1400 Westmoreland Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085

Sure, it's a ranch home with a garage like you've seen before. Sometimes it's called a 3/1. Sometimes it's known as a rancher or in some distant parts, a rambler. We like rambler best, because it has a bit of gusto. Like a pinch of paprika, rambler adds spice. If your name happens to be Randy or Romeo, you tell your friends to come to "Randy's Rambler" for mini-sausages and fresh squeezed papaya juice (and you can because you're Randy Rambler). Still works as Debbie's Rambler, but not quite the same (better stick with cheese sticks and SevenUp in that case). But enough of that, because this cute ramblers got some things going for it. Start with a corner lot. There are only two corners on every block, so most of your neighbors are sandwiched in between two other neighbors. That's twice the chance of having someone living next door with a world class collection of highly vocal parrots. Corner lots glow with prestige, because you're one of the lucky two on your side of the street. And this corner lot has a fence that allows your pit-bull to patrol the property without eating the mailman. The huge garage sits at the head of an even huger (not sure if that's really a word) cement driveway, so if you got the cars, park 'em here. Now your rambler is great outside, but you won't be living in the yard. So step inside and discover a living room so spacious you could serve mini-sausages to the entire bowling team and still have room for a couch and TV. And those mini-links would be spilling out of your ginormous gourmet kitchen. It features a bunch of bright, fresh cabinets, countertops that look way more expensive than they are (our secret), and room for a big table, fish tank, or heck - a foosball table that coverts to mini-ping pong. Now that's some spice. Now, if you're into more formal dining arrangements, you're covered with an attractive, bright space that grows off the kitchen like an extra appendage you wish wasn't there but then realize it can come in darn handy (assuming it was an extra hand). If not a dining room, a family room or office or personal yoga studio? The hall takes you back to the ultra-functional bathroom that has all the right parts to make doing bathroom stuff less of a chore and more of an experience (this is not verified, but based on bathroom layout, assumed). Three bedrooms are the perfect number for the average family with 2.5 children. One bedroom for each full child and large closets that can accommodate the half child (or several "half-childs" if needed). And if no small ones are present, a bedroom for every day of the week (Monday - Wednesday). Below all this rambling space is a full basement that provides the imagination so many possibilities it's probably better to just leave it alone until you've had time to truly consider every option at least twice. Newer mechanicals means less money on maintenance and more money to build the legend of Randy Rambler. This includes a new roof in 2014, new furnace and water heater in 2018. So, if you think you've got what it takes to occupy the corner lot in life, we'd suggest you make the bold move and schedule to see this rambler today. If it sells, you might get stuck in a plain old ranch next door to Polly parrot.