1718 N HANCOCK ST Philadelphia, PA 19122

One of a kind custom built 2,000+ SF, 18 FT wide, 4 bedrooms, den, 2. 5 bath home that is located amongst an explosion of development and new construction. Nothing cookie cutter about this Tuscan Inspired home and it has customizations and creative details done by the homeowner/artist. Built with steel and cinderblock, this beauty is nothing short of an urban fortress. At curbside, you will notice are 2 magnificent walkouts on the 2nd and 3rd floors with romantic French doors accessible from 2 bedroom suites. Seasonal flowers will literally cascade with grace from these oversized balconies. Enter into an open concept floor plan with sustainable bamboo flooring throughout and rustic exposed brick. The living room includes a romantic gas fireplace with solid wood mantle and a natural stone hearth. The half bath between the kitchen and dining room has a decorative glass vessel sink, waterfall faucet, and is mounted on a sewing machine base. Large eat-in kitchen with rustic terra-cotta tile floors and a Hand Painted tile backsplash, and stainless appliances. At the stairs leading to the basement is a full wall of the pantry for dry goods and the basement is huge with plenty of room for storage. Private brick paved rear yard with two central air condensers for the dual zone HVAC. This space is perfect for an urban garden and transforms you to another place and time with the help of the hand-painted mural of an Italian landscape. Plenty of room for plantings, entertaining, and grill to table dining can be a year round experience. The 2nd floor is an entire 2 bedroom master suite. The current owner uses the 2nd bedroom as a family room. It is very large and has balcony access. The laundry closet is conveniently located on this level and the large master bath with standing stall shower includes the exterior wall with hand painted ceramic tile. The 3rd floor is also a 2 bedroom suite that the owner is using as an art studio. This floor has a private ensuite bath and a second balcony off of the rear of the home. Located on the same Block as State Side/Federal Distilling, Key Stone Mini Golf around the corner, a Moroccan restaurant also on the corner, a large new construction development is approved on the block, in walking distance to the El, and easy walk to coffee shops as well as all of the great social hang out on Front and Frankford ave in Fishtown. We welcome your visit and all offers will be presented.