Quiet Apartment Great Kitchen Hardwood Floors

Address: 1849 C Merrimac Road near Prices Fork Road. Great Neighborhood! Stroubles Mill/Hethwood is across the street. Woods, stars, and wildlife are at your back door. Quiet, peaceful, lots of parking, recent very thorough renovation with much concentration on safety, durability, and making places where residents would be happy and want to stay. We work hard to maintain our units as pet and smoke allergen free.

This unit is in a wonderful location. We have lots of pictures and the floor plans posted on our website, but you need to call or e-mail (office@FORESTs-EDGE.com) us to get the website address as I am not permitted to put it here.

Real Oak floors! Large eat-in kitchen with lots of counter-space. Two walk-in closets with flexible shelves and rods. Could be used for a desk, play area, or nursery, they are so big! All hardwood floors or nice vinyl. Versatile floor plan. Hardwired Ethernet/TV/Telephone to all rooms. Comcast broadband cable runs to a router; so you are not charged for each connection separately! Our 2.5 acre property has lots of parking for you, your neighbors and everyone's visitors! There is a small house. The four unit apartment building has two units per floor on the upper two floors with a laundry room and landlord’s storage on the bottom floor. There is plenty of room to store bicycles, canoes, and other outdoor equipment.

1849 C has views from all rooms. Looking East and to the back are trees, one small house next door (East), and, to the front, lawns and a view over Stroubles Mill neighborhood's large homes on Tall Oaks Drive right across the street (the back of Hethwood). 1849 is located on a hillside; so it is tough for anyone to look in!

All the walls in the building were opened during the recent renovation; so all plumbing and electrical is in very good to excellent (brand-new) condition. Renovations have been done with permits and government inspectors. We worked hard to make all our units as if we or our own children would be living in them.

The sound-proofing is amazing, between units and within the unit as well. It is very rare to hear a neighbor or even your roommate. Rarely will you hear a car door slam. More likely you will be awakened by the wildlife in the acres of woods. Close the door to your bedroom and you will not hear most sounds --- even in the rest of your apartment ---as there is soundproofing insulation in virtually all the walls and ceilings.

Also, due to the insulated interior walls, by closing doors you can heat just one room or keep rooms at different temperatures so everyone is comfortable. Each room has its own thermostatically controlled 220v heater with fan; so each room can heat up quickly and stay that way very efficiently as its own little zone, if you close the door. There are reversible ceiling fans in every room and zone heating; so the electric bills can be kept incredibly low with little effort. AC has not been used in this unit for years, as the residents choose not to turn on their AC units because the fans are so effective. Plus all summer the large oak trees provide lots of shade and the cool air comes in from the forest. In winter, the leaves are gone and the sun's angle is so low that all winter it is bright in this unit.

There are many more pluses to the rental units offered at Forests Edge. You likely will find it worth taking a look. Each floorplan is different; so please check out our website as well.

Please call (540-961-0138) or e-mail office@FORESTs-EDGE.com for an appointment. We only own 9 rental units and manage them ourselves. You will not be a "number" to us. We try hard to make our residences nice enough that our residents renew, and most do.Our residents frequently renew because they like how well we maintain our units and how quickly we respond when they contact us. Most stay with us for all the years they are renting in Blacksburg!

Refrigerator (large side-by-side), stove, dishwasher, microwave. Mini-blinds on all windows.

1849 C can have up to two residents due to the zoning regulations. Only a maximum of 12 people may reside on the 2.5 acres (4 in the house plus 2 in each of the units in the four-unit apt building). There is much more off-street parking than would be used if we had 12 residents and each one had a car. Usually the buildings are fully-occupied, and, still, we only have around 9 or 10 residents with only around 7 cars total. So your friends would be able to find a space to park, if you lived at Forests Edge. No hangtag, parking stickers, or visitors' passes needed!

The laundry room has a nice front-loading washer and dryer. No need for coins, and you can safely leave your detergent on the shelf. Leave the dryer lint, heat and machine noise outside your quiet apartment. There is a reasonable monthly charge (less than the cost to run the machines), if you would like to use the on-site laundry.

