WHAT: A four-bedroom three-bath house and a guesthouse HOW MUCH: $799,000 SIZE: 3,373 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $236.88 SETTING: This house is on a corner lot a block from both the Mississippi River and the 290-acre Audubon Park, one of the largest in the city. The neighborhood, Upper Audubon, was developed after 1884, when New Orleans played host to the World’s Fair. Audubon is a section of Uptown, a mixed-use part of the city known for its 19th-century architecture, the mansions of St. Charles Avenue, and shopping districts like Magazine Street, which is lined for several miles with cafes, restaurants, bars and boutiques. INDOORS: This single-story structure was built in the 1880s as the office for a tugboat company working on the Mississippi. Many of the rooms have original oak floors; others, hundred-year-old red cherry pine. Additional original features include crown molding, French doors and plaster ceiling medallions. Common areas are clustered to the right of the foyer, and include a living room with a fireplace and built-in cypress bookcases, a formal dining room and a kitchen. Both the living room and kitchen open to a screened-in porch with a ceiling fan. The master bedroom, which has a hickory pecan floor with a mahogany stain, opens through French doors to a deck. (The porch and deck space totals about 570 square feet.) The guest apartment, over the garage, rents for $850 a month. The garage also has a studio, with a toilet and sink. OUTDOOR SPACE: The house is on a quarter of an acre, with landscaped gardens in back. TAXES: $11,313.27 a year CONTACT: Ann de Montluzin, de Montluzin Investments Realtors (504) 895-1493; demontluzinrealtors.com ‧ PHILADELPHIA WHAT: A three-bedroom two-bath house HOW MUCH: $795,000 SIZE: 2,032 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $391.24 SETTING: This house is in Fitler Square, a neighborhood of low-lying apartment buildings, row houses and a handful of small businesses on the Schuylkill, at the western end of Center City. The river — two blocks from the house — has a jogging and biking path; there’s also a city park and a footbridge that leads to the University of Pennsylvania. Rittenhouse Square, a comparatively dense neighborhood a few blocks east, is known for its high-rises and restaurants. INDOORS: Dating from 1913, this three-story building has been used as a boardinghouse and a corner store, and was last renovated within the last year. The first floor has a sunken living room, a dining area and a kitchen with an exposed stone wall and stainless-steel appliances. Two of the bedrooms are on the second floor, up a staircase with an exposed brick wall on one side. The second-floor bathroom has a soaking tub and a porthole window. A loftlike bedroom suite with wood-paneled ceilings, skylights and a wet bar takes up the third floor. It opens to a roof deck with treetop city views. The property has its own parking space. OUTDOOR SPACE: A roof deck. TAXES: $4,875 a year CONTACT: Melanie Stecura, Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty (917) 757-4309; kurfiss.com ‧ MILLCREEK, UTAH WHAT: A six-bedroom three-and-a-half-bath Tudor HOW MUCH: $799,000 SIZE: 4,210 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $189.78 SETTING: This house is in Millcreek, a suburban community of 62,000 residents about 15 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City. Many of the surrounding houses are ranch-style; others date back to the 1930s. Public elementary, junior high and high schools are all within a mile. Skiing in Park City — at the Canyons Resort, Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort — is within a 40-minute drive; the base of the Wasatch Range and Wasatch national forest are about 10 minutes away. INDOORS: This Tudor-style house was built in 1978, incorporating details like exposed ceiling beams and raised-panel wainscoting. Off the foyer, there’s a living room, followed by a den with a wood-burning fireplace. The den has French doors that open to an 800-square-foot ipe-wood deck. The adjoining kitchen — part of a long, open room — has granite countertops and appliances installed within the last five years, including a Wolf range, and a dining area with a built-in bench seat. Bathrooms were also renovated within the past five years and feature stone and marble tiles designed by Walker Zanger. One bedroom is on the main floor; four others, including the master, are on the second floor. On the second-floor landing is a recessed reading nook the size of an armchair, surrounded by built-in bookcases. One bedroom, on the third floor, is used as an office, with built-in shelves and several skylights. The basement s finished, and has a recreation room and a second kitchen. The property has an attached two-car garage and a separate one-car garage with a second story that has plumbing and electricity. OUTDOOR SPACE: A a terraced yard with a children’s playhouse, also Tudor in style. TAXES: $5,316 a year CONTACT: Carolyn Kirkham, Kirkham Real Estate (801) 450-0800; kirkhamre.com
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