$2.4M Bainbridge Island, WA, Time Capsule Sparks A number of Provides

In 53 years, just one household has known as this Bainbridge Island, WA, abode their very own.

Luckily, it was by no means altered and retains its authentic midcentury fashionable character.

Spanning 3,196 sq. toes and set on a 1.25-acre lot, the place was accomplished in 1970. The four-bedroom, one-bath house is flawlessly sited to make the most of the world’s magnificent mountain, water, and metropolis views.

“It truly is a candy bundle,” confirms itemizing agent Cheryl Mauer, of Windermere Real Estate Bainbridge Island, who listed the property for $2,398,000 on Could 25. “We had a number of provides, and so it’s [now] pending.”

Unique architectural particulars on this time capsule embrace curved partitions; 12-foot, hemlock-wood ceilings; and a glass pavilion. Unmatched Puget Sound vistas, a two-car storage, and spacious laundry room are a number of the dwelling’s notable options.

At showings, “folks had been strolling round prefer it was a museum exhibit,” Mauer says, including that younger households and retirees alike had been among the many potential patrons. “It [has] an excellent flooring plan, even for at the moment—for entertaining, with the open move, and the hearth.”

A purchaser may need to refinish the flooring, that are authentic to the house.

The vendor, who’s an inside designer, collaborated with architect Robert G. Becker, whose tasks included the “Home of the Future” at Lake Sammamish. The groundbreaking dwelling graced the January 1979 cover of House Beautiful magazine.

As avid gardeners, the sellers put in a raised-bed vegetable backyard that’s fenced in to guard from deer.

“It’s a fantastic, rural island—and but, it’s solely a 35-minute ferry journey to Seattle,” Mauer notes. “You’re feeling such as you’re on trip, residing right here.”

And bonus: The following proprietor will get to get up in a superbly maintained dwelling that’s straight out of the Seventies.

“It’s been in the identical household for 50 years, they usually took nice care of it,” Mauer says. “Now it’s prepared for the following proprietor.”