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.
Available Immediately.
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!
