$449,000
About this home
Walk to vibrant downtown Wake Forest from this charming home on a rare .58-acre corner lot with NO HOA! Directly across from the high school athletic fields and within walking distance of downtown shops, restaurants, parks and community events. The large, flat grassy yard features a fence, an outdoor storage shed and a chicken coop. Inside, the flexible floor plan offers a first-floor office/formal dining room, spacious living room with wood-burning fireplace, and an updated kitchen with white cabinetry, Calacatta quartz countertops, tile backsplash and newer appliances. Upstairs you'll find three bedrooms plus a bonus room with potential as a 4th bedroom, playroom or home office. An unfinished attic offers additional expansion potential, subject to required permits and approvals. Updates include 1st Floor HVAC unit 2025, roof and windows 2017, a kitchen renovation in 2020: new countertops, tile backsplash, sink/faucet, garbage disposal, and appliances, a chicken coop built in 2020 Outdoor storage shed built 2020, and downstairs lighting/ceiling fans (2020). Google Nest features include the doorbell, thermostats and smoke/CO detectors. The side-entry garage includes floor-to-ceiling built-in storage. French door refrigerator conveys. Over half an acre, no HOA, flexible living spaces, valuable updates and downtown Wake Forest within walking distance, an increasingly hard-to-find combination!
Property details
- MLS
- Doorify MLS
- MLS #
- 10196937
- Property type
- Single Family Residence
- Subdivision
- Not in a Subdivision
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 12
- On market date
- October 6, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- 2.5
- Garage spaces
- 2
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- 0.58 acres
Location
Get directions →Nearby schools
Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.
- Enrollment
- 645
- Student:teacher ratio
- 13.2:1
- District
- Wake County Schools
- Enrollment
- 1,084
- Student:teacher ratio
- 17.2:1
- District
- Wake County Schools
- Enrollment
- 342
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.9:1
- District
- Wake County Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Wake Forest's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
Market position
How this listing compares to current activity in Wake Forest, from live MLS data.
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Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.