This is a non-smoking building. Also, there is no smoking on the balconies or near the building where the smoke can enter through open windows. Since we own the building, we are able to offer smoke free air when you relax on the large balconies watching the deer and birds or enjoying the night sky. Our residents enjoy smelling flowers and the forests all day and night long.

The building is located at the edge of Hethwood and behind it is nothing but hills and farms. It gets spectacularly dark when the motion-sensor security lights are not tripped on. The stars and the moon seem to be much closer here than in the rest of Blacksburg because they appear so bright!

The bike path to VT and the rest of Blacksburg is right across the street. Radford and Christiansburg (as well as Blacksburg) are very easy to access from this location. The hospital is just down the road.

Please do check Forests Edge website for a map. The small apartment building is easy to find by taking Prices Fork Road and turning onto Merrimac Road. Enjoy the expansive view over the beautiful Wall Farm, rather than dealing with traffic, stop signs and lights as your friends do when they go home. From Prices Fork Road, it is only one and a third miles to the three story white building. You can pull right into the large, usually mostly empty parking area. It is actually quicker to get here than to most places that seem "closer" to campus. (Try it!) Plus it is soooooo nice and peacefully quiet. It's pretty quick by bicycle (bike path) to most of VT and Blacksburg.

Blacksburg Transit bus stop is a few blocks up Tall Oaks Drive. PLEASE ASK WHETHER WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AVAILABLE. ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE VERY QUIET & HAVE LOTS OF PARKING!

Please come by! See you soon, I hope. 540-961-0138

One of our goals is always to not have to keep any of any renter's deposit for damage or cleaning; so we are providing durable units designed to handle human occupancy and be able to clean. 95+% of our residents have nothing taken out for damage because our units are finished with durable materials and our residents tend to take care of the units.

We love animals (one of us is a veterinarian and we both have been actively involved in wildlife rescue), but in our rental units they must be in cages or aquaria and not be heard outside the unit, even with the windows open. This way they do not disturb other residents or damage the apartment. It also makes it possible for our renovated units to be promoted as pet allergen-free. We keep a list of any caged critters who have lived in our units; so people allergic to furry critters or birds will know what has been allowed in the specific unit.

Our pet policy: No uncaged pets. No pets capable of making noise that can be heard outside the unit even with the windows open. No outdoor pets as we actively encourage wildlife. Many of our residents like to have bird feeders and to play on the lawns and plant plants in the gardens which is not compatible with walking dogs or free-ranging introduced predators such as cats.



This makes it possible to live in our four unit building and not have to listen to your next door neighbor's dog bark or parrot scream, even rarely.

All pets must be well-cared for. All pets must be reported to management. There is a reasonable pet fee for some species, and it is important for the pet's safety that management know of their existence to avoid injury due to chemicals, etc. used during repairs or other maintenance.

Our units are designed to be durable when lived in by humans who take reasonable care of the unit. Toe nails and teeth cause damage which requires expensive repairs. We repair between tenants so that the units look as unpatched as possible, which is why we have used materials designed to withstand normal wear and tear by humans who take reasonable care of the unit. The paint, woodwork and cabinets are pretty durable, but will not withstand even occasional assaults by claws and teeth. The flooring is pretty tough requiring only routine vacuuming, mopping, and/or sweeping to remove grit to minimize scratching, gouging, and other deterioration but is not designed to withstand muddy paws and claws or pet "accidents."

Many people move to our units for the peace, quiet, and beauty. Pet damage devalues units and makes them less appealing to prospective renters so it must be removed so that it appears to have never been there. Repairing pet damage is usually labor and money intensive and rental deposits generally do not cover it. Please do not ask if you can bring in dogs, cats, ferrets, chinchillas, etc. Your references for your pet may be stellar, but accepting a species known to be noisy or to cause damage will make it difficult to say "no" to another pet like it. Also, people with allergies to pet dander seek out our properties since they are rare in Blacksburg. Offering pet and smoke allergen free units is a large part of our reputation. Also, they are very quiet, are maintained as if they were recently renovated and very clean. It is impossible to charge a sufficient deposit to cover the costs of pet damage to units maintained as well as ours are.

Thank you for your understanding as to why we can not make exceptions to allow your beloved pet if it does not fit our guidelines.