Salt Lake City | $1.345 Million
An 1890 Queen Anne Revival house with five bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot
This home, known as the Charles Baldwin House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It retains many of its original details, including interior woodwork and exterior stonework framing a street-facing window.
The property is within walking distance of a playground and tennis courts at Victory Park, the University of Utah campus, an Italian restaurant, a popular pizza place and a coffee shop. It is about a 10-minute drive from the Utah State Capitol, the city’s downtown and the beginning of hiking trails that wind through Red Butte Canyon. Park City is a 45-minute drive.
Size: 3,933 square feet
Price per square foot: $342
Indoors: The house is set back from the street, behind a gently sloping yard landscaped with mature trees. Stairs lead up to a brightly painted covered porch with its original gingerbread trim.
Double front doors under a stained-glass transom window open into a foyer with hardwood floors and an ornate staircase to the second floor. To the right, through pocket doors, is a living room with hardwood floors, a decorative fireplace with elaborate woodwork, and another stained-glass accent above a large picture window.
The hardwood floors continue through a wide doorway with more pocket doors into a dining room with another fireplace, this one with a green tile surround and a columned wood mantel.
The kitchen and a guest room currently used as a den are off the dining room. The kitchen has a breakfast area, green and white cabinetry, a staircase to the second floor, a glass door that opens to a sunroom and another door that opens to a patio. A mudroom and a powder room are also off the kitchen.
Three bedrooms are on the second floor. The primary bedroom has three windows and a ceiling fan. The smallest bedroom is big enough to hold a double bed; the other large bedroom is currently used as a home office. All three share a bathroom with a combined shower and deep bathtub. A street-facing balcony with original woodwork painted in shades of blue and green is also on this level.
The fifth bedroom and another full bathroom are on the third floor. This space could also be used as a family room or playroom.
Outdoor space: The patio behind the house has a hot tub in one corner and room for dining furniture in another. Beyond is a grassy yard. The detached garage has space for one car.
Taxes: $5,515 (estimated)
Contact: Whitney Fautin, Summit Sotheby’s International Realty, 801-604-3024; sothebysrealty.com
Savannah, Ga. | $1.35 Million
An 1872 brick townhouse with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-bedroom, one-bathroom garden apartment, on a 0.05-acre lot
This house is a few blocks from Forsyth Park, a green space of more than 30 acres with mature oak trees, two playgrounds, basketball courts and a central fountain that is a popular filming location. It is within walking distance of a bakery, a bicycle shop and a teahouse. The riverfront, lined with old warehouses that house stores and restaurants, is about 10 minutes away by car.
Driving to the beaches of Tybee Island takes about half an hour. Hilton Head Island, S.C., is an hour away.
Size: 2,697 square feet
Price per square foot: $501
Indoors: Wood steps lead from the street up to the front door, which opens into a long foyer with hardwood floors and an original staircase to the second floor.
The living room, to the right, has a fireplace with a black stone surround and two tall, six-over-six windows overlooking the street.
Through a wide doorway with original pocket doors is the dining room, which has another fireplace with a stone surround and access to a bathroom with a combined tub and shower.
The kitchen, behind the dining room, is also accessible from the foyer. It has wood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and a glass door that opens to a covered deck used for outdoor entertaining. A bedroom large enough to hold a queen-size bed is off the kitchen.
Two more bedrooms are upstairs. The primary bedroom has a fireplace, built-in bookcases, large windows and access to the other bedroom. They share the full bathroom at the end of the hall.
The garden-level apartment, which has a separate exterior entrance, could be rented or used as guest quarters. It has two bedrooms, a galley kitchen and a bathroom with a combined tub and shower.
Outdoor space: Behind the house is a brick patio with raised planting beds. The house has two off-street parking spots and a set of solar panels.
Taxes: $11,117 (estimated)
Contact: Scott Dole, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bay Street Realty Group, 910-508-5447; bhhs.com
Albany, Calif. | $1.398 Million
A recently renovated 1938 Spanish-style house with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot
This house is a few blocks from San Pablo Avenue, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, and close to well-ranked public elementary, middle and high schools. A shopping center with a Trader Joe’s, a movie theater, a public swimming pool and a library are also nearby. Albany Hill Park, which has a walking trail lined with mature eucalyptus trees, is a mile away.
Driving to Berkeley takes about 10 minutes. Oakland and San Francisco are about half an hour away on public transit.
Size: 1,560 square feet
Price per square foot: $896
Indoors: A stone driveway leads to the front door, passing a yard landscaped with native plants and wildflowers.
The front door opens into a foyer with matchstick-style hardwood floors and a staircase to the second level. Immediately to the right is a living room with a gas fireplace and a large, arched window overlooking the front yard.
To the left of the foyer is a kitchen and dining area with hexagonal-tile floors, white cabinetry, quartz counters, stainless steel appliances, a Talavera-tile backsplash and French doors that open to a deck.
Three bedrooms are on the second floor, reached from the staircase in the foyer. The primary bedroom has an attached full bathroom. The other two bedrooms share a full bathroom. A laundry closet with a side-by-side washer and dryer is also on this level.
The fourth bedroom and another full bathroom are on the first floor, off the foyer.
Outdoor space: The deck off the kitchen is big enough to hold a table and chairs. It steps down to a yard landscaped with artificial grass and enclosed by a wood fence. There is room to park two cars in the driveway.
Taxes: $17,472 (estimated)
Contact: Jennifer Rosdail, KW Advisors, 415-269-4663; jenniferrosdail.com
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