Welcome to 1085 Merrywood Drive! This beautifully maintained 3-bedroom, 2-bath brick home offers a welcoming covered front porch with spacious layout and finished bonus room and NO HOA. The inviting entry features columns, crown molding, and hardwood flooring throughout the main floor. The open family room boasts a vaulted ceiling and gas-log fireplace with large bright windows. The kitchen offers granite countertops, abundant cabinetry, pantry, and adjoining breakfast nook, and a separate formal dining room nearby with double doors leading to the covered back patio. The main-level primary suite features a spacious bath with double vanity, tile flooring, jetted tub, and separate shower. Two additional bedrooms share a full hall bath. Upstairs, the finished bonus room provides flexible space for an office, media room, playroom, or hobby area. Just in time for fall, enjoy a southern beverage in the enclosed screened porch or take it outside and enjoy lush mature foliage with changing seasons right upon us... Beautifully landscaped grounds await...The home has been gently lived in and all the mechanicals are in good shape so you can just move in! New A/C/Heat in 2022, Roof 2014, New appliances- fridge/dishwasher and a well maintained crawlspace & new sump-pump 2022 Don't miss the opportunity to make this home your own. Minutes from downtown Newton...catch all the happenings like Music on Main, Foothills Folk Art, Carolina Crafted Market Fair, Christmas Crawl and more...Under an hour to Uptown Charlotte, 15 minutes to Hickory, just over an hour to Winston Salem, 30 minutes to Lake Norman or less than 20 minutes to Riverwalk Bridge Trailhead that runs along Lake Hickory...come enjoy easy livin'