2812 Cardenas Drive NE

Minutes from Uptown, on a quiet Quigley Park street, It started as the model home. When this pocket of Northeast Albuquerque went up in 1955, 2812 Cardenas was the sales office, the house people walked through to see what a Mossman could do. Seven decades later, it still reads that way.The living room is the room that stops people. A tongue-and-groove ceiling, vaulted and running the full length, hardwood floors underfoot, and a wall of glass facing the street. A custom two-way fireplace runs through the wall into the den, so one fire heats two rooms. The den holds onto the original character: paneled walls, a brick hearth, and the built-in bar with the Mossman 'M' on the facia, a lit glass-front cabinet above it for the good glassware.Two steps down at the back sits the sunroom, 255 finished square feet with a skylight, windows on two sides, and three sets of French doors along the back. It's the dining room on paper. Most of the year it's an open door to the yard.And the yard earns it. Tile patio under a pergola with the lights already hung, then real lawn on a timer, a shade tree in the middle, and cypress along the back fence, walled in on all sides. A stucco storage building with a proper door and roof gives bikes and tools somewhere to live.The kitchen was updated thoughtfully rather than trendily: walnut butcher block, a stainless farmhouse sink under the window, glazed tile, stone floors. Recent work also covers the baths and plumbing, a slate shower with a rainhead, a tankless water heater, and refrigerated air.1,922 square feet, three bedrooms, two baths, no HOA, all appliances convey. Quigley Park, minutes from Uptown dining and shopping. Zuni Elementary, McKinley Middle, Del Norte High.Original architecture and updated mechanicals rarely show up in the same house at this price. Schedule a showing and see the fireplace lit from both sides.