-in-kitchen with granite countertops, stainless appliances, pantry closet, and a door leading to decked rear patio. Half bath. The 2nd floor offers a big and bright, east facing front bedroom with large 3-window bay, two other nice-sized bedrooms plus a very large full bath with double vanity. The 3rd floor is the capacious, super bright full floor primary suite ( with custom curtains if you want less morning light). Three nice closets. Plenty of room for bureaus and sitting area. Built in shelves. Ceiling fan. The tile primary bath offers a double granite vanity, stall shower, and whirlpool tub. The 4th floor is a converted full-height attic with flexible space that gets excellent all-day light and is perfect for an office, studio, TV room, play room, etc. Large, dry basement for storage, mechanicals, and washer And dryer. Plenty of closets and storage throughout this home. 2-zone HVAC, all new roofs, new high-efficiency water heater, updated electric throughout (no knob & tube). This is a lovely home on a great block in the Penn Alexander Catchment. Within blocks of Clark Park and its phenomenal Farmers Market, Local 44, Bottle Shop, Green Line Cafe, Knockbox Cafe, and ReAnimator Coffee, Taco Taco Mexican, Tampopo, Renata's, Clarkville, Baltimore Avenue Restaurant Row, CVS, movie theater, and much more. Walk to HUP, Penn, CHOP, Penn Vet, Drexel, University of the Sciences. 11 minutes to Center City by car and plenty of convenient SEPTA options. With a 95 WalkScore and 97 BikeScore.