Charm and elegance encompass this timeless Colonial ideally situated in an enclave of custom built estates. Surrounded by mature specimen trees and shrubs, including wisteria, rhododendron, hydrangea, holly, and blue spruce, the foliage offers privacy and emphasizes the property's bucolic setting. The center hall entry foyer features slate tile flooring and opens to the formal first floor living spaces. An oversized living room offers large windows at each end of the room, plenty of natural light, a wood burning floor to ceiling quarried stone fireplace and pristine hardwood oak floors. Additional home amenities include a family room/den off of the eat in kitchen complete with a hand cut wood beamed ceiling detail and a sliding glass door that opens to a quaint Florida room and expansivecement patio overlooking the lush rear yard. Finishing the main level features is a formal dining room, office/5th bedroom, half bath powder room, and laundry utility room. Five bedrooms total: Large owner's suite upstairs with private full bath and dressing area, three gracious guest bedrooms with shared full bathroom with dual sinks, and a first floor bedroom/office. All bedrooms, den, living room and dining room have hardwood oak flooring. Lower level features include a finished vintage style entertainer's basement with bar, cedar lined storage closet, plenty of shelving for storage, and a two car garage tucked away on the side of the home for added curb appeal. Hilltop Terrace's superb location offers sidewalks, on street parking, and is a short distance to the Richmond County Country Club Golf Course, club house, and tennis courts, Staten Island Academy, a premier K-12 education institution, as well as countless dining and shopping options along the Richmond Road Business District. Privacy abounds, while access to main thoroughfares to the bridges, airports, NYC and New Jersey are minutes away from the front door making this address highly coveted.
