305 W German Street

Description

Welcome to this exquisite (c. 1835) home which is perfect for comfortable living and elegant entertaining with its spacious high-ceilinged rooms and its beautifully landscaped garden. Located in historic Shepherdstown, it+GGs within two blocks to restaurants, music & shops, and just blocks away from boating on the Potomac River or bicycling on the C&O Canal. The house with its pre-Civil War charm has been renovated with the modern conveniences of central air, closet space, off street parking, and upgraded bathrooms and kitchen. The house even has a powder room on the ground floor. The home features hardwood floors, fireplaces, skylights, washer/dryers on two levels, and window treatments, chandeliers & art lighting that convey. It has been made handicap accessible with an outside lift, stair railing, and bath bars. The house has four bedrooms, three full baths, and two half baths. BONUS: The ground floor has a separately metered one-bedroom apartment with a separate entrance that can be used for rentals or as an in-law suite, previously rented at $1,200 which would pay Principal and Interest on $223,000 of your 30-year mortgage at a 5% interest rate. Both the side and back garden are fully fenced. There are two Amish sheds, for storage, flagstone walkway with lighting, a Redstone patio and fountain, raised garden bed, and in-ground compost. The garden was designed with the four seasons in mind with its weeping cherry trees, dogwoods, hydrangeas, a magnificent tulip magnolia, bluebells, and lily of the valley +GG blooming yellow, then pink, then blue, and finally shades of white & green in the summer. The garden also incorporates a clover patch and butterfly bushes for the pollinators. This property receives two tax bills, one is for the lower level rental unit. Back on the Market subject to pending Release Agreement.