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553 Adkins Street, Damascus, VA 24236 - $399,900

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Bedrooms: 2 Full Bathrooms: 1 Half Bathrooms: 0
Type: Residential Sub Type: Single Family Residence MLS Number: 9967694
Living Area: 852 Lot Acreage: 1 Year Built: 1950
Elementary School: Rhea Valley Middle School: Damascus High School: Holston
Property Description
Are you dreaming of life among the mountains? This is a rare opportunity to purchase a cottage nestled between the beautiful Laurel Creek river and the Virginia Creeper Trail. Shaded by a graceful Catalpa tree, this 0.58 acre lot is within walking distance to everything in Downtown Damascus. The water frontage offers a private escape overlooking a forested cliff; spend hours fishing, relaxing in a hammock, or gathered for good conversation with friends and family by the water's edge. The level yard provides ample space for gardening, a fire pit, picnics and games. The 1950s cottage has been a popular short-term rental for years. With two bedrooms, a bath, living room, kitchen, mudroom, and screened porch, it has all you need for a simple, mountain retreat! Additionally, the lot is home to a small, efficiency studio with a private bathroom that has welcomed countless hikers through the years. Continue using it for guests or convert it to a private office or art studio! Out the front door and you are on the picturesque, 33.4 mile Virginia Creeper Trail, ready to hike or bike! Damascus is known as the ''Friendliest Town on the Appalachian Trail'' for a reason. It is a special community, full of outdoor enthusiasts, who enjoy the surrounding mountains with their bold streams, expansive views, and countless miles of hiking trails! Life in the mountains truly is better--escape to the slower-pace of your own riverside retreat and start making priceless memories with friends & family!
Listing Status
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    AC:Heat Pump3true
    Appliances:Dryertrue
    Appliances:Rangetrue
    Appliances:Refrigeratortrue
    Appliances:Washertrue
    Basement:Crawl Spacetrue
    Contract Info:ForeclosureNo
    Easements:Flood Zonetrue
    Exterior Features:See Remarks23true
    Exterior Finish:Vinyl Sidingtrue
    Flooring:Ceramic Tiletrue
    Flooring:Hardwoodtrue
    Foundation:Other25true
    General Property Description:# Fireplaces0.0
    General Property Description:Above Grade SqFt852.0
    General Property Description:Acres0.58
    General Property Description:Baths - Full1
    General Property Description:Deed Book #2D-2015-533
    General Property Description:Elementary School3Rhea Valley
    General Property Description:High School3Holston
    General Property Description:HOA YNNo
    General Property Description:Home WarrantyNo
    General Property Description:Lot #271
    General Property Description:Lot Dimensions0.583
    General Property Description:Middle School2Damascus
    General Property Description:Senior Community YN3No
    General Property Description:Stories21
    General Property Description:Total Rooms25
    General Property Description:Total SqFt Finished852.0
    General Property Description:Total SqFt Unfinished0.0
    General Property Description:Zoning2C-2
    Heating:Heat Pump2true
    Interior Features:Eat-in Kitchentrue
    Levels:Onetrue
    Location Tax Legal Info:City Taxes425.04
    Location Tax Legal Info:County Taxes554.4
    Other Structures:Guest Housetrue
    Parking Features:Graveltrue
    PorchPatioDeck:Screenedtrue
    Property Condition:Averagetrue
    Remarks Misc:Directions3From I-81, Take Exit 19 onto US-58 towards Damascus. Follow approximately 10 miles. Stay left onto W Laurel Ave. Stay on W Laurel for 0.5 miles, curve right onto Douglas Drive. Follow 0.2 miles and stay straight. Immediately past Creeper Trail, turn right onto Adkins Drive. House on left.
    Remarks Misc:Public Remarks2Are you dreaming of life among the mountains? This is a rare opportunity to purchase a cottage nestled between the beautiful Laurel Creek river and the Virginia Creeper Trail. Shaded by a graceful Catalpa tree, this 0.58 acre lot is within walking distance to everything in Downtown Damascus. The water frontage offers a private escape overlooking a forested cliff; spend hours fishing, relaxing in a hammock, or gathered for good conversation with friends and family by the water's edge. The level yard provides ample space for gardening, a fire pit, picnics and games. The 1950s cottage has been a popular short-term rental for years. With two bedrooms, a bath, living room, kitchen, mudroom, and screened porch, it has all you need for a simple, mountain retreat! Additionally, the lot is home to a small, efficiency studio with a private bathroom that has welcomed countless hikers through the years. Continue using it for guests or convert it to a private office or art studio! Out the front door and you are on the picturesque, 33.4 mile Virginia Creeper Trail, ready to hike or bike! Damascus is known as the ''Friendliest Town on the Appalachian Trail'' for a reason. It is a special community, full of outdoor enthusiasts, who enjoy the surrounding mountains with their bold streams, expansive views, and countless miles of hiking trails! Life in the mountains truly is better--escape to the slower-pace of your own riverside retreat and start making priceless memories with friends & family!
    Roof:Metal3true
    Rooms:Bathroom 1true
    Rooms:Bathroom 1 LevelFirst
    Rooms:Bedroom 2true
    Rooms:Bedroom 2 LevelFirst
    Rooms:Kitchen LevelFirst
    Rooms:Kitchen2true
    Rooms:Living Room LevelFirst
    Rooms:Living Room2true
    Rooms:Primary Bedroom LevelFirst
    Rooms:Primary Bedroom3true
    Sewer:Public Sewertrue
    SqFt Details:Basement Total SqFt0
    SqFt Details:Basement Unfinished SqFt0
    SqFt Details:Carport SqFt0
    SqFt Details:Finished SqFt Level 1852
    SqFt Details:Finished SqFt Level 20
    SqFt Details:Garage Attached SqFt0
    SqFt Details:Garage Total SqFt0
    SqFt Details:Unfinished SqFt Level 10
    SqFt Details:Unfinished SqFt Level 3Other0
    Structure Type:Housetrue
    Style:Cottagetrue
    TopographyLot Description:Level2true
    Utilities:Electricity Connectedtrue
    Utilities:Sewer Connectedtrue
    Utilities:Water Connectedtrue
    View:CreekStreamtrue
    View:Water2true
    Walls:Drywalltrue
    Walls:Plