A house in-built 1892 has hit the market in San Antonio’s historic Monte Vista neighborhood, and it comes with a number of quirky, historic appeal for a $695,000 price ticket.
As one of many oldest buildings within the neighborhood, the four-bedroom, three-bath residence is a time capsule of the Victorian age wherein it was constructed.
All through the single-story construction, excessive ceilings and elaborate transoms provide an previous type of temperature regulation that predates air con. Additional old-timey temperature regulation comes within the type of twin fireplaces in the lounge.
Since lightbulbs weren’t but frequent in properties, 7-foot home windows bathe the house in pure mild as one other charming — and sensible — historic element.
The lounge additionally has a window-lined “bump out” protruding from the entrance of the home. This design in Victorian properties was usually to accommodate a casket for house funerals and prolonged viewings, since family members incessantly took some time to reach by carriage.
One would hope {that a} home this previous would have not less than one clawfoot bathtub, and you’d be proper — it’s positioned within the main lavatory. Nonetheless, the secondary lavatory is up to date with a separate walk-in bathe and a Japanese soaking tub, for a stunning contact of the fashionable.
Maybe one of many quirkiest particulars of the property isn’t even positioned in the principle home however above the two-car storage. There, a three-room “treehouse condo” has a second-story deck “perched within the tree cover,” as its itemizing states, which may present separate dwelling quarters or a short- or long-term rental.
This house is listed by Edward Alanis with Keller Williams Realty.All images and itemizing data through Realtor.com.
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This text seems in Oct. 2-15.
