$550,000 Homes in New York, Ohio and New Jersey
Grand Gorge, NY | $550,000
A 2021 A-frame cabin with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 1.8 acre lot
This home is five minutes from Prattsville, a Greene County town with a restaurant, tavern and grocery store, and a 10-minute drive from a number of hiking and biking trails in the Catskill Mountains. Hunter Mountain, a popular ski area, is 20 minutes away. The city of Catskill, on the banks of the Hudson River, is a 45-minute drive away.
Driving to Hudson or Cooperstown, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, takes about an hour. Albany is about an hour and 15 minutes’ drive away. New York City is a three-hour drive away. Rochester is less than a four-hour drive away.
Mate: 1,700 square meters
Price per square meter: $324
Inside: A wooden staircase leads from the garden to a small terrace at the main entrance.
The front door opens into a living room with hardwood floors, a spiral staircase to the floor above and a large window overlooking mature trees.
This space is open to a dining area and kitchen with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, custom cabinetry painted forest green, and sliding glass doors that provide access to the back deck.
On this level there are two bedrooms, at the end of a corridor extending from the living room. One has a patterned yellow accent wall; it has the use of a full bathroom with a bath and a shower finished in dark green tiles. The other has its own outside entrance and the use of another full bathroom.
The second floor is configured as a large primary suite with a loft-style sitting area, large windows with expansive views, and a windowed bathroom with a shower lined with white tiles.
A side-by-side washer and dryer are located in the finished basement, currently used as a study and recreation room.
Outdoor area: The backyard has a wooden terrace with enough space for a table and chairs or a hot tub. The detached garage offers space for one car.
Taxes: $1,566 (estimated)
Contact: Angelica Ferguson and Lexi Mickle, Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty, 917-767-7705; sothebysrealty.com
Columbus, OH | $559,999
A newly renovated 1915 bungalow with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.2 acre plot
Located in the Clintonville neighborhood, this home is a few blocks from a public library, a Kroger supermarket, a vegan restaurant, and a donut shop, and about a five-minute drive from the main campus of The Ohio State University. It is less than a mile from Columbus Park of Roses, one of the nation’s largest public rose gardens, in Whetstone Park.
The Ohio Statehouse and Columbus Museum of Art are 10 minutes away, in downtown Columbus. Driving to Cincinnati takes less than two hours. Cleveland is two and a half hours away.
Mate: 1,669 square meters
Price per square meter: $336
Inside: A paved path runs across the front garden and leads to a wide veranda surrounded by white-painted wooden balustrades.
The front door opens into a living room with a fireplace and several windows overlooking the veranda. Through a wide doorway you reach a dining room with windows and white-painted wooden paneling. A breakfast bar separates this space from a kitchen with new stainless steel appliances, leather granite countertops, a built-in bench and a glass door that opens to the backyard.
The 1 bedroom suite is located on this level, next to the dining room. The bedroom is large enough for a queen bed and desk; the bathroom has a double sink and a walk-in shower.
Upstairs there are three more bedrooms, accessible via a staircase in the kitchen. They share a renovated bathroom with a combined bath and shower.
Outdoor area: The backyard is enclosed by a wooden fence and has a terrace. The detached garage offers space for two cars.
Wenonah, NJ | $550,000
A 1911 house with five bedrooms and three bathrooms, on 0.3 hectares
Wenonah, a neighborhood in Gloucester County about a half-hour drive from Center City Philadelphia, was founded in the early 1870s as a refuge for city residents who appreciated its proximity to Mantua Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River .
This home is within walking distance of a public elementary school, a public library, and Tall Pines State Preserve, a 250-acre nature preserve on the site of a former golf course. Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May and other towns along the Jersey Shore are less than 90 minutes away.
Mate: 2,839 square meters
Price per square meter: $194
Inside: The house is located a little further from the street, behind a manicured lawn.
To the left of the entrance is a living room with original hardwood floors, diamond-paned windows and a gas fireplace with marble surround and an original wooden mantel.
The hardwood floors lead through French doors to a dining room with an antique hanging lamp. This space connects to a kitchen with copper sink and a large center island with granite countertops.
A home office and family room with fireplace and bar are located down a hallway extending from the dining room. A diamond-paned bedroom with en suite bathroom is also located in this part of the house.
On the second floor there are three more bedrooms, accessible via a staircase in the living room. They share a bathroom with a combined bath and shower.
The third floor is set up as a primary suite, with a bedroom large enough for a king-size bed, a separate sitting area, and a bathroom with a deep soaking tub and walk-in shower.
Outdoor area: Behind the house there is a wooden terrace where you can eat outside when the weather is nice. There are steps down to a stone terrace large enough for lounge furniture. The backyard behind it is landscaped with grass. The detached garage offers space for two cars.
Taxes: $13,812 (estimated)
Contact: Mark Honabach, Weichert, 856-227-1950; weichert.com
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