104 San Mateo Drive, Belleville, IL 62221

Some homes make you work to picture yourself living there. This one does not. A brick ranch with three full baths, two wood burning fireplaces, and a finished lower level that earns its keep. 1,316 square feet on the main floor and another 721 below it, for 2,037 square feet of finished living space. Both levels are finished and ready to live in, so your weekends stay your own. Start at the curb. Warm brick, mature landscaping, a wide concrete drive, a bay window facing the street, and a covered entry framed by stuccoed arches you will not find on the next ranch down the road. The front door is leaded glass with a sidelight, and it opens into light. That light lands first in the living room, where a wood burning fireplace sits in a raised brick hearth behind glass doors. The room opens into a separate dining room with a chandelier and a wide window over the back yard, and the kitchen picks up right from there with raised panel wood cabinetry, a mosaic tile backsplash, recessed...