11 Apthorp Avenue is the address of this spacious Colonial styled home, built in 1920 and maintained by the same family for over thirty years. 

The house has approximately 1,574 square feet of living space situated on a 3,049 square foot lot.  The property is near to downtown, the bridges, and Navy Base.

Young children attend the Coggeshall or Sullivan Elementary School, Thompson Middle School, and Rogers High School.  There are private schools as well as several established Day Care Centers and Nursery Schools.  There are numerous churches nearby with the closest being St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and Jesus Savior Catholic Church both located on Broadway.   

The exterior of the house has mauve painted wooden shingles on the second tier and mauve painted clapboards on the first tier with an adorable farmer’s porch facing west allowing for the enjoyment of evening sunsets.  Six of the windows on the first level have recently been replaced with high quality Anderson windows.  The roof has asphalt shingles.  There is convenient off street parking for two vehicles with a wide single car garage creating space for bicycles, a lawn mower, and other such items.  The garage door is new and there is additional storage in the rafters accessible by a ladder.  The rear of the property is enclosed with a chain link fence and wooden fence.  The backyard is split evenly between a cement patio for entertaining and grass.  There is a narrow cement path way on the north side of the house that leads to the sidewalk.  The side door to the kitchen and basement access is located here.  There is also a second rear entry way into the home at the rear of the property.  This was put in by the current owners.  The access leads to the former sun room (now a mud room/laundry area) which then enters into the dining room.

As you enter the front door, you immediately are in the living room.  Directly in front of you is the doorway to the kitchen and slightly to the right is a functioning brick fireplace.  To your left is a good size coat closet and charming wide wooden staircase to the second floor landing.  The living room has three windows facing west.  The walls are paneled and there is wall to wall carpet.  The open floor plan is very inviting.  Moving toward your right is the doorway to the dining room.  There is additional built-in shelving dividing these two rooms which could easily be removed to widen this doorway.  The dining room faces south and has wonderful natural light with large windows and a stained glass transom window.  Hardwoods grace this room.  The walls are adorned with wallpaper.  There is a rear door off this room which went to the former sun room now being used as a mud room/laundry area with the addition of the rear access door to the backyard.  There is no heat in this room.  Moving through the dining room you will enter the eat-in-kitchen.  Two windows face north and one faces east.  It is a traditional kitchen design with the sink under the east window, dishwasher to the left, and oven/range and refrigerator to the right.  There are plenty of cabinets for storage with a large pantry located next to the refrigerator.  Vinyl flooring completes the room.  The doorway to the basement and side door to outside is located here as well.

The second floor landing is wide with a high ceiling and adorable half banister creating a warm open feel to the home.  Paneling is located here too.  The new pull down staircase is located here for easy access to the attic.  This is terrific space for additional storage.  There are three bedrooms all of similar size and a full bath.  Wall to wall carpeting is in all the rooms and hallway with vinyl located in the bathroom.  One of the bedrooms has a unique large deep closet with a window in it!  It has been suggested that this closet could be made smaller and a master bath added.  Just below this space is the mud room/laundry area which again it has been suggested that a half bath could be added.  Some of the walls in the bedrooms have wallpaper and some have paneling.  Radiators are the main source of heat throughout the house.

The staircase to the basement is slightly steep.  The ceilings are noticeably high which lends to the possibility of putting subflooring down and finishing off the basement.  There is a drain in the floor but no sump pump.  The oil tank is conveniently located in the corner.  The newer hot water tank and burner are located more in the center of the basement.  There is a built in workshop.  There is also a small room which was once used as a dark room.  There is mixed wiring and plumbing throughout the house.