Got Cash? Get Started on this 1930s Brick House for $99K

  |  July 13, 2020
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Built to last even if stripped down to its very bones, this potential-packed Germantown brick house is ready for a modern revival. 

Be warned: If you’re new to renovating or lack the funds to hire someone to do it for you, best to move along to something less ambitious. Not scared away yet and got a deposit ready to go? Let’s take a brief tour of this property, situated just a few miles south of Germantown hamlet in Columbia County, NY.

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The tour is brief because the listing offers a limited look at the 2,736-square-foot home. Suffice it to say, the home needs absolutely everything that goes inside of a house, from floor to ceiling. Its brick walls, however, look sturdy and ready to support the next phase of this house’s future, and recent structural work has already been done.

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There are four bedrooms and two baths ready to be fleshed out here, sitting on a lot that’s less than 4,000 square feet in size. That’s a bit of a postage stamp, but with the charming and stylishly-rural hamlet of Germantown nearby, you might not be bothered. Just make sure you have enough cash for a deposit. According to the listing, the first deposit in is “it”!

Some real talk on location: There’s a firehouse right across the street. Having lived next door to a firehouse in the past, I can attest to how loud those sirens can get, especially in the middle of the night while you’re fast asleep. Maybe that won’t be a problem here due to either lack of activity, or the fact that you are a heavy sleeper. Either way, as they say, forewarned is forearmed with earplugs.

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Got the cash and know-how to fix up this Germantown brick house? Find out more about 68 Firehouse Road, Germantown, NY here. 

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