12 Beliveau RoadRumford, ME 04276Sale Price: $306,500

Rare find in western maine Don't miss your chance to see this bright, charming 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath cape cod style home on a beautifully landscaped 1.37 acre lot. This home maintains all of the classic elements of a New England cape with modern updates. Step inside to see the cozy finished lower level family room with a brick hearth fireplace and built in bookcases. On the main level, enjoy the recently updated kitchen with new white shaker cabinets, quartz countertops, new appliances, and built-in open shelving that opens to a formal dining room; entertain in the large living room with gleaming cherry hardwood floors, soaring cathedral ceiling, and inviting gas fireplace with mantle; and relax in the newly renovated first floor primary bedroom with walk-in closet, washer/dryer, tile walk-in shower, and claw-foot soaker tub. Upstairs you will find two well-proportioned bedrooms and a full bath, offering plenty of space for a family or to host guests for a ski weekend or Maine summer getaway. The outdoor space is as lovely as the inside. The backyard boasts a terracotta stone patio for outdoor dining and entertaining attached to a wooden platform pergola and surrounded by established perennial gardens, a swooping apple tree, and a crushed stone firepit. A new roof, paved driveway, and two attractive storage sheds make the property as practical as it is pretty. The house is ideally located on the outskirts of town in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end but town-maintained road (town mail service, trash and snow removal), less than two miles from Black Mountain of Maine and 25 miles from Sunday River, where you will find alpine and Nordic skiing, hiking, and all of the beauty the mountains of western Maine have to offer. Whether your primary residency or your vacation house, you will feel right at home in this jewel of the Beliveau road.