House of the week: A three-bedroom townhouse in Germantown for $399,000
The three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath townhouse has been updated, including a renovated kitchen, refinished floors, and a greenhouse.
For Kat and Kyle Psulkowski, their house in Germantown was hardly an impulse buy.
Kyle said that altogether they looked at 86 houses, mostly in Northwest Philadelphia, in about a month and a half in 2017 before making a decision.
“We loved the history of Germantown, the diversity, how green the neighborhood is,” said Kyle.
The couple are art teachers by training, although Kyle is starting a gardening business and installed a greenhouse on the property. Kat teaches at a private school.
They had been renting in Kensington before buying the three-bedroom, 2½-bath townhouse. But now they are moving to Roxborough with their year-old son to have more space.
The Germantown house, built in 1900, has an open floor plan.
The living room has a log fireplace with a wood mantel, and the hardwood floors on the first and second levels were sanded and refinished using lambswool.
The kitchen was fully renovated in 2020 with 42-inch espresso Shaker-style cabinets and stainless steel appliances, including a range, microwave, and dishwasher. The first floor also has a powder room.
The bedrooms are on the second floor, with two full bathrooms.
The basement has a laundry room and two finished rooms that can serve as extra bedrooms or home office space.
There is a covered front porch, and the private patio has raised garden beds and the greenhouse.
The Upsal Regional Rail station is just a few blocks away, and the Wissahickon Valley, with its scenic beauty and variety of outdoor activities, is readily accessible.
Total square footage is 1,760.
The house is listed by Rob Lamb of Compass Real Estate for $399,000.