2290 Balsam Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003

Check out this thoughtfully designed 6-bedroom, 4-bath, 2-story home. The open concept main level features an expansive kitchen/dining/living area. A giant 9-foot island facilitates all the action, from hosting gatherings to: meal prep, homework, crafts, games, and more.

You will love the endless cabinet space and pantry. The main level also contains an office, half-bath, and substantial mud room with both closets and lockers to facilitate the storage and rotation of all your seasonal clothing. Upstairs, you will find four bedrooms, including a new primary suite (finished May 2026) featuring heated bathroom tile, Cambria shower, and soaking tub.

Three remaining bedrooms hold ample closet space (2 of which are walk-ins) and share an updated bathroom with double sinks and tile floor. A generous laundry room rounds out the upstairs. Downstairs, a versatile and updated family room (finished spring 2022) can be set-up for a cocktail bar, a sundae bar, or hosting all the crockpots at your Super Bowl watch party.

The Cambria surface on the huge family room island is outstanding for wrapping presents, playing games, or sipping drinks during the game. There is a guest bedroom adjacent to an updated bathroom. A flex room with built-in queen murphy-bed provides extra guest sleeping space with plenty of room to spare for your workout equipment, etc.

An efficiency washer/dryer in the mechanical room makes downstairs laundry a breeze. The main floor patio door opens onto a large maintenance free deck (16' x 18') with a sizeable bump-out for your smoker, grill or Blackstone. The backyard is fully fenced with a double gate that spills into a city park holding a soccer field, baseball diamond, basketball court and ample playground equipment.

Behind the 3-car garage is a shed for your mower, snowblower, lawn tools or games. Renewal by Anderson windows installed in upstairs & main levels April of 2026. New downstairs windows installed spring of 2022. Gas fireplace, water softener, reverse osmosis drinking water and lawn sprinkler system. Cared for, maintained, loved.