1616 Walker Avenue is just a couple of doors down from Aycock Street. It is an attractive home built in 1922. Just think, it will be 100 in five years! It is over 2,100 square feet with four bedrooms. It sold in 2015 and, according to online real estate sites, it has almost doubled in value since the sale. Perhaps updates and renovations have been done. It does, however, also reflect the trend for historic homes close to town to hold their value.
Just yesterday, Preservation Greensboro shared an article about eight classic homes that have sold above market value this year,* attributing the robust sales to home buyers valuing the history, aesthetic, and convenience of these homes in historic neighborhoods. The website gsohistorichomes.com maintains listings of pre-1940s properties available in the area. This service has to help in generating interest as the trend today is for consumers to do considerable online research before making purchases.
Wouldn't you love to sit on this porch to people watch and to talk to neighbors as they walked by? You might even invite them to join you to attend the free National Folk Festival, being held in downtown Greensboro this weekend, a mere couple of miles from 1616 Walker!
Appropriate in black and white!
Posted by: William Kendall | Friday, September 08, 2017 at 11:27 AM