March 14, 2012

Seventh Street between Chestnut Avenue and Benton Boulevard is a wide street lined with old growth trees and substantial houses built when Independence Boulevard was the capstone of urban boulevards. This week we feature a much modified post-Victorian home at 3014 E. 7th that’s been partially rehabbed inside and out.

This three bedroom, 2.5 bath home features a full front porch and large rooms on the first floor, including a formal living and dining room. Other features include a gas-fed fireplace with original mantle and a large bay window in the spacious dining room. The kitchen features new cabinets and countertops along with a non-stick pergo style floor. A half-bath has been tucked into an alcove in the back of the dining room for added convenience.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The bedrooms are extremely spacious for a home of this vintage and the sitting room in the front bedroom has been converted into a third bathroom.

Mechanically, the home has been updated with newer electrical and plumbing, a first floor laundry room with full hook-ups and an off-street parking area in back off the public alley. Throw in a full basement and a newer composition roof and you’ve got a darn fine home for a very modest $44,950.

If you’d like an exclusive showing of this lovely Independence Plaza home, call Bill or Jim Lawless: (816) 241-0765 at Northeast Realty today. You’ll be glad you did.  

– Michael Bushnell