Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Rowhouses are troublesome for dog-lovers.  While the homes are lovely, the yards sometimes aren’t big enough for a dog.  Or at least the sort of big, fun, slobbery dog that all decent people love and cherish.   Locust Point, in addition to being home to Fort McHenry, Phillips Seafood, and Latrobe Park, is the future site of Baltimore’s first publicly funded off-leash dog park.  Finally your golden retriever will actually have enough room to retrieve and your rescued greyhound will be free to chase rabbits to his heart’s delight.  (And if you’re currently dogless, consider adopting a puppy from the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter.  They’re good folks.)  Any of these three Locust Point homes would be a great place for you and your lovable mutt:

1403 Reynolds Street
Have we talked about pocket doors before?  Probably not – opportunity rarely arises – but we love them.  We make whooshing noises when we slide them into walls and pretend that we’re in a steampunk future where all the doors are Victorian and automated and nothing is as it seems.   So when we do come across them – as we have in this two-bedroom, two and a half bath rowhouse – we feel a special obligation to mention them.  Sure, there are other little touches that make this house special (the wood floors, the stainless steel kitchen appliances, the brick walls), but pocket doors are super-awesome!  Priced at $289,900.

1443 Andre Street
This renovated two-bedroom, three-bath rowhouse is kind of overwhelming in a lot of (good) ways.  The hardwood floors, the gourmet kitchen, the maple cabinets, the brick accents, the separate bathroom for each bedroom, the roof deck.  Plus, the lower level is furnished and tiled, making for a perfect family or game room.  If it all seems like a little too much to be contained in just one house… well, we agree, but there it is.    Priced at $329,000.

333 Hull Street

Brick is an excellent building material.  It adds a certain hominess, a certain warmth, a certain charm to whatever it touches, including this two-bedroom, one-bath rowhouse.  Now warmth and hominess are subjective terms, but the Brazilian cherry floors, exposed brick walls and well-designed kitchen are all objectively charming — and we won’t hear any arguments to the contrary.  Plus, it has a rear driveway, meaning that even the most drudging of tasks (finding parking) is easy and comfortable here.  Priced at $259,900.

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