Montpelier $ 295,000

Under Contract

This property was marked Under Contract on Apr 9, 2021

Gem of a house & land in a lovely neighborhood in Vermont’s delightful capital


PROPERTY ADDRESS

4 College St Montpelier, VT

Cozy 1910 house, located on a large corner lot in the highly desirable neighborhood of College Hill in Montpelier. A home with historic charm remodeled to meet 21st century tastes and needs.

Simple, clever New England design makes the most of its roughly 1100 sf. The ground floor provides a circular flow from the front entry through a short mudroom hallway into the spacious kitchen and adjacent dining room, which opens into the sunlit living room that leads back to the front entry.

Completely remodeled kitchen: Vermont granite counters lit by under-cabinet LEDs; GE Profile double-oven gas range and 3-speed hood; Shaker-style ceiling-height maple cabinets; KitchenAid dishwasher; large porcelain sinks; elegant, back-friendly cork floor.

The rest of the house reflects its turn-of-the-century origins: simple plank flooring; New England-style interior door and window trim; energy-efficient, economical wood pellet stove that heats the entire house (and Rinnai propane back-up heater for when you travel).

On the second floor, four rooms feed directly off a small, efficient stairway landing: sunny master bedroom; wool-carpeted second bedroom; small third bedroom that could be a child’s room or a home office; and bathroom. Unlike many old New England homes, each of the bedrooms has a closet!

552sf dry-as-a-bone, pest-free, concrete-floor basement provides abundant storage space of every kind (even books); and a meticulously maintained front-load washer and electric dryer.

There is a 3-season back porch, which is delightfully and entirely usable during warm weather, but it needs repair or replacement of some windows and steps to the outside. Alternatively, if the new owners wish to build an extension to the house (e.g., for a downstairs bathroom), they would tear down the porch to accommodate the new construction.


Lot features a number of discrete gardening spaces as well as plenty of flat area for outdoor eating, grilling, croquet, etc. The property is beautifully landscaped: the 3+ car driveway is lined with native plants that come into bloom sequentially from spring through autumn. Boxed planters along the side of the house are home to annual herbs and flowers. The front yard has been relandscaped with daffodils, peonies, irises, and moss phlox; the side of one hill is covered with daylilies and the floor of the flowering crabapple tree features lilies of the valley.

At just $295,000, this house is competitively priced in a neighborhood with very few homes available under $300,000. There is an additional opportunity to buy the adjacent 6000sf developable lot for the owners to use as they wish (e.g., gardening, orchard, lawn, wildflower field, etc.) or as an investment to develop (themselves or sell to a developer) for much-needed Montpelier housing. The asking price for the total package of the house and additional lot is $375,000.

Basic Features
  • Square Footage (finished space) 1080 SF
  • Bedrooms 3
  • Baths 1

Additional Features
  • Special Features: Acreage, Energy Efficient (blown-in Insulation Throughout); New Architectural Shingle Roof; Newly-stained Cedar Shingle Siding; Engineered Drainage System, On 5200sf Lot (optional Adjoining 6000sf Lot), Screened In Porch
  • Flooring: Carpet, Hardwood, Tile, Wide Pine
  • Garage: 3+ Car Driveway
  • Basement: Full Concrete Flooring, Partially Finished
  • Heating Sources: Pellet Stove With Rinnai Propane Back-up
  • Property Type: Single Family
Property ID: #11403