Barn & extra bldg. lot area included in sale price. This cherished one owner home is located just minutes from downtown, Gray's Lake, Waterworks Park, bike trails, Wakonda Golf Club and the Des Moines International Airport on one loveliest streets in the Southwestern Hills neighborhood. With 2.25 acres of property and surrounded by oak, conifer, walnut, birch, redbuds, dogwoods, ferns, peonies, hostas, and boxwood, it is a setting with beauty, privacy, and vistas to complement its ideal location. The charming home has many amenities including three bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, walkout basement, wood burning fireplace with gas starter, screened porch and new composite deck in 2021. The kitchen, dining area, wet bar and first floor bath were updated with quartz counters and more in 2018. 6" gutters were installed in 2021. There is tile, wood flooring, and carpeting throughout. There is a very convenient second floor laundry room. There are opportunities for additional bedrooms. A charming horse stable has been converted into a well-equipped woodworking shop or artist's studio with adjacent dog runs. This is a rare opportunity to experience all the benefits of living in an idyllic setting within minutes of access to the amenities of the metro area. Lower walkout level has rec room, 3/4 ba, office area and possible 4th bd area.
Single-familyProperty Type
1978Year Built
1.93 acresLot Size
$281Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
2 car garageParking
Listed by Diane Todd Brown• Iowa Realty Mills Crossing
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Permits
Beds
3
Baths
2.5
Stories
2
Lot width
200 ft.
Lot depth
421 ft.
Lot size
1.93 Acres
Year renovated
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Sq. Ft.
2,363
Year built
1978
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Polk County
APN
01003352000000
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
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HOA Dues
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Garage
—
Features
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Last updated by owner on Jul 10, 2026.
N1A
Neighborhood District
N1a is intended for large lots for mostly single-household residential houses with a more flexible building form pursuant to House A building type in section 135-2.13 of this code.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Housing-Single unit
Infrastructure
Oct 1, 2010 • Final
Tidemark import - bld
Remodel
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