Quiet 4BR/2BA Home near Hethwood Total Renov

This wonderful, bright cheery home will be shiny clean to welcome you as you move in. It is easy to schedule tours whenever we can match schedules. Day, evening or weekend is fine.

Our lengthy descriptions should give you a good "feel" for this well-cared for home. The detailed description is definitely appreciated by people at a distance who may have to make a decision without getting to spend much time in the home or even being able to come to Blacksburg to do a tour at all.

This home is very nice, very comfortable, homey, clean and bright.

When gutted recently for total renovation, we insisted the charm and personality be maintained so it feels like a home, not a bunch of square boxy rooms.

Very efficient use is made of space! If there is a nook, there is a shelf or closet. Most shelving is adjustable.

The house is a lot “bigger” than it appears from outside. There are lots of flexible closets and no wasted square footage in hallways. Within the walls is everything from CAT-5 ethernet/TV/phone cabling to all rooms, to all new wiring, all new plumbing, all new heating ducts, and lots of insulation and soundproofing (even between rooms and floors)! It is tough to hear a TV or computer from one room to another. Parents please note that the soundproofing muffles the sounds of a temper tantrum as well as a teenager's music.

Neighbors are quiet (Sometimes, however, the wild birds in the woods do get pretty rowdy). You can plant stuff in the gardens, but be prepared for the deer to eat it.

If you are looking to live in a convenient, quiet, peaceful neighborhood, surrounded by Nature, then you will likely enjoy living here. If you’re looking for a place to party, please do not consider renting this home. We try to rent only to people with a good record of having taken good care of previous residences.

Beautiful location: Located on 2.5 acres, shared only with 8 other residents in a similarly maintained and quiet 4-unit apartment building next door. You'll be living across the street from the end of Tall Oaks Drive/Stroubles Mill, Hethwood in Blacksburg. Bike/walking path to Kipps Elementary, Blacksburg Middle School, grocery store, VT, Corporate Research Center, and VCOM. Hospital is just 5-8 minutes down the road. 11 minute drive to CRC/VCOM. All this plus beautiful rural Virginia Countryside just outside your back door! Square Miles of woods and fields behind. Mountain sunsets daily!

People renew year after year at Forests Edge because the properties are well-maintained, very quiet and there is lots of parking.

Pictures and maps on our website: Please contact us for the website, since we are not allowed to list it here. (Hint: The house is located at Forests Edge which can be Googled.)

It is faster to get home here than in much of Blacksburg because there's little traffic and no stop signs!

EZ to: Blacksburg, Radford, Christiansburg, The Malls. Corporate Research Center, Hospital, VCOM, etc. Avoid most VT traffic to I-81 and Mall.
Walking/running/bike path across street (Hethwood)...goes right to VT campus. (If you bike quickly only 15-20 minutes door to your door on campus.)
Great off-street parking.
Para-transit will come to the door.
3-4 blocks to BT bus.

Original real oak floors, real wood paneling, all original solid wood interior doors, nooks and crannies, etc. have been kept. Plaster walls are beautiful.

The upstairs full-bath was added during renovation. Downstairs bath was modified to be universally accessible without looking like it is. Incredible storage and wall heaters in both bathrooms!

Large Ceiling fans (with lights) are in every room. There is also a whole house fan.

New double-paned, low-E windows have full screens, not just 1/2 screens, so it's possible to ventilate rooms well even when raining.

3 bedrooms have flexible closets. 4th BR has no closet; yet pocket door makes it a convenient extension of other bedroom on main level. There is plenty of storage in the hall + bath next door to 4th bedroom. 4th bedroom makes a terrific office, playroom, hobby room, or den, especially since it has an additional heater to zone heat that room. The 2 large bedrooms upstairs have great views through over-sized windows. One faces East, the other West. Mini-blinds on every window, except East facing upstairs window where faux wood blinds really block the light, if you choose to hide from the great view of the morning sunrise.

The comfortably-sized EAT-IN KITCHEN even has a closet under the steps with a light so you can sort through your over-sized pots, bowls, wedding gifts, etc. (or a child could play in this “secret” hide-away). Stove, refrigerator (brand new Fall 2007), microwave, dishwasher, ample cabinets and counterspace, windows on two walls facing woods and fields, plus exhaust fan in kitchen.

Lots of built-in and/or flexible shelving/storage throughout the house.

County Water & septic included. Well for watering gardens.

INCLUDED: Mowing is done for you so you can lounge outside and enjoy the peace and quiet rather than pushing the mower.

INCLUDED: Use of very convenient (really!) laundry (no coins!) Most people do not think about how much it costs to heat water for laundry and to run a dryer. Likely you will save around $100 per month in laundry costs. Also, the heat and humidity from the dryer as well as the dryer lint will not be in your home! Really nice large-capacity Bosch front-loader washer and a Whirlpool dryer in the very, clean convenient laundry area. The front loader is so efficient, the dryer and washer finish in about the same time. Shelves provided to store your detergent.

This home will be extremely clean on move-in so please trust the pictures. The home is painted with Benjamin Moore and Glidden paints. Most of the flooring is original oak flooring with very good quality vinyl flooring in the kitchen, hallways and bathrooms. This use of quality materials makes it easy to keep the home clean.

Pet allergen free since renovation. No uncaged pets permitted. (No residual smell of other people's cats or dogs.) Exotic pets in cages are generally OK with landlord. No outdoor pets - this helps to keep the area quiet and encourages wildlife.

No smoking permitted inside since renovation! No smoking please, we renovated this home to make it bright, removing lots of smoke haze from walls and ceilings. New ductwork should have no smoke allergen residue.

Maximum 4 people since it has a septic system sized for four people. Children use at least as much water as adults. Septic systems are sized based upon the amount of water usage they can handle.

The ground floor is all but ADA compliant/universally accessible. A young resident who broke his leg was grateful there were no thresholds on the main level where his bedroom was; the downstairs bathroom was easy with crutches; and the heater in the level back path kept it ice free so he could benefit from the traction provided by the pretty aggregate concrete path. BT Paratransit will pick up at the door, if you can not walk the several blocks to the bus stop.

The home was renovated to make it pretty comfortable all summer long, without the huge cost of running AC. The fans and insulation, when used as designed, really do a great job of keeping the cost of keeping the home comfortable all year round. With a little effort (opening windows at night and closing in the morning) you can save much money all summer long. The landlord will provide a room AC unit which vents to the outside, if you decide you need it. This system does not block the view as a window AC would.

New ducting and oil furnace installed 3 years ago. Wall heaters in both full baths and fourth bedroom (office/playroom/den/hobby area) so you can turn down the heat (new oil furnace) elsewhere and still keep these rooms very warm. Insulation between floors and rooms muffles sound as well as contributes to the energy-saving features of this home.

We only have this one house, but we have 8 other similarly located, maintained, and upgraded condos and apartments. Please ask! Please tell other people. In recent years our residents have all renewed unless they were moving out of town, purchasing a home, or significantly changing their roommate situations.

Thank you for considering renting one of our properties. Please call for the website showing the properties we have, some of which may be available soon.

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Please call us at 540-961-0138. E-mail is fine too!

Please be sure to ask us for our website so you can see more pictures. We are not allowed to post our web URL here. There are around 30 pictures on our website!

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