HOW MUCH: $299,900
SIZE: 1,711 square feet
PER SQUARE FOOT: $175.27
SETTING: The home is in Lavaca, a residential neighborhood developed in the 1870s on what was farmland surrounding the Alamo (about a mile north). Bars, restaurants and galleries are in walking distance along South Alamo Street, about two blocks away. The San Antonio River, lined with shops and restaurants as it winds north through downtown, is a half mile east.
INSIDE: Records say the house was built in 1905, but it may be older, according to the listing agent. It was completely renovated by a previous owner, who maintained the pine-plank flooring, beam ceilings and one of the clawfoot tubs.
There are two front doors: one leading to a bedroom, one leading to the house’s main living room. Part of the kitchen and the dining area — where the ceiling slopes up to 14 feet — was likely a screened-in porch at some point, the listing agent said. The master bedroom has a walk-in closet, and the other two bedrooms also have closet space.
OUTDOOR SPACE: A gravel yard with garden beds is accessible from the den, the dining room and the master bedroom. There’s also a front porch.
TAXES: $5,442 a year
CONTACT: Stacy Yndo, King William Realty (210) 225-0009 x13; kingwmrealty.com
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
WHAT: A three-bedroom two-bath brick house
HOW MUCH: $294,000
SIZE: 1,481
PER SQUARE FOOT: $198.51
SETTING: This house is on a small semicircular road about a 10-minute walk from downtown Asheville. It backs up to McCormick Field, home to Asheville’s minor-league baseball team, the Tourists — the listing agent says you occasionally hear cheering and the crack of bats.
Asheville is a city in western North Carolina wedged between the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, known for its outdoorsy bent, mild hippyish leanings (there’s a regular drum circle open to the public), and strong dining-and-music culture.
INSIDE: The house was built in 1928 and, aside from the kitchen and bathrooms, minimally renovated since. The common areas — a kitchen, living room (with fireplace), dining room and den — are downstairs, and the bedrooms are upstairs. The downstairs bathroom has a shower and a door leading to the yard, where there is an outdoor shower. The basement is unfinished, but has a heated studio area. Most of the rooms in the house have views over downtown Asheville, toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. And in the yard, there’s a straw-bale hut that one of the owners built for storage.
OUTDOOR SPACE: Several garden beds, an outdoor fireplace, a front porch and a tree swing.
TAXES: $2,143 a year.
CONTACT: Jude Welsh, Town and Mountain Realty (828) 712-2552; townandmountain.com
CHICAGO
WHAT: A two-bedroom one-and-a-half bath condo in a former printing-press building
HOW MUCH: $304,000
SIZE: 1,400 square feet
PER SQUARE FOOT: $217.14
SETTING: This condo is on the ninth floor of the Franklin Building, which was built in 1916 to house the presses for the Franklin Printing Company. The presses stopped in 1983, and the building was converted into 65 condos in 1989, one of several printing-house buildings in the neighborhood that underwent residential conversions in the late 1980s. The area has been called Printers Row since the late 1800s.
Bars and restaurants along Dearborn Street are a block from this building. Also nearby are the galleries along South Michigan Avenue, and Grant Park and Millennium Park, a 24-acre area with a Frank Gehry pavilion.
INSIDE: The apartment is one long room with exposed brick walls and original hardwood floors. The master bedroom, which has a wall of closets, is separated from the main living area by a wall, and the second bedroom is off the entryway. The apartment faces east, and has city and Lake Michigan views.
OUTDOOR SPACE: None, but the building is about four blocks from Grant and Millennium Parks.
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