Tuesday Under Two Hundred: a Masterpiece in the Meadows

This is a go out and grab-her! 7156 Blairview, listed with Richard Mirkes Real Estate. Yes, it’s down the street from 7217 Blairview, the tragic home of late Virginia Cook Realtor Jeanmarie Geis. Gonna be perfectly frank: she needs a little work. But really, tell me where you are going to find a home this adorable — look at that front with those columns, picture the holiday lights! — on .27 acres with this square footage for less? Her bones are fabulous! Reduced from $299,000 to $275,000, you get 2220 square feet in the leafy Meadows area near Walnut Hill west of Central… close to where a Trader Joe’s is rumored to be coming. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, formals, and attached two car garage with bonus room.

Where to begin the remodel? Most of the wallpaper and those incongruent, bright walls have to go bye bye, and let’s lose the cheesy lights in the bathrooms and, in fact, everywhere. Rip out that carpet (carpet, terrazzo and vinyl ugh ugh) and get some real wood — the home is pier and beam. I think that fireplace in the living room has hope. The kitchen, oh yes, the kitchen. Maybe the turkey explodes?

I don’t want to be mean, because while this house needs to be brought into the 21st Century, it is very easy to do. Have a little vision, folks. She’s really a swan.

PS: This house was selected by my daughter, Cassie Evans Decker, who is avidly house-hunting and soon to author her own CandysDirt feature called Cassie’s Choices: great house finds under $500,000. Get ready: the first wave of First Time home buyers are chomping at the bit to unleash those homes and move on up into their second nest.