This sun-drenched center-entrance Colonial in fantastic Newton Corner locale has been lovingly and beautifully updated with 2022 new kitchen and updated baths, exterior painting, hardwood floor refinishing, and finish work in the basement. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2-car garage. The first floor features a gracious front entryway with mudroom vestibule, light and bright fireplaced front-to-back living room with beamed ceilings and warm wood paneling, a large formal dining room adjoining the kitchen, powder room, cozy office/study with built-in shelving and cabinets, and 2022 renovated white country kitchen with open shelves, white cabinetry, butcher block and quartz countertops, and luminous breakfast area. The second floor features a spacious primary bedroom suite and a total of 4 bedrooms, 2 renovated bathrooms, and option to create a 3rd en suite bathroom in a private wing for the 4th bedroom. The third floor offers a suite of rooms with the 5th bedroom and another full bath. The basement offers recent finish work with French drain, two sump pumps, newer flooring and walls, professional grade dehumidifier, upgraded electrical panel, 2019 water heater, and systems in impeccable condition. In addition to the 3,072 sqft in the main house, the basement offers more than 894 sqft of newer finish work. Mini-splits for A/C, slate roof. Covered porch adjacent to the living room, and plenty of parking for entertaining with large groups. Drive right up to the garage or back door, and enter the house from the two-car garage, through the mudroom/breezeway. Waverley Ave is barely visible, and not audible from inside this house, elevated on the hill. Underwood/Ward buffer zone, Bigelow and Newton North.