SCARBOROUGH – The multiple advantages of this superb family home begin with its location: Scarborough is one of Southern Maine’s topmost desirable towns, renowned for the excellence of its schools, for its recreational resources, and for great natural beauty that includes several fine beaches.

Moreover, this property enjoys an unusually attractive site ideal for those who value privacy and peace. In the woodsy, long-established Cranberry Pines neighborhood are only 11 homes. Since each sits on a 10-acre lot that cannot be subdivided, purchasing a home here effectively ensures a way of life.

Ten acres, and 10 rooms in the spacious, 2,482-square-foot house, whose present owners have carried out a number of updates, both practical (e.g., a new titanium roof two years ago) and aesthetic (such as new cherry floors in the dining room and the living room). The latter has a counterpart in an oak-floored family room that features exposed ceiling beams and a floor-to-ceiling, wood-burning fireplace and brick hearth, and flows into a morning-bright kitchen with cool tile counters and backsplashes, and newer, stainless appliances including a JennAir cooktop.

Doors by the dining nook open to a large, elevated deck that overlooks a fenced back yard with a 20-foot-by-40-foot inground pool. A daylight laundry with attached powder room completes the main level. Upstairs are four good-sized, double-closeted corner bedrooms – the master suite, with private bath and double-double closet, is at the front – and a second full bath.

The basement level, almost daylight thanks to big windows, adds a classic, paneled, back-to-front recreation room, and a utility room with plenty of workshop space.

The home at 3 Cranberry Pines Road, Scarborough, is listed for sale at $379,000 by Julie Willette of Coyne Webber Real Estate Associates. Taxes are $5,474 for 2016.

For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Julie at 772-4663, 831-2070, or at jwebber1@maine.rr.com.

The Friday feature home is produced by the Marketing Department of the Portland Press Herald.

Interior and pool photos: (c) 2016 Michael Eric Bérubé, MaineVirtualHomeTours.com. Facade photos by Melanie Sochan, staff photographer.

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