Single Family Home in Woodland Heights
Richmond VA
1,742 Square Feet
4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a full basement
Bright and sunny updated cape cod in Woodland Heights is modern yet has all the charm intact! Lovely living room is separated from dining room with Craftsman columns and built-in leaded glassed bookcases. Wonderful updated kitchen with a corner breakfast eating area. Kitchen has upgraded stainless steel appliances; range, convection oven, dishwasher, and refrigerator. Two well sized bedrooms downstairs with attractive built-in bookcases. Master bedroom upstairs with a renovated full bath and the fourth bedroom, plus a second-floor screened porch! Back yard with off-street parking. Great 18'x16' garage for a workshop or a car. Full basement.
This is my dream house and it is currently for sale. Years ago I had a friend who was my "partner in crime (or more aptly, sarcasm)." At one point, he was renting space from this couple he knew in high school. The first time I walked into that house I fell in love, not only with the house, but also with their darling dog, a sweet Rottweiler*. The house is a deceptively spacious cottage with a full-length front porch with piers and columns, very craftsman-like details. This house was different from any I had seen in my adolescence. The most unique thing about it was that it seemed as if it had been designed for the owners to have a lodger. Perhaps it was?
The first floor consists of living, dining, and kitchen spaces, a den, bathroom and a front bedroom. As you enter, the right side of the house holds the living and dining rooms. What is unique, is the left side of the house.
The bedroom, bath, and den area (the fourth bedroom in this ad) are arranged in a line. However, this entire suite of rooms is separated from the right side of the house by a door and a small hallway connecting the two larger rooms. This creates a private mini-apartment, a sort of mother-in-law suite. The connections to the rest of the house are through this door and another one out the back of the "den" that opens to the kitchen. One could close off these rooms from the rest of the house and it would be possible to not see this person for days.
Directly in the middle of the first floor is the staircase, seen above. It is within the walls and reached by a door that can effectively close off the upstairs rooms too, if needed. I assume it might have been built that way to preserve heat on the first floor rooms when using them. I first saw this ad a month ago and have no idea how long it has been on the market. The old owners; the ones I knew, went to the open house and I heard that they didn't think these sellers would get this asking price for it. It's a bit high for a house that size in this neighborhood.
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Go for it!
Make an offer. If you love it that much, you can make it work. Get a first time home buyer type loan - think it's called Fannie May (spelling is wrong) and you only need to put a 2-3% down.
That house is GORGEOUS.
I bought my house all by myself. No man/spouse required - it was quite empowering.
oh and one of my best friends' hubby is a realtor in Richmond, lemme know if you want me to ask them what they think the real value of the house is...
It's gorgeous -- I love it! But I'm filled with jealousy; my 750 square foot condo cost almost as much, and trust me, is not half as pretty.
If I lived anywhere near there, I'd be fighting you for it. What a darling home! I want it so bad too!
Lisa, wish you'd bought this house, then we would only live one block apart! We could blog together at the park!
And just remember, that house is on a pretty dicey corner... it might not have been such a happy bargain after all.
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