8304 HIGHCREST DR Gaithersburg, MD 20882

AN ENCHANTING ESCAPE: Peaceful and private, this brick front colonial features 4-5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, nestled on 2.5 acres at the end of a private cul-de-sac in the popular neighborhood of Hickory Ridge. Imagine coming home in the evenings to the lantern-lined driveway that is programmed to light 15 minutes before dusk ensuring you never arrive home in the dark. Park in the garage and walk through the door into the mudroom where you will find a front loading washer and dryer, a utility sink, white cabinets, and a laundry chute. The laundry room opens up to the kitchen that overlooks the backyard and features new granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and opens to a step-down family room. If entering the home from the front door, you will be welcomed by a 2 story foyer and to your right the french doors open to an office that easily could be a 5th bedroom. The room has 2 large windows, a nice closet and is attached to the first floor bathroom making this room perfect for first floor bedroom if needed or amazing home office. The slider from the kitchen welcomes you out onto your maintenance-free deck where your own private retreat awaits you. The inviting in-ground pool and spa with the covered gazebo are the perfect place to entertain your friends and family. Even the chilly spring and fall weather won't keep you from enjoying your pool and spa, because you have a 500-gallon propane tank buried in the yard to make sure your pool and spa are always the perfect temperatures. Relax in the covered gazebo listening to music, surf the internet or work poolside with no worries of connection issues because the pool area is equipped with wi-fi. Host an epic summer party that won't fizzle out when the sun goes down. This home is a Control4 smart house: most indoor and outdoor lighting (including the pool, spa, gazebo, landscape, and shed) can be controlled by a keypad in the home or from your phone on the Control4 app. One touch of a button illuminates the entire yard, pool, and spa area making sure you are never left in the dark. Entertaining is great, but it is amazing to be able to come home after a long day and sit quietly on the deck sipping a glass of wine. No shortage of wildlife in this parklike setting. Most evenings can be spent watching all the deer come into your yard to eat apples from your apple trees or watching the squirrels or rabbits frolic around. When it is time to turn in for the evening, your master bedroom with vaulted ceilings and his and hers walk-in closets awaits. Open the double doors to your remodeled master bathroom with an extra-large tile shower complete with heat bulbs to make sure you never catch a chill. Remember the days of having to gather all your kid's dirty clothes from their rooms and carry them downstairs to the laundry room....well those days are over. Imagine your kids taking off their dirty clothes in the bathroom to shower and opening the chute and putting the clothes in there, and just like magic they appear in a basket in the laundry room. This home will have you enjoying many maintenance-free years with all the upgrades that have been completed over the years. Your search is over! This home has it all, and it is ready for you to be the new owner. Come tour this home and be prepared to fall in love.