$525,000
About this home
Seller is offering $10,000 toward interest points buy down or closing costs. Come see this wonderful brick ranch-style home with lower level possible apartment area (or home office) Just add a full bath and room for either use. Separate exterior entrance plus unfinished workshop with garage door access and storage area providing great value The home, built in 1975, is sited on a beautiful half-acre +/- lot on a quiet street in Placid Valley. It provides substantial outdoor space including a separate storage building and great opportunities for landscaping plenty of room for just spreading out. The home features a large front porch and generous sized deck for entertaining. Rooms are spacious with separate Living Room and Dining Room as well as large Family Room. The Kitchen offers plenty of storage as well as a full breakfast room overlooking the lovely rear yard. You can move right in, but you have the opportunity to add your creative touches to make it your own! Updates include Roof in 2024; HVAC update in 2025, updated windows as well fresh trim paint for the exterior. The property also features a side-entry 2-car garage with huge paved parking pad for additional parking or special projects. A wide concrete driveway gives plenty of room for larger vehicles as well. Nearby Willowhaven Country Club offers public membership via the Umstead Pines Golf & Swim Club at Willowhaven for golf, tennis, swimming and social activities. The ultimate in peace and tranquility, but close to the new Publix and easy access to Duke, UNC, I-85 and the Research Triangle Park. This is a wonderful home for enjoying your hobbies or just puttering around or watching the world go by. Don't miss it.
Highlights
Property details
- MLS
- Doorify MLS
- MLS #
- 10193409
- Property type
- Single Family Residence
- Subdivision
- Placid Valley
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 36
- On market date
- September 18, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- 3
- Garage spaces
- 2
- Parking spaces
- 4
- Lot size
- 0.55 acres
Location
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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
- 461
- Student:teacher ratio
- 12.8:1
- District
- Durham Public Schools
- Enrollment
- 827
- Student:teacher ratio
- 12.5:1
- District
- Durham Public Schools
- Enrollment
- 352
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.1:1
- District
- Durham Public Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Durham'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).
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