4721 Liberty Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

This concrete-and-stucco contemporary was owned by an artist, and it shows in all the right ways. The light is intentional. The layout makes sense. Wood floors, clean sightlines, an electric fireplace anchoring the living room, and a kitchen with a gas range, island, and pantry for people who actually cook and also enjoy being in the same room as other humans.

Novel concept. The primary suite has a walk-in closet that will quietly undo your "I don't need more stuff" stance, and laundry lives on the same floor, so your clothes never have to commute. Down the hall, a bonus space hasn't decided what it wants to be yet: lounge, library, study, reading nook with a superiority complex.

You figure it out. Here's the thing about a home spread across three levels: it's not a drawback, it's separation. Guests get their own floor. You get yours. Nobody's tripping over anybody's stuff, and everybody gets a door to close. Case in point, the finished basement has its own ensuite bath.

That's a fourth bedroom. A guest suite. A private in-law setup. A space that actually gives you options rather than asking you to pretend a pull-out couch counts. Fair warning: there's a painted canvas on the basement floor. Before you spiral, know that the seller tucked an inch of foam padding under the tarp after learning that lesson the hard way in his last art space.

The floors underneath are fine. The story is better. Then there's the backyard. This is not a listing-description stretch when we say oasis. Private, fenced, and the kind of outdoor space that makes you cancel plans because staying home is genuinely the better call. Pair that with a front-facing two-car attached garage and you have something West Plaza almost never hands you. Westwood Park, Loose Park, The Nelson, Crown Center, and every patio The Plaza has ever produced are all embarrassingly close.