Home Buying

Home of the Week: A Medford contemporary gets a makeover

Four-bedroom single-family offers four bedrooms, three full baths, two pantries, a wet bar, and two patios.

By John R. Ellement

February 22, 2023

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28 Winford Way, Medford

$1,399,000

Style Contemporary

Year built 1960/renovated 2023

Square feet 3,100

Bedrooms 4

Baths 3 full

Water/Sewer Public

Taxes $6,750 (2023 estimate)

Refreshers are courses taken to shake out the mental cobwebs. Or, as in the case of our Home of the Week, a refresher means a down-to-the-studs update that includes wiring, and white oak flooring. And that’s only a partial list.

A sidewalk winds from the driveway (and the attached two-car garage) to new granite steps that rise to a pivot door. Inside, an open floor plan beckons. White oak flooring connects the kitchen, dining area, and living room; exposed beams break up the white ceiling and add a natural element; and sunshine pours in from a bevy of picture windows. A floor-to-ceiling gas fireplace encased in metallic black porcelain tile sits between the dining area and living room. The dining area is graced with picture windows overlooking the yard, and the living room has a skylight. The lot is roughly 0.21 of an acre, according to city assessors.

A hallway lined with picture windows connects the dining area and the kitchen, where a slider opens to a deck and paver patio that is enclosed with red cedar and sits under the shade of a mature broadleaf tree.

The kitchen features a long island of Ferrara Gold quartz with waterfall edging. A trio of pendant lights hangs over the island. On the other side of the island is the working part of the kitchen: a long string of light-brown cabinets topped by counters and a backsplash of Ferrara Gold quartz. The Bosch appliances are stainless steel (including the gas stove), the fixtures are black (including the pot filler), and there is a butler’s pantry hidden behind a wall and door with vertical slats. The custom cabinets match.

The kitchen flows into a long hallway that connects the high-traffic areas of the home with the private side, which houses the primary suite, two bedrooms, and a full bath. The full bath comes first and features a single vanity with a quartz countertop, heated porcelain tile flooring with a matte gray look, and walls of porcelain tile that look like polished white marble. The tub/shower surround is white quartz.

The primary suite occupies a corner in the front of the house. The 202-square foot bedroom offers a sloping ceiling, windows on two walls, and hardwood flooring. Built-in shelving and a closet without a door occupy one corner. The en-suite bath offers heated white porcelain tile flooring that mimics polished stone and a corner-set double floating vanity topped with white quartz. The shower surround is porcelain tile that mimics a white diamond marble mosaic.

The other two bedrooms on this level range from 121 to 140 square and feature wide closets.

The lower level, reached by a stairwell near the front entry, holds both the final bedroom (145 square feet) and full bath, a wet bar with a wine refrigerator, a family room, an office, a laundry area, and utility space. The full bath offers a floating single vanity with a quartz counter and wall, flooring of matte black porcelain tile that looks like stone, a shower with a white porcelain mosaic tile in the niche and underfoot, and a white polished ceramic tile surround.

One other feature of this lower level expands the home’s outdoor living space: a slider to a second paver patio.

This smart home (refrigerator, thermostats, and lighting) has central air and gas heat.

Sven Andersen and Tyler Smith of Andersen Group Realty are the listing brokers.

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