Your new home awaits in this expanded brick bungalow 2-flat with duplex down owner's unit in the Independence Park neighborhood. This home sits on a 50-foot-wide lot with a side drive and a 2-car garage that leaves plenty of room for a large backyard with mature plants and an expansive deck. Each unit enjoys its own private entrance. The first-floor owner's unit enters into a large foyer with arched doorways. The foyer opens to a generous living room anchored by a decorative brick fireplace flanked by built-in bookcases and flooded with light by eight large windows with exposure on 3 sides. A separate formal dining room offers plenty of space for entertaining. The updated eat-in kitchen provides tons of storage and opens to a breakfast room overlooking the sunny backyard. The convenient floor plan in the owner's unit features two bedrooms with a full bath on the main level and two bedrooms with a full bath on the lower level as well as a lower-level recreation room, laundry/mechanical room and tons of storage. The upstairs unit features two nicely sized bedrooms, separate dining and living rooms with plenty of windows as well as a large kitchen with white cabinets to the ceiling and in-unit w/d. A sunroom off the kitchen connects to a private back deck. Walk to Independence Park, Athletic Field Park, the Addison Blue Line, the Independence Park Branch Library, and tons of shopping, restaurants and retail.