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Mar 30
2012

Vacant Lots Now Extinct at 20th and Parrish Sts.

In November, we told you about the ongoing construction at 838-840 N. 20th St., where Dottie Properties LLC was replacing an overgrown vacant lot with a pair of single family homes. Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?

Last August

Around Thanksgiving

As you might imagine, both homes have been completed in the past few months. 838 N 20th St., the corner property, was listed in early February at $475K (!) and was under contract after just a couple of weeks (!!!). 840 N 20th St., also listed at the beginning of February but for a lower price of $435K, is still available and could yet be your dream home. Check out the listing here.

Recent photo

We bring this to your attention as the other formerly vacant lot at this intersection finally transforms into something productive. Though the owners of 2000 Parrish St. went to the ZBA nearly a year ago, it was only in the last couple of months that they finally broke ground. And they’re making pretty good progress.

Back in August. No idea what the dudes in the golf cart were up to

Recent shot of the newly framed building

When completed, this new building will likewise be a single family home. Considering the rapid sale of the corner property across the street for a very attractive price, we imagine that this property will soon represent a similar success story. Seems like that bodega on the northeast corner of this intersection isn’t holding things back after all…

Easy access to both hot food AND frozen food. Nice.

Yes, things are certainly moving along in Francisville. More and more vacant lots transforming into new houses, especially on this side of the neighborhood. But not to worry- there’s tons of good stuff happening all over the neighborhood!

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  • 3rd&Brown

    $475,000 for that P.O.S.? Someone got hoodwinked.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Cohen/100000403514653 Joshua Cohen

    The once vacant lot across the street from these new homes, also at 20th & Parrish, is also being developed right now.  Foundation was poured last week, framing looks to be complete.

  • Sharon Hale-Jenkins

     Most buyers purchase doors of their choice. The developer provides high-end finishings on the inside. The outside door and potted plants are up to the homeowner.

  • Sharon Hale-Jenkins

    “Back in August. No idea what the dudes in the golf cart were up to”
    Why ‘up too’?…..Why the negative tone of a question?

    The dudes are the CLEAN AND GREEN workers under the Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation, FNDC. They transport the cleaning supplies more easier throughout the neighborhood, while the pick-up carries heavier equipment I have ridden in the golf cart (that was donated -not obtain any other way) to deliver door to door fliers.

  • 3rd&Brown

    Absolutely not true. The developers pick this crap out. How can a buyer pick a door out if the house is finished before it’s even listed, which is what happens 99% of the time?

  • Anonymous

    I used to play “how many comments until someone mentions a cornice in the comments.” I think I’ll add ugly front door to the game…

  • Guest

    With all these shelters being built, we will be well prepared as a city in the event bombings occur

  • Guest

    I’m pretty sure very few, if any, structures exist that could withstand being bombed that aren’t underground.  Maybe certain military bases.

  • http://twitter.com/F1rstCitizen First Citizen

    There’s no reason for those oval doors in the city.  They’re not as bad as steel doors with the crescent lite at the top, but buying a door with a rectangular half lite does not cost any more than these doors, and looks a thousand times better.

    Anyway it’s a minor nit pick.  The rest of the building looks good.  Cast stone lintels and sills and the row lock around the top of the first level provide enough ornamentation to the facade to make it attractive in an understated way.  I’d still never buy a house with stucco on OSB bays, but most people in for the short term don’t care about its long term implications. 

    We all sound like a bunch of whiners every time we see these kinds of details but that’s just our Philadelphia demand for excellence showing.

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