Located on a leafy downtown street, this five-bedroom home is within walking distance to shops and restaurants. Clad in cedar shingles, the 2018 Craftsman home features a barrel-vaulted hallway, a paneled study with a fireplace, an eat-in kitchen with an eating island, a breakfast room and wine cellar, a master bedroom wing, and a basement bedroom suite, gym and recreation area.
The rear includes a covered porch, planted patio with pool, fire pit, outdoor dining area and detached garage with a flat. $3,995,000. Kathy Broock, Max Broock Realtors/Luxury Portfolio International, (248) 318-4504.
Grosse Pointe Park
The double lot of this updated 1929 Tudor home is near a park and the Detroit River. The four-bedroom home features a living room with reclaimed oak floors, arched doorways, and a bay window with stained glass; a kitchen with navy cabinets and blue granite countertops; and an attached living room with French doors.
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Formal landscaped grounds include heated driveway and walkways, courtyard, pool, pool house, tea house and terraced gardens. $2,200,000. Jaime Turnbull, Higbie Maxon Agney, (248) 672-2020.
Harbor Springs
A back road in Northern Michigan leads to this rustic-modern three-bedroom home, built in 2000 from rough-hewn split cedar. Inside, there’s a vaulted main room with a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, an updated kitchen, plus a second kitchen in the basement, a fitness area and a game room.
The 5-acre wooded lot has gardens, a garden shed, outdoor kitchen and fireplace, hot tub and shed; skiing, hiking and town are nearby. $1,495,000. Trish Hartwick, Coldwell Banker Schmidt-Petoskey, (231) 838-0411.
Kalamazoo
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Robert D. & Winifred L. Winn House in 1950 in Parkwyn Village, a Usonian-style housing development a 10-minute drive from Kalamazoo. The three-bedroom midcentury ranch house features the architect’s signature large windows, custom built-in furniture, cement floors, and concrete blocks with geometric patterns. The rooms include a long, curved sunroom with skylights and water and forest views.
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Wooded 2.38-acre double lot offers access to Little Asylum Lake. $1,850,000. Fred Taber, Jaqua Realtors, (269) 806-6829.
Grand Haven
This modern three-bedroom apartment is located on two floors of profitable office space in downtown Grand Haven, overlooking the river and just steps from restaurants and shopping.
Built in 1979 and renovated in 2016, the open-floor plan home features exposed ductwork and metal beams, hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows. Outside, there’s a 17-by-45-foot deck with steel railings, sails, a linear fire pit and views of the Grand River. $3,299,000. Mara Walsh, Coldwell Banker Realty, (773) 220-9062.
Detroit
Built in 1928, this brick Tudor townhouse is located in the Art Center district of Midtown Detroit and is within walking distance to the Institute of Arts and other cultural attractions. The four-bedroom condo features a carved staircase, living room with hardwood floors, ceiling medallion, bay window and small, ornate gas fireplace, separate kitchen and dining room, and a loft bedroom with walk-in closet.
There is a one-car garage and shared yard in the back. $425,000. Austin Black II, @properties Detroit/Christie’s International Real Estate, (313) 550-2307.
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