3.5 bedroom character home + fenced yard, near parks, downtown & the water!

Description

Our home is a beautiful 1800 square foot, 130 y/o concrete block detached house with a large fenced-in backyard and beautifully high ceilings. Close to Downtown, the water, parks, pools, farmers market, bus routes, great donuts, and super cute cafes. The house is furnished, but there is flexibility as to how much (it can be sparsely furnished for the right tenants). Main Floor: Living Room and Dining Room + large front entryway and a fabulous kitchen with a 6-burner gas range + oven with its own side entrance/porch. Upstairs: 3 rooms** + large bathroom with clawfoot tub and rainfall shower, and 1/2 room, currently used as a walk in closet but has also been used as a small office. **3rd bedroom is currently set up as an office, but if you need a third bedroom, this can be arranged/negotiated for a longer-term rental. The two bedrooms included: main w/ King Size Bed has a deep closet, and an extra-large chest of drawers, and the second room has a single bed with a dresser and deep closet. The property is residential and very close to downtown. Driveway parking + free street parking until plows come in winter. The landscaping and a fence provide visual privacy on one side of the backyard and the back of the property. The other neighbour and I share a lower fence. Small storage shed in the back. Basement: There is an art studio in a separate room off the basement. There is a workbench and laundry in the main area, but it's an unfinished basement and is otherwise used as storage for the owner's belongings. EASY AMENITIES - Full Kitchen with Pots & pans, Dining ware, etc., with cupboard space emptied for you. - Extra blankets, sheets, towels, etc. - Air conditioning upstairs (downstairs is always cool and doesn't need it, but there is a second window unit that can be installed for heatwaves) - TV with adaptor for your phone/iPad - Library of vinyl, boardgames, and books for your enjoyment - 2 outdoor seating areas, one with fire pit seating (fire bowl), and another with a dining table in the backyard on a stone patio. - Big front porch with 2 Papasan chairs - washer and dryer on premises, in unfinished basement The area: - bus stops at each end of the street #1 and #2 (10 mins to downtown) - 5-10-minute walk to the water and the K&P trail - 10-15-minute walk to both Skeleton Park and Memorial Center (farmers market!) - 20 min walk to the downtown core, or 5 min drive - 10-15 minute walk to Artillery Park (gym, salt water pools, sauna, fitness center) Located less than 2-hours from Ottawa, 3 from Montreal and 2.5 from Toronto for those who like weekend excursions, Kingston remains on the ancestral homelands of the Wendat, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). Kingston is also located near Frontenac Park (40 minutes north) Thousand Islands (20 mins to the east) and Prince Edward County and Sandbanks (1 hour to the west). It's known as the "Limestone City" for its grand 19th-century buildings, including the lakeside Kingston City Hall.