709 N Illinois St

Location, location, location! Your chance to live walking distance from Ballston and 1.2 miles from the metro, in one of the most beautiful and conveniently located neighborhoods at an excellent price!!!! Step into this 4BR/2.5BA storybook Cape Cod filled with space and packed with charm. Step off the front porch and into a cheery main level living space appointed by a cozy wood burning fireplace & built-in bookshelves. The updated eat-in kitchen has stainless-steel oversized fridge, gas cooking, and an amazingly wide counter prep space with a serving pass-through window to the dining room. A sunny expanded section of the kitchen offers high ceilings, skylights, and doors that open to the wonderful backyard! Overlooking the large fully fenced lawn (which includes a storage shed and so many garden beds ready for planting!!) is a spacious wooden back deck that is ready for hosting parties (post-COVID-19!) Newly carpeted upstairs features ample space and vintage Cape room details everyone has come to know and love - cozy window dormers, and nooks for storage (or hide and seek!)! Within walking distance of this sweet house is Ballston quarter, True Foods, Teds Bulletin, Punch Bowl Social, CAVA, Starbucks, and a litany of fantastic forested parks --Bluemont, Bon Air, Lubber Run--that envelop the neighborhood. Nearby trails for active lifestyles include both large (W&OD, Custis, Four Mile, Bluemont Junction) and local, smaller paths through the multitude of nearby county parks. Get to DC in under 20 minutes, whether you drive, metro, bike, or bus! The home is freshly painted throughout and ready for you to settle in and infuse your own style. Don't miss a FANTASTIC opportunity to scoop up this property!