748 Ellingsworth Lane, Highlandville, MO 65669 (MLS# 60325560)

Dead-end street. Three quarters of an acre. The kind of quiet you actually have to go looking for. This beautiful property sits on a quiet dead-end street, mature trees throwing shade all afternoon, and a treehouse that has already been the backdrop of someone's entire childhood. Now it's ready for yours. 748 Ellingsworth Lane is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home in Highlandville. 1,448 square feet of well-kept, comfortable living space on a slab foundation with city water and city sewer. No well surprises. No septic guesswork. Just a solid house on a lot that gives you room to breathe. Inside, the living room anchors the main level and feels warm in person. The kitchen has good cabinet storage and a practical layout. The covered front porch is small but it earns its keep with morning coffee, evening quiet, watching the neighbor wave as they drive by. The primary bedroom is on the main level. Upstairs, you'll find a loft-style bonus space. Open, flexible, and easy to wall in if a fully enclosed third bedroom is the goal. As-is it works as a playroom, bedroom, home office, or creative space. The bones are there. The decision is yours. The attached one-car garage keeps you out of the rain. The 3/4 acre lot gives you room to add more someday. But the yard is the point. It's the kind of yard that earns a reputation on a street. Established trees. Real shade. A treehouse built for kids who had nowhere to be in a hurry. A dead-end street. There is very little available in this school district at this price right now. Certainly not with this lot, this street, and this much room for a family to settle in and stay a while.

Supplements: Now here is what the address gets you beyond the yard. Highlandville sits in a corridor that most people don't fully appreciate until they live it. Springfield and Nixa are roughly 20 to 25 minutes north, Springfield is home to major employers including Bass Pro Shops, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and CoxHealth, with a cost of living index of 81.8, which means your dollar goes further here than almost anywhere else in the country. Grocery runs, medical appointments, the airport, a Cardinals game at Hammons Field, all of it is close without being on top of you. Go south and the math gets even better. Table Rock Lake covers more than 43,000 acres and offers boating, fishing, swimming, and camping, and Branson West puts you within minutes of Silver Dollar City, White Water, and some of the best live entertainment in the Midwest. Branson's visitor spending reached $2.8 billion in recent years, but the people who live here don't pay tourist prices. They just drive down on a Tuesday. Most buyers don't realize what's practically in the backyard. A 2,700 acre state park sits just minutes away in Highlandville with 18 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. No drive required. There is currently very little available in this school district at this price point. A 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on 3/4 of an acre, with city utilities, an attached garage, and a yard that already has a story, priced just under the Christian County median at $259,900. This is the corridor people move to when they figure out they don't have to choose between a real job market and a real quality of life.