1431 Mckinley Rd

Wonderful 1941 Arlington brick colonial full of history and character with quality construction and timeless details is available to be renovated or expanded in Westover. Bring your contractor and make this home with real substance and soul your walk to Westover family home for life! Join the McKinley road community and the famous annual fall block party! Walk your kids to the new beautiful Cardinal Elementary. Walk out your door, catch the silver line at East Falls Church Metro and on to Dulles and fly anywhere in the world! Seeking only buyers who will remodel, renovate and/or expand and not destroy the home for the lot. We are seeking a renovation builder who will plan to remodel/renovate this 1941 pre WW2 brick colonial that is a 2 block walk to Westover's shops and restaurants and farmers market and CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It's got great 1941 structural elements, brick facade, driveway running down beside the house, and a really nice deep, leafy lot to expand into. Not interested in selling it for the lot only. Thanks. The house is 3 levels - including walk out basement with pretty good ceiling height and is at essentially ground level in the back; and could be a great rec room with an at grade walk out door into the back yard (without expansion there is approximately 1750 s.f. on three levels including the basement!) The yard slopes away nicely, offering good drainage to protect your finished lower level. The house is forward on the lot, you could add a full width front porch and have plenty of room for a rear addition along with private rear porch/deck/patio for outdoor living. A rear addition could be crafted to embrace the wooded/wild/secret garden lot behind the house. Build your own 3-4 level "tree house"! 3 BR's 1 Bath upstairs (and half bath/through the slab plumbing is in the walk out basement). Do a quick refresh and renew without an addition, cleanup and finish the basement into a great family rec room or theater room, add some renewed appliances, refinish the beautiful long grain quarter sawn red oak narrow plank floors - and you'd have a 3 level not so big, showplace with likely instant equity! Then figure out your addition/larger renovation to expand and fully renovate to your tastes. Newer hot water heater and furnace/AC. All information is from County tax assessment info and assumed to be correct at the time of the listing but the house is being sold completely as-is, buyer must inspect/verify all details. Contact us to arrange a showing/more info. THe house is a bit dated inside - but perhaps should be considered more as "well preserved" with mid century and older quality details to work with and build upon. Yes the house needs a good sprucing up inside and out, floor refinishing, some plaster work and painting, newer appliances, basement finishing, new rear deck and it would be a wonderfully livable 3BR 1.5 bath house in the walkable family haven of Westover. Then you can plan your addition/renovation to your personal tastes embracing the natural back yard. Solid 1940's brick, wood burning fireplace, driveway, lovely private quiet wooded serene back yard for you to craft your own english garden or sport court, or multi zone nature haven out of. Walk to Westover's shops and restaurants and weekly farmers market. WALK YOUR CHILDREN TO CARDINAL ELEMENTARY JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. This is in the simply amazing original DC suburb of Westover/Highland Park/Fostoria which was laid out in the 1890's but largely built out in the 1930's through 1940's with brick capes and colonials and a few farm houses. If you're not familiar with Westover Village in Arlington - google it - there's 7+ restaurants, post office, library, Walgreens, the local elementary and middle schools, weekly farmers market, etc. basically everything you need for a wonderful walkable family McKinley Road- Westover neighborhood life!