Priced BELOW market value for your improvements, just a 2-minute drive from Suburban Square, the train station and a short walk to the Merion Cricket Club, which is slated to open a new pool soon. Park 6 cars in your curving driveway accessing the two car garage. Enter through the well lit grand vestibule entrance which introduces you to the wood floors, grand staircase, marble fireplace mantel and conveniently located wallpapered half bath. From here you can access many different sections of the house: kitchen; living room; or first-floor bedroom suite. Continue forward to the grand living room, also with a gas fireplace, and multiple french doors opening out to the fantastic flagstone entertaining patio with swimming pool. The living room is lined with built-in shelves. Pocket doors lead into the formal dining room which boasts a wood carved fireplace and coffered ceiling. There is plenty of daylight here as well with corner windows and access to the slate patio for the outdoor dining experience. Continue through the library with built-in shelves and move to the light filled, huge room with 3 walls of windows and rear yard access. A spiral staircase leads you to the partially finished basement with a rec room, separate den, laundry room and a wine storage area. This is also where you access the spacious two car garage and lower level entrance to the house. From the main entrance, you can also walk to the right toward the first-floor bedroom suite with its own full bathroom and lovely pool deck access. The main sleeping quarters lie on the second floor where the master suite includes unique built-in drawers, two standard wall closets, dormers windows and a custom ceramic tiled bath with a glass shower and double sink vanity. Three spacious bedrooms live along the back of the house, each with ample closet space, lots of windows facing the pool and views of the landscaped grounds providing natural light. A deep cedar closet provides storage for those special wardrobe items. There are two more large bathrooms, one with a shower and one with a tub. This painted brick traditional style home is surrounded by lovely landscaped grounds--rolling front and side lawns are accented with tall growth trees and border bushes. A rose garden and fruit trees adorn the slate back patio, which features a supplied natural gas grill, the full sized built in pool with attached jet tub and naturally shaded areas with a leafy canopy. Needs cosmetic updates & moving the laundr