Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Ah, Abell. I loved it dearly when I lived there, and why wouldn’t I? Close to Hopkins, but just separate enough from Charles Village to avoid being overwhelmed by undergraduates, home to the year-round Waverly farmer’s market, seemingly inches from the Book Thing and Normal’s, home to Pete’s Grill and Trinidad Gourmet, and porches galore, Abell has pretty much everything a person could want out of city living… so live there!

3131 Abell Avenue
Ever wanted to live next door to your very own UDL blogger?  Or where
one used to live and now haunts with a ghostly vengeance? Well move
into this three-bedroom, one-bathroom rowhouse neighboring my former
residence and find out.  Step out onto your spacious front porch for a
breath of fresh air and find my spirit-imbibing spirit on the adjacent
porch arguing fiction and playing German board games.  Seek refuge
from me indoors amidst the comfort of hardwood floors, a breezy living
room, and a lower level family room and you’ll undoubtedly be haunted
by strains of indie rock and raucous laughter from next door.  Perhaps
the only way to avoid my gruesome phantom is run through the
landscaped backyard to your garage (complete with automatic opener)
and drive far, far away from your newly painted rowhouse and the
coolest neighborhood this side of the Mason-Dixon.  But it’d probably
be easier to come over and hang out.  My ghost is cool like that.
Priced at $209,500, poltergeists included.

3108 Brentwood Avenue

This two-bedroom, one-bathroom rowhouse was completely renovated just this fall. New maple floors (they look cool), new kitchen (with concrete counters!), new paint, new appliances, and new central air conditioning (because Baltimore summer’s can get just a bit muggy). Brentwood is a quiet street too; a bit off the beaten path, but still super-duper close to all the amenities of Abell. A house you can call home… and with all the brand-new features, you’ll kind of be the first to do so. Priced at $124,000.

2610 Guilford Street

Okay, so this three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom townhouse isn’t technically in Abell. Whatever, we expand the neighborhood boundaries on a whim, we’re bloggers! And if we get to write about houses like this – with its recent restoration maintaining much of the original detailing – we’ll consider it justified. We’re laying odds that you’ll forgive us too once you get inside, since the renovation touched every corner inside and out – from the granite countertops in the kitchen to the upper level back porch – ensuring an immensely livable home. Priced at $294,000.

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