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New Bedford, Mass. | $299,000
An 1876 clapboard cottage with two bedrooms and two bathrooms on a 0.05-acre lot
New Bedford is a coastal city of about 95,000 that was a 19th-century whaling capital. This house, in the downtown County Street Historic District, has easy access to stores, restaurants, bars, tea shops and bakeries. The New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, a 13-block district that commemorates the area’s maritime heritage, is less than a mile east. Just beyond that is the Acushnet River, where ferry terminals provide service to Nantucket and other destinations. Buttonwood Park, a 97-acre park with a zoo, is less than a mile west.
Size: 1,124 square feet
Price per square foot: $266
Indoors: The house was recently modernized, with a new kitchen and bathrooms, vinyl flooring that resembles wood planks and a layout that opens up the main level from front to back. The foyer now flows into the living room on either side of a chimney that includes a rear-facing, wood-burning fireplace.
The open kitchen was rebuilt at the other end, with white Shaker-style cabinets, granite counters and a pair of industrial-style stainless steel pendant lamps hanging over a peninsula with bar seating.
Beyond the kitchen are a bedroom with a wide closet and a hall bathroom with a glass-enclosed shower, a marble-topped vanity and Moroccan-patterned cement floor tiles.
The renovated upper floor is a skylighted space that is partially divided by the chimney. It extends from the front, where there is a distinctively large, round window, to the back, ending in a bathroom with a combined tub and shower and ceramic floor tiles.
Outdoor space: The new roof includes solar panels that produce revenue-generating electricity. A white picket fence forms part of the enclosure of a side and rear lawn. A driveway on the other side of the house parks two cars.
Taxes: $3,390 (2020)
Contact: Team ROSO, Re/Max Vantage, 508-951-4104; remax.com
Cincinnati | $299,900
A two-bedroom, one-bathroom condo in an 1890 three-story brick building
At the turn of the 20th century, this building was a police precinct in what was then a German working-class neighborhood called Over-the-Rhine (because it was separated by a canal from downtown Cincinnati, just to the south). A hundred years later, the neighborhood erupted in protests after numerous instances of police brutality against its largely Black community culminated in the 2001 shooting death of an unarmed Black teenager named Timothy Thomas. OTR, as the area is known, has since undergone substantial redevelopment.
This property was converted to condos three years ago. It is a block west of Vine Street, which has numerous shops, restaurants and bars, and less than a mile northwest of Kroger on the Rhine, an 18-month-old concept supermarket with a food court. West End Stadium, the soon-to-open home of the FC Cincinnati soccer club, is half a mile away.
Size: 886 square feet
Price per square foot: $338
Indoors: This unit is on the second floor. The loft-like living-and-dining space includes a white-painted brick exterior wall, hardwood floors, an exposed duct and an arched window (as well as a couple of rectangular ones). White cabinets with granite countertops line a wall of the open kitchen. The stainless steel appliances include a wine refrigerator. A sliding barn door reveals a pantry.
Both bedrooms have hardwood floors, ample closets, recessed lighting and ceiling fans. The bathroom’s black hexagonal floor tile continues into the large, glass-enclosed shower; the granite-topped, dark-wood vanity resembles the kitchen island. A hallway closet holds a stacked washer and dryer. Additional storage is in the basement.
Outdoor space: The property is three blocks from Washington Park, which in non-pandemic times offers public markets, live music and outdoor fitness classes. There is dedicated street parking outside the building for residents who hold low-cost permits.
Taxes: $1,496 a year (with abatements in effect until 2028); Homeowners’ Association Dues: $270 a month
Contact: Johnson Real Estate Group, Cutler Real Estate, 513-240-2027; cutlerhomes.com
Winston-Salem, N.C. | $250,000
A 1987 Cape Cod-style house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.37-acre lot
This home is in the Harrison Estates subdivision, less than five miles west of downtown Winston-Salem, with its 330-acre Innovation Quarter devoted to research in science and technology, and Old Salem Museums & Gardens, a complex of historic sites celebrating the racial and cultural diversity of the American South. Two local hospitals attract health professionals to the neighborhood. Wake Forest University is four miles north.
Size: 1,681 square feet
Price per square foot: $149
Indoors: Formerly a two-bedroom home, this house was renovated by the sellers to create a third bedroom in an upper loft space. The roof was replaced in 2014 and the furnace updated in 2019.
The living room has narrow-plank hardwood floors, a vaulted ceiling with exposed wood beams and a fireplace with gas logs. French doors open to a patio, and a matching set in the adjacent dining room leads out to a covered porch. The eat-in kitchen has white Shaker-style cabinets, glass subway tile and ceramic floor tile. A pantry is on either side of the entrance from the dining room.
The main-level bedroom has built-in cabinets, a double-doored closet and windows with folding shutters. It is next to a hall bathroom that was renovated in the last decade with a glass-enclosed shower and a marble-topped vanity.
The second-floor landing is lofted over the living room. The two bedrooms have hardwood floors and abundant light; they share a bathroom with a claw-foot tub with hand-held sprayer. Bedroom No. 3 includes a skylight and a wall of open shelving built up to the ceiling.
Outdoor space: The patio is paved in brick, and the covered back porch includes a latticed wall. Both overlook a large, fenced backyard studded with tall trees.
Taxes: $2,642 (2020)
Contact: Chase Arredondo, Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate, 336-865-1505; lrbrealestate.com
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