14808 Fireside Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20905

This contemporary home brings in natural light through large windows and a skylight. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, spacious outdoor living options. Through the new energy-efficient windows and sliding glass doors, you can enjoy calming views of the surrounding almost half-acre yard filled with carefully tended plants and flowers. A gardener’s dream, the backyard oasis offers a rain garden with native plants to draw butterflies and encourage pollinators, raised beds and flower boxes that produce a delightful harvest of blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, currants, salad greens, and gorgeous perennial flowers. Two sheds are in the backyard. This home is well suited for the suburban nature lover, as it is steps away from parkland with walking paths, a short walk to a nature center with flowering lily-pad filled ponds and more hiking trails. Recently updated HVAC and lower-level wood burning fireplace help create a comfortable cozy nest for a growing family. Minutes to MD-200 ICC, 495, shopping, public transportation and hiking/biking trails. The main level welcomes you with an open living/dining area filled with natural light and track lighting on the ceiling. Sliding glass doors open to a small side patio where herbs and flowers grow below more songbird and butterfly-attracting plants. A spacious kitchen with granite counters, stainless-steel appliances, new glass cooktop with hidden exhaust fan, ceiling fan and cross-ventilation from energy-efficient windows. The kitchen is a perfect place for gourmet cooks, family dinners, or breakfast with a view of the birds and flowers just outside. Gleaming hardwood floors shine in the upstairs bedrooms; the updated hall bathroom has a European-style glass shower door decorative tile and raised ceramic sink. The primary bedroom has one wall of closets, a view to the backyard, and a newly tiled bathroom with sliding barn-door style shower enclosure. The lower level has brand new LVP flooring, marble tiled full bath with porthole window and new fans and LED lights, updated tiled and well-lit laundry room with front-loading washer and dryer. A large family room with decorator black stone fireplace opens out to the large rear patio. This patio becomes a welcoming party space for firepits, cookouts, and family fun in the expanse of green.