22 Ocean View AVE South Portland, ME 04106

1930s bungalow in coveted Willard Beach neighborhood of SoPo. Straightaway, this warm classic feels like a home should feel: relaxing colors, oak floors, fir trim, elegant understated fixtures. Assiduously renovated for energy efficiency and living space enhancement while preserving original character in window patterns, stained-glass, and period details. Off street parking for multiple vehicles in drive plus single-car garage. Full unfinished concrete basement is sealed and spray-insulated with fire retardant and closed-cell foam with utility sink, extra washer hookup, shop workspace, and bulkhead entrance.

Renovations include radiant floor heating, high-end Tulikivi stone woodstove, Andersen windows, and Hunter Douglas blinds. Kitchen renovations include custom soapstone for counters, sink, and island; double electric oven with gas range; Fisher & Paykel fridge; and custom Pacific Northwest Douglas fir cabinets, trim, storage, and shelves. Bespoke fixtures from Nostalgia Lighting illuminate kitchen and bath. In-wall speakers with wiring to a custom built-in media cabinet fill the downstairs with music.

Three bedrooms are upstairs alongside a fully-equipped laundry room. The upstairs bath includes side-by-side pedestal sinks and waterfall shower. A cedar deck overlooking the garden extends from the main bedroom and large walk-in closet.

The bungalow's kitchen, social spaces, and garden invite entertaining and outside living. In addition to front porch and upstairs deck, a rear cedar porch sits above a stone patio and granite-lined garden designed and built by Gnome Landscapes. Aside the porch is an outdoor shower. The backyard includes mature fruiting peach and pear trees, Hibiscus syriacus (Solomon's Rose of Sharon), hydrangea, a yellow-flowering magnolia tree, lilacs, mature rose bushes, irises, day lilies, and peonies. In season, the garden attracts many species including hummingbirds, cardinals, butterflies.