House of the week: A three-story Victorian in Delaware County for $524,900
The "fixer-upper” has undergone renovations including a new roof and paved outdoor areas.
Her Victorian house was “a total fixer-upper” when she bought it in 2012, said Naomi Ram, but in the years since then it has been a haven for her and family members while undergoing almost total renovation.
“We saw a real chance to make it our own,” said Ram, a dentist.
“My niece has had all her parties at poolside,” she said, to cite one example. “and my whole family has enjoyed it at some point.”
And the house’s closeness to the Norwood stop on the Wilmington-Newark Regional Rail line made her commute to her Center City office easy.
But now that she no longer commutes, Ram is moving back to King of Prussia, where she lived before buying the four-bedroom, five-bath house.
The three-story house was built in 1910 and has 3,742 square feet.
The first floor has an enclosed front porch and a large foyer with custom trim work, a formal dining room with wainscoting, and crown molding. The primary bedroom is also on the first floor.
The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, a breakfast nook, and sliders to the rear deck.
The second floor has two bedrooms and a family room, with the fourth bedroom on the third floor with an en suite bath and a sitting room.
There is a fenced-in backyard with an inground saltwater pool, a pool house, a paver patio, and a detached two-bay garage with electric, HVAC, and a full bath.
Earlier renovations include new paint and a new roof; more recent include a large, paved driveway.
The house is convenient to I-95 and Philadelphia International Airport.
It is listed by Pete McGuinn of RE/MAX Main Line-West Chester for $524,900.