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A lot of houses in this city are for sale. People giving up and moving away, investors liquidating, pent-up demand after last year's lockdown causing prices to bounce back up and go higher. These two are a block apart and are listed with the same agency. Both have two bedrooms and one bathroom, and both have an inside washer and dryer in stacked configuration (at one time washers and dryers were often in a carport around here; renovators have heard buyers' grumbles about that).
The 1920s house is closer to the park. It has a basement, a detached garage, and a nice backyard. The kitchen has not been recently redone: mid-brown wooden cabinets, gas stove (not common here and the state is talking about banning them). Years ago there was an orange tree on the front lawn, with a big "Do not pick" sign; the tree was removed. The house is listed at 733 sq ft, for sale at $1,198,000, under offer after 7 days.
The 1930 house is closer to the looming new apartment buildings and repeated waves of construction on the site of the downtown mall, and therefore to the busy street that forms the edge of the neighborhood. It doesn't have a basement or a garage, and has a smaller backyard, more a patio; I think one of the rooms was constructed out of an attached garage. But the front yard has been attractively landscaped in compensation. It's been recently renovated as open plan, including glitzy new kitchen appliances, but actually has interesting wallpaper on one bedroom wall rather than being entirely blinding white. The house is listed at 750 sq ft, for sale at $999,000 (unusually low and seems like something of a steal), pending after 27 days.
Edit on May 20: the 1930 house sold for $1,260,000.
Edit on June 4: the 1920s house sold for $1,300,000 (on May 24).
( Photos of both. )
The 1920s house is closer to the park. It has a basement, a detached garage, and a nice backyard. The kitchen has not been recently redone: mid-brown wooden cabinets, gas stove (not common here and the state is talking about banning them). Years ago there was an orange tree on the front lawn, with a big "Do not pick" sign; the tree was removed. The house is listed at 733 sq ft, for sale at $1,198,000, under offer after 7 days.
The 1930 house is closer to the looming new apartment buildings and repeated waves of construction on the site of the downtown mall, and therefore to the busy street that forms the edge of the neighborhood. It doesn't have a basement or a garage, and has a smaller backyard, more a patio; I think one of the rooms was constructed out of an attached garage. But the front yard has been attractively landscaped in compensation. It's been recently renovated as open plan, including glitzy new kitchen appliances, but actually has interesting wallpaper on one bedroom wall rather than being entirely blinding white. The house is listed at 750 sq ft, for sale at $999,000 (unusually low and seems like something of a steal), pending after 27 days.
Edit on May 20: the 1930 house sold for $1,260,000.
Edit on June 4: the 1920s house sold for $1,300,000 (on May 24).
( Photos of both. )