Although Jim Woolems owns Woolems Construction, he didn’t build his own house. But the extensively renovated North End home he and wife Eleanor share — a 1949 Bermuda-style house at 205 Emerald Lane — still serves as an example of his professional expertise, as well as Eleanor’s artistic sense.

“We’ve lived here for the past three years, ever since we sold 259 Merrain Road,” Eleanor said. “My husband has had his business for 35 years, and he’s so busy with his construction company that we are not ‘spec’ builders. We haven’t moved often. That’s not what we do.”

The couple bought this particular house as an investment property in 1996, she said. One of its prime selling points was a location on the near North End – a couple of blocks north of Wells Road, at the intersection of Crescent Drive.

“I used to be a Realtor at Sotheby’s, and I saw this advertised in the classified section, and I went out and bought it,” she explained. “It’s like being in town, but without the traffic and people. And there are no little houses left in that area. That type of house doesn’t exist anymore.”

She and her husband have used the house as a rental property on and off over the years, so when their home on Merrain sold, it was ready and waiting for them.

“This has been our ‘go-to’ home that I never wanted to give up, whatever happened,” she said. “We’ve lived in it from time to time, and I thought I’d own it to the day I die. It’s a sweet, classic house and I love it.”

But circumstances evolve, and today the couple has found a new home. So they have listed the four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath house — with 2,637 square feet of living space, inside and out – for sale through their daughter, Alexis Woolems Nelson, a real estate agent with Woolems Realty. The price is $2.495 million.

Overall, Eleanor points out features that she has always found attractive.

“It’s a very charming old-style Palm Beach house with bay windows, parquet floors, nice brick loggias, a great pool and garden area,” she said.

And that doesn’t include the oversized lot measuring about a third of an acre. “That’s big,” she said.

She even likes the name of the street, Emerald Lane, which has a nice “feng shui” sound to it.

The couple has carried out a number of projects at the property over the years, installing a new air-conditioning system and water heaters; adding moldings and other interior details; and re-doing the kitchen, patios, bathrooms and guest house. The house also has been repainted, inside and out.

Along the front of the house is a brick patio, and the front door opens directly into the living room, which has a fireplace with a wood mantel, crown moldings and wood trim around the windows. As in other rooms, the windows here are fitted with plantation shutters.

Two doors from the living room lead to the enclosed loggia, with its beamed ceiling and sliding-glass doors along the north wall, which open onto the patio and backyard. The floors of the loggia and the patio are paved in old Chicago brick, so that the two spaces flow together, explained Eleanor.

In the east wing are two bedrooms, a bathroom and half-bath. The master bedroom has a bay window and French doors that open to the brick patio by the front entrance. The limestone-appointed bathroom is equipped with a whirlpool tub.

The north bedroom has crown molding, a parquet floor and a sliding-glass door opening into the side yard, pool and patio.

West of the living room is a bedroom suite, with another bay window and built-in cabinetry.

The dining room and kitchen are on the west side of the enclosed loggia. Features in the dining room include more parquet on the floor and floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases. Sliding-glass doors lead to a screened lanai covered by an awning. A guest apartment behind the carport also opens onto the lanai.

“The guest house has a tray ceiling and Mexican tile floors. Jim did that,” Eleanor noted.

The kitchen features professional-grade appliances, cabinets with glass-front doors, black-granite countertops and a cozy breakfast area set into a bay window with a built-in window seat.

To the west of the house, a driveway runs through a side garden and leads to the screened-in carport.

Eleanor Woolems said she will be sad to part with the house, which has figured in the couple’s lives for so many years.

“By accident, I found another house,” she said, “so, hopefully, the next one will be the one I have forever.”