Colorado Springs, Col. | $450,000
An 1898 Craftsman bungalow, on 0.2 acres
This three-bedroom, one-bathroom house is a five-minute drive from downtown Colorado Springs and from the Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center. A city park with a playground is a 10-minute walk, as are public elementary and middle schools. Colorado College, a liberal arts school with around 2,200 undergraduate students, is about a mile away, as is Monument Valley Park and its walking and biking trails along the banks of Monument Creek.
Reaching Denver takes an hour by car, and Boulder takes 90 minutes. The ski resorts of Breckenridge, Aspen and Vail are less than a three-hour drive.
Size: 1,762 square feet
Price per square foot: $255
Indoors: A path from the sidewalk leads to this home’s stone front porch and the door opens to the living room. Here, stairs continue up to the second floor and windows replaced in 2020 face the street. Dark hardwood floors run into the dining room, which has a ceiling fan and its own new windows. Next is the kitchen, which has a stainless steel induction range and a built-in microwave, as well as a stacked washer and dryer.
Also on this level is a room facing the backyard that could be used as a home office, and the primary bedroom, which has a built-in bookcase and a closet with shelving. The bathroom is attached, with a white porcelain pedestal sink and a combined tub and shower.
At the top of the staircase, which has its original wood balusters, are two more bedrooms, with hardwood floors and angled ceilings. Both have backyard-facing windows.
Outdoor space: The backyard is flat, with space for a garden or a play area. The wood fence enclosing the yard is new, and a detached garage has a workshop and holds one car.
Taxes: $1,643 (estimated)
Contact: Brittany Harrison, LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, 719-387-1428
Savannah, Ga. | $450,000
A 1972 ranch house, on 0.6 acres
This three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom house is in a quiet neighborhood near the Vernon River, with a community dock and a playground within walking distance. The roof and HVAC systems are new, and the landscaping includes fruit trees, hydrangeas and azaleas. Within a 10-minute drive are a mall, a grocery store and the Savannah Botanical Gardens. Downtown Savannah is less than half an hour by car.
Driving to the beaches on Tybee Island takes around 40 minutes, and both Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., take less than three hours.
Size: 1,566 square feet
Price per square foot: $287
Indoors: This house is set behind a large grassy lawn, shaded by several mature Southern live oak trees.
The front door opens to a living room with built-in bookcases and walls are painted dove gray with white trim. The sellers removed a wall from this area to open it to the kitchen and breakfast area.
The kitchen has shiplap accents and a center island with a wood counter and built-in storage. Appliances include a wall oven and an induction cooktop, and tiles set in a herringbone pattern forming a backsplash. The breakfast area has a window into the screened-in porch. Adjacent to the living room is a sunny formal dining room, with more shiplap trim and doors to the backyard. A laundry room nearby has a side-by-side washer and dryer.
To the right of the foyer is a hallway that links all three bedrooms. The primary bedroom has a ceiling fan and a six-over-six window with views of oak trees outside. A half bathroom is attached, with a long wood counter and a sink with brass hardware.
The other bedrooms are of similar size, one with a ceiling fan and the other with two sconces. The home’s full bathroom has a combined tub and shower, and above white tile is a mural by a local artist, Julia McGahee, depicting a marsh scene in shades of blue and white.
Outdoor space: An attached screened-in porch opens to a backyard with a paved patio on one side and a gated garden with pea gravel and raised wood planters on the other. There’s also a fire pit and an antique farmhouse sink used as a washing station. The driveway fits six cars.
Taxes: $1,320 (estimated)
Contact: Brooke Powell, Ashley Brooke Properties, Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners, 912-272-7575
Minneapolis, Minn. | $460,000
A Queen Anne Revival townhouse built in 1903
This three-bathroom, one-and-a-half bathroom, semidetached townhouse is in Marcy-Holmes, a southeast Minneapolis neighborhood abutting the Mississippi River. The waterfront is a few blocks away, lined with green space, trails and restaurants. Holmes Park, which has public tennis courts, is a five-minute walk, and a stretch of Hennepin Avenue lined with bars, a cheese shop, and a running store, is 10 minutes away on foot.
University of Minnesota—Twin Cities is a 10-minute drive, as is the Target Center, home of the N.B.A.’s Minnesota Timberwolves. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is 20 minutes by car.
Size: 1,700 square feet
Price per square foot: $271
Indoors: A paved path leads from the sidewalk to this two-unit building, each unit having a bright yellow door beneath an original transom window. This unit is on the right and opens to a foyer with hardwood floors. The living room comes next, with a street-facing bay window. A white cast-iron gas stove sits in one corner, and through a set of tall wood doors is the dining room, brightened by two large windows.
The updated kitchen is on the other side of the dining room, where the seller added a white farmhouse-style sink and gray cabinets, new stainless steel appliances and pendant lights. A powder room is off the dining room, and a mudroom with built-in storage is behind the kitchen.
All three bedrooms are upstairs, and the primary bedroom faces the street. It has light blue walls, its own bay window and two closets. A bedroom next door and another at the far end of the hall are large enough for queen-size beds. The bathroom, also off the hall, has a double vanity and a combined tub and shower with white subway tile. A side-by-side washer and dryer are in the unfinished basement.
Outdoor space: The backyard, framed by mature trees, is shared by residents of both units, and each unit has its own two-car garage.
Taxes: $4,224 (estimated)
Contact: Aimee LaPerle, BRIX Real Estate, 612-616-4789
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