Rarity: Joliet WOW! House Overlooks 2-Acre Lake

JOLIET, IL - Spring is here. It's getting warm and so is the Joliet-area real estate market. It's rare, very rare, to see homes around Joliet available for upwards of a half-million dollars. But this is no ordinary home.

• Address: 208 Stephen Ln, Joliet, Illinois
• Price: $455,000
• Square Feet: 3712
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 3 Full and 1 Half Baths
• Built: 2004
• Features: PRIVATE "Secret Garden" Wooded Lane. Beautiful architecture! STONE MASONARY. AS IS!!! Builder's own custom home on a private 2 acre lake/pond. CURRENTLY, THERE ISN'T A HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION reflected in tax amount. Buyer can deduct! Main level master bedroom. Breath taking "Dream Kitchen" with European fireplace and professional stove on granite counter top island "looking out over the 2 acre lake." The Grand entrance, sweeping vaulted ceilings, formal dining room, bright windows. Deck. Quality upgrades and workmanship. Three bedrms upstairs. Office faces front entrance. Across from JOLIET AIRPORT. Near I-55. I-80, college. Heavily wooded w/deer and wild turkey! Two furnaces, two hot water heaters. "H.W.A. WARRANTY 13MONTHS!" Very attractive, comfortable living for the discerning buyer with an eye for quality. Gated community.

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