House of the week: A two-bedroom townhouse in Bella Vista for $499,000
The house is in the Meredith School catchment and has easy access to Palumbo Park.
David Pastuna and Cassondra Zitani had been living in Northern Liberties for two years when Pastuna’s acceptance to medical school in Maine drew the couple north.
Both are New Jersey natives, so Pastuna said they eventually wanted to return to Philadelphia and live in an area that was slower-paced than Center City but close enough to enjoy it.
In 2022, Pastuna got a general surgery residency at Virtua Health in New Jersey, so he and Zitani, a nurse at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, bought a two-bedroom, 2½-bathroom house on a tree-lined street in Bella Vista, where they moved with their year-old son.
“It was perfect, felt almost like a suburb,” Pastuna said. “And we loved the Eagles.“
Now, they are looking for more space for their family.
The Bella Vista home, which has over 1,000 square feet of living space, dates to the mid-19th century but was renovated in the 1970s and early 1980s with facades and interiors reconstructed.
When Pastuna and Zitani moved in, they updated the kitchen and dining area with stainless steel appliances and added a first-floor powder room.
The primary bedroom is on the second floor. The third floor has a second bedroom, full bathroom, and a storage area.
Both the second and third floors have decks with skyline views. There is a covered backyard under the second-floor deck.
A partially finished basement has a washer/dryer.
The house is in the Meredith School catchment area and has easy access to Palumbo Park, Angelo’s Pizzeria, and South Street.
It is listed by Mitchel Mullen of KW Empower for $499,000.