3073 SE Misty Court

Some nights the last light on this cul-de-sac comes from the shop. Twenty-four by thirty feet of it, 220 power at both ends, doors rolled up on something that started Saturday and is not finished yet. The house waits up the drive, set back under firs on nine-tenths of an acre in Port Orchard's Horizon West, and it has been somebody's for a long time. You feel that before you reach the door, where water moves quietly beside the front step. Inside, the ceiling lifts and 2,290 square feet open up. A fireplace holds the living room and the windows hand you nothing but green. The dining room has seen a lot of long evenings and would like a few more. Four bedrooms in all, the primary on the main behind a remodeled bath with custom cabinetry and a tile shower. Downstairs the lower level finishes out warm, a second fireplace, a room wide enough to gather in, and everything that hums kept politely out of earshot. August and January both get handled, heat pump and central air. Then the slider opens and the day goes outside. Trex deck, hot tub steaming in the cold, an outdoor fireplace, a fire pit, garden beds, a shed, sprinklers holding the green through July. Level, wooded South Kitsap acreage, territorial views, and a treeline that does what a fence would. RV parking and a 30 amp hookup wait near the workshop, room for the boat, garage and carport besides. Sedgwick and Highway 16 sit minutes out, Kitsap County all around it. Leave the shop light on. Somebody should be using it.