9508 Taft St, Riverside, CA 92508

Best value house in the highly sought-after Orangecrest neighborhood! This spacious/great value home features the largest square footage (over 4310sf) in the community with fabulous mountain & valley views! Walking distance to top-rated MLK high school and middle school. This beautiful home comes with the bonus features of an enclosed internal courtyard, 4-car garage, 2 fireplaces, 2 large staircases and a big lot. This well-kept house has 5 spacious bedrooms & 5 baths offering a massive primary bedroom suite. Other nice features include a large, vaulted foyer, a formal dining room, a spacious living room, a family room with fireplace, a huge loft, downstairs bedroom with a full bath and multi-story entryway with windows all around.  The primary suite has its own sitting room, views, fireplace, 2 lengthy countertops with full mirror, power jet tub, enclosed shower plus a room sized walk-in closet.   The house has both front and back views. Snow mountain view can be seen from the back & side windows. Beautiful evening sunset with valley view is displayed from the front side of the house. The huge loft can serve as a game room, office or could be converted to a 6th bedroom. There are front and back staircases, plenty of built-in storage closets, and cabinets in hallways and laundry room. This home is private and well shaded by mature trees keeping it much cooler in the summer and acting as a filter for the air. The entire house flooring is newly upgraded with wood and tile. The exception is brand new Berber carpet on the stairs for safety and quiet. The interior paint is light color and ready for you to add your own color touches. The house has new exterior paint with brand new rain gutters. An expensive exterior security door was added recently. You will find a beautiful, landscaped front and back yard, well shaded with mature trees and shrubs, and enhanced with drought tolerant and low maintenance plants, fruit trees. The kitchen is equipped with an oversized island, granite countertops, built in kitchen desk, wood cabinets and large walk-in pantry. The large back porch and south side porch are alumina-wood covered and back porch is screened with a gas cook top for outdoor cooking. No lawn to maintain so less water usage, but still plenty of room to roam, widened driveway for ample parking or add a basketball court.