Castine, Maine | $550,000
A 1909 cottage with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 2.1-acre lot
This property is in a town that is home to about 1,300 full-time residents and the Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year college from which many students go on to join the United States merchant marine. It is about five minutes from several small inns and waterfront restaurants, a pub, two grocery stores and Wadsworth Cove Beach. Hatch Cove Preserve, a popular spot for bird-watching, is also nearby.
Bangor is about an hour away. Driving to Augusta takes less than two hours. Portland is about a two-and-a-half-hour drive.
Size: 1,344 square feet
Price per square foot: $409
Indoors: A low stone wall separates the front yard from the street, and a path leads to the main entrance in the center of the pink facade.
The front door opens into a living room with hardwood floors, windows facing the front and rear yards, and glass doors that open to a deck. To the right is a family room with a fireplace and built-in shelves.
To the left is an updated kitchen with quartz countertops and open shelving. The adjacent dining area has more glass doors that open to a screened porch, used by the sellers for entertaining during the spring, summer and fall.
One bedroom is on this level, off the family room. It has the use of a full bathroom that connects to the dining area.
The primary bedroom is upstairs, reached by stairs between the kitchen and living room. It overlooks the garden and has a walk-in closet and an en suite bathroom with radiant-heated floors, a soaking tub and a walk-in shower with a skylight overhead.
Outdoor space: Behind the house is a gravel patio big enough for a dining table and a grill, surrounded by mature trees. Raised garden beds enclosed by a wire fence are a few steps away. There is room to park one car in the driveway. The property includes an electric vehicle charger and a whole-house generator.
Taxes: $1,249 (estimated)
Contact: Jennifer Guay, Two Rivers Realty, 207-505-1850; abovemeaerialimagery.hd.pics
Washington | $560,000
A one-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op apartment in a Beaux-Arts building
This apartment is in the Altamont, a building designed by Arthur B. Heaton, an architect responsible for a number of apartment buildings and single-family homes in the Woodley Park, Cleveland Park and Kalorama neighborhoods. The building is about a block from Kalorama Park, in the Kalorama Triangle Historic District.
It is about a five-minute walk from the bars and restaurants in the Adams Morgan neighborhood, and 20 minutes from Dupont Circle. The Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station, on the Metro Red Line, is a 15-minute walk or 10-minute bus ride. The White House is 20 minutes away by bus. Driving to Bethesda, Md., takes about half an hour.
Size: 904 square feet
Price per square foot: $619
Indoors: The apartment’s front door opens into a living-and-dining room with pine floors, high ceilings and access to a cozy den that currently holds a small desk and a daybed, so it doubles as a home office and guest room.
The dining area is brightening by the large skylight at the center of the apartment. Directly behind it is a kitchen with white cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and a mirrored backsplash.
The bedroom is off the dining area, with sloped ceilings and a wall of built-in storage space. Nearby is a full bathroom with a glass-walled shower and, in a separate room, a toilet and side-by-side washer and dryer.
The apartment has central air-conditioning.
Outdoor space: The building has an attended lobby and a reception room with painted ceilings. Residents also have access to a large roof deck with sweeping views of the city. Parking spots are available to buy or rent.
Taxes: The $743 monthly homeowner association fee includes property taxes.
Contact: Sammy Dweck, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, 202-716-0400; sothebysrealty.com
Louisville, Ky. | $550,000
A circa-1900 house with five bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot
This house is in Old Louisville, where the streets have paved sidewalks and landscaped median strips shaded by mature trees. It is within walking distance of Old Louisville Brewery, several coffee shops, a pub that opened in the 1930s, a music store and Central Park, a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed square with an amphitheater, a playground and tennis courts.
Downtown and the attractions along the Ohio River are 10 minutes away by car. Driving to Lexington takes about an about ninety minutes. Cincinnati and Indianapolis are less than two hours away.
Size: 3,284 square feet
Price per square foot: $167
Indoors: Concrete steps flanked by wrought-iron handrails lead up from the sidewalk to a small covered porch. The glass front doors open into a foyer with hardwood floors and a staircase to the upper levels.
The hardwood floors continue to the left, into a living room with a crystal chandelier, a fireplace set off by a charcoal accent wall and French doors that open to a dining room with another fireplace and crystal chandelier.
A butler’s pantry with built-in shelving and access to a powder room links the dining room to an updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, an island topped by butcher block and a door to a brick patio behind the house. On the other side of the kitchen is a family room with tile floors and a fireplace with a carved-stone surround.
Three bedrooms are on the second floor. The primary bedroom has another fireplace and enough space for a king-size bed. Across the hall are two more bedrooms, one set up as a den. All three share an updated bathroom with a glass-walled shower and a claw-foot soaking tub.
Two more bedrooms are on the third floor. They share a full bathroom with a combined tub and shower.
Outdoor space: The patio off the kitchen is enclosed by a wood fence and big enough to hold a table and chairs.
Taxes: $5,844 (estimated)
Contact: Derek Inghram and Diego Araujo do Nascimento, Housing Associates, 502-386-3895; happyclienthappyagent.com
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