This attractive straight-entry home is designed for a wide lot and is ideal for families who enjoy the open-plan, informal living arrangement. Inside the covered entrance, steps lead up to an impressive foyer where a curved staircase goes down to the basement. Beyond the stairs, an expansive great room will be the gathering point for family meals, get-togethers, entertaining and relaxing. The kitchen has an angled island with a breakfast bar for snacks and coffees, and serves to divide without separating the kitchen from the rest of the room. A walk-in pantry and ample countertop space will help to streamline meal preparation. The dining area has a buffet space and is set into a bay window -an attractive niche for family meals and plenty spacious enough to entertain friends. The family room enjoys the warmth of a gas fireplace and french doors that open on to a large rear patio with steps down to the back garden. A glass-block divider adds an attractive element to the entrance of the great room, with a view of the staircase and the floor below. A good-sized den off the foyer has a large bay window and is designed with an optional pocket door to the adjoining powder room. Two coat cupboards, in the foyer and the laundry room, make sure there is plenty of space for outerwear. A door from the double garage enters the house through the laundry room, which is a good place to shed coats and shoes. The sleeping wing on the opposite side of the house includes three bedrooms and a main bathroom. The luxurious master suite at the rear has a window seat – just the spot to curl up with a book. A large walk-in closet makes sure there is plenty of space for his-and-her clothes and the long, rectangular en suite bathroom includes a Soaker tub, double vanity and separate shower. Bedrooms two and three at the front of the house share the main bathroom. The children will have to draw straws for bedroom No.3, which is just slightly larger and has a nice, big bay window. Broom and linen cupboards are placed in the hallway opposite the secondary bedrooms. Brick-accented pillars and double doors give the raised entrance a classic appeal and gabled roof lines add to the charm of the exterior. The house is 78 feet wide and 46 feet deep with 2,169 square feet of living space and an unfinished basement.