A five-bedroom, 4,927-square-foot house in Andersonville, designed by architectural firm Hall, Lawrence and Ratcliffe, sold Feb. 18 for $1.25 million.
Built in 1934, the brick house sits on a triple-wide city lot on a wide, tree-lined street. Its hardware features include deep-sill window frames, hardwood floors, copper gutters, a clay tile roof, seven Velux skylights and sandstone door surrounds.
Inside, it has 3 1/2 baths, two fireplaces, a polished marble vestibule, a kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances and an au pair suite.
The house first was listed in January 2019 for just under $1.5 million. It then was reduced to just over $1.4 million in March 2019, to just under $1.4 million in April 2019 and to $1.35 million in January.
Despite the cuts, the seller still sold the house for much more than the $635,000 that he paid for it in 2002. Listing agent Chris Vernald of Urban Real Estate said the seller invested a good bit in the home, updating wiring, heating and plumbing, while also working to preserve the home’s vintage feel.
“The house needed a lot of work when (the seller) bought it, and he wanted to make sure that he kept the original structure in the same format,” Vernald said. “He didn’t want to divert from that.
“In terms of the sale price, he also got lucky, because Andersonville then was not Andersonville today — it was great for him that Andersonville developed the way that it did.”
Vernald said the house has good bones, with its brick and its foundation in good condition.
“There’s a lot of light in the home, and the flow is amazing,” Vernald noted. “It also has large bedrooms and rooms in general, and the crown molding detail and clay tile roof with copper gutters set the place apart.”
Public records do not yet identify the buyers.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance writer.
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