This 3,904fsf Cedar-Isles-area sprawling multi-level home features a huge great room addition, 36x16 outdoor swimming pool, outdoor shower, zen garden and more, just a few hundred yards from Cedar Lake, in one of the area's most special, quiet, convenient St. Louis Park neighborhoods--Lake Forest.

The owners purchased this home primarily for its location, and turned it into a subtle beauty with a quiet, understated elegance. They installed new black Andersen windows into almost the entire home. They opened the dining room to the outdoor pool area with the installation of a huge sliding patio door. They opened the kitchen and let the light pour in from that new sliding door while creating views of the pool and bringing those sitting in that huge dining room into the conversation with those in the kitchen (instant party house!). And the kitchen said good-bye to some awful blue square-tile countertops, replaced with new granite tops along with a new dishwasher, new sink, new lighting and new bar. An adjacent breakfast nook was created with a new built-in bookcase, new bench and new table.

The adjacent four-season room off of the dining room was updated with handsome, modern plank ceramic tiles. The living room and great room fireplaces were both updated to gas. And most all of the main floor was hit with new LED lighting and other smaller updated touches.

More of the same upstairs... New carpet in two bedrooms, new LED lighting, fresh paint, new windows, all woodwork in hallways and bedrooms enameled, and a new furnace and a/c dedicated to the upper level. Other newer mechanicals include new water heater, new water softener, new whole house water filter, new washer and dryer, and how fun--a new dog washing/utility sink! The roof was put on in 2008 and is an architectural shingle the typically is expected to last 30+ years.

There is also a new monitored alarm system with glass break detectors, motion sensors, fire and door sensors. Alarm system also controls the programmable heating and air conditioning thermostats (3 thermostats for 3 zones -upstairs, main floor/lower level, pool room).

But that's not all that happened over here in the past eight years. There were some pretty huge updates to the exterior. In 2020, the City replaced street, curbs, water and gas mains. There are no assessment balances from these significant neighborhood improvements.

The exterior got some new ipe wood steps on the east side of pool room, new wood fencing, a lot of landscaping work, and a new garage door and opener. The pool received a new epoxy coating (2018), new pump, and new heater. The owner also built a new wooden changing room outside by pool, a few steps away from the outdoor shower on the north side of the lot.

Things included with house:

Built-in cabinet in office with electric fireplace.

Built-in cabinet in pool room

Built-in wood bench and concrete planter by pool.

Two wood cabinets by refrigerator in basement.

Wood cabinet by sink in basement.

Wood work bench in basement.

Pool toy wooden storage container by pool.