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Close your eyes and imagine your dream home. The moment you turn into the driveway, you will know this place is special. Immersed in history and charm with inherent character inside and out! Located just minutes from downtown Kennett Square in a peaceful and private setting. Welcome to 804 Potter Drive, Kennett Square a Royal Barry Wills home. Lovingly cared for and updated with attention given to maintain and preserve the architecturally significant details throughout. Through the front door you are greeted with gleaming hardwood floors - they can be found throughout the home in all main living areas (exception of office with basketweave bricks). You will immediately be drawn to the Dining Room with custom millwork and built-in cabinetry hand-crafted by Chadds Ford Master Carpenter Van Heyneker with antique glass. The large eat-in kitchen, with Butler's Pantry, is open to the Family Room with fireplace, unusual for an older home and certainly in demand today and features custom cabinetry, high-end appliances and soapstone countertops. Windows have been replaced throughout and are SDL and welcome sunlight into the home throughout the year. The formal Living Room will invite you to both relax and entertain friends and family with classic tongue and groove millwork, twin China cabinets and one of two brick full masonry fireplaces in the house. Continue through to a quaint sunroom with vaulted ceiling - or perfect in-home office! The upper floor in generous and well laid out. All rooms are large in scale, baths have all been updated and both the Primary and 4th bedroom have en-suite baths. Laundry is also conveniently located on this level. The brick-floor breezeway leads you to a generous 2-car garage - with one more surprise to be found here! Above the garage, a private staircase leads to a 5th bedroom and full bath - A guest suite/in-law suite or private second office with it's own outside entrance from private deck or can be accessed from the garage interior. The main house lower level provides a game room and generous storage possibilities. A sprawling PA bluestone rear patio with retaining wall overlooks a large lush yard that has been lovingly landscaped. Cedarcroft is a wonderful walkable neighborhood - tucked in but close to everything - Longwood Gardens, The Boro of Kennett Square and The Kennett Country Club. Just minutes from the Route 202 corridor with endless shopping and easy access to both Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia. Dreams do come true!!!

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