A library ladder affixed to a bookcase made of dark wood rolls along a segment of wall at a ranch-style house in Massapequa.

The floor-to-ceiling bookcase "gives the house a lot of character," said listing agent Katherine Ciavarella, who has co-listed the home with Silvia Jungen for Signature Premier Properties.

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom Suffolk Road home is on the market for $895,000. Taxes on the 0.23-acre property, which falls within the Massapequa School District, total $14,560.

Built in 1956, according to Nassau County land records, the house measures 1,958 square feet. In recent years, Ciavarella and Jungen said, the current owners have updated the mechanical systems, refreshed the paint and replaced windows.

The home has central air conditioning and hot air and hot water h

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