Associate Professor of Book History and Print Culture in the Information School
Classic Madison East Side House for rent, 2017-18 Academic Year
Rent this beautiful 4 (could be 5) bedroom 2500 square foot house situated in the middle of one of Madison’s best neighborhoods, Tenney-Lapham/Capitol East. Walk, bike, or bus to UW-Madison, restaurants from pub to Beard Foundation winners, local retail shops, more coffee shops than you can visit in a week, and two full-service grocery stores. Park your car(s) in the large garage or private driveway. Sit outside on the front porch swing or grill and eat outside on the spacious pergola-covered back patio. Indoors, enjoy all the amenities like hardwood and tiled floors with radiant heat, chef’s kitchen, and art throughout the house.
Email senchyne at wisc dot edu for more information.
Exterior
Built in 1908 and lovingly updated with modern amenities and comforts. All the best of East Side Madison living. The house sits on a quiet tree-lined street and is within quick walking distance to three different popular commercial, entertainment, and dining areas. A 20 minute walk or 10-minute bus ride to the UW-Madison campus.Beautiful in all seasons. New fiber-cement siding keeps the house looking great and extremely well-insulated against the elements.Tulips, daffodils, and lilacs flower in the front yard throughout the spring season.
Living and Dining Rooms
Classic and comfortable living room. Great for formal get togethers or family night. New couch with performance suede upholstery, gleaming hardwood floors and original woodwork around windows and picture rail. Wool area rug. Hand-thrown pottery lamps. Period-appropriate paint colors.Another view of living room. Wall-mounted flat screen television. Cable ready. Equipped with Google Chrome for wireless streaming.Looking from living room into dining room. Kitchen in far background.View of dining room and living room from kitchen.
Kitchen
New hardwood custom cabinets with convenient features like full slide-out shelves. Quiet and efficient Bosch dishwasher, sink disposal, and Moen pull-down spray faucet. Professional-grade Verona stainless range and oven. Mounted stainless LG microwave.Head on view of professional-grade stainless gas range and oven, prep and cooking areas.Stainless refrigerator/freezer with in-door filtered water and ice. View of pull out cabinet shelves, a feature in cabinetry throughout kitchen.
First-floor office and piano
Room off dining room. Includes piano. Currently set up as first-floor office and music room. Could be used as a fifth bedroom.
First-floor bedroom
Bedroom on first floor. Can be used as a guest room or fulltime bedroom. Queen Serta mattress.
Master bedroom
Master bedroom with French doors and large walk-in closet (at right).
View of the neighborhood from the master bedroom.
Upstairs Study
The study adjoins the master bedroom.
Two additional upstairs bedrooms
This bedroom is set up as an infant nursery.Bedroom set up with new full mattress.
Second-floor laundry, craft, and utility room
A room for storing linens, mending clothes, and cleaning, folding, and ironing the laundry.New front-loading washer and dryer. On second floor, so no lugging your laundry up and down flights of stairs.
Bathrooms
Bright tiled bathroom with rain shower head. Downstairs.
Spacious upstairs bathroom. Large clean tiled tub and shower with rain shower head.
Outdoor living spaces
Entertain friends or just enjoy the afternoon on the large backyard patio. Shaded by a pergola. Includes a natural gas grill.Drink morning coffee on the front porch and watch the dog walkers go by.
Garage
Park your cars, store your things. Ample room in the huge 2.5 car garage accessible via private driveway. Door opens with remote control. Garage is insulated and electrified.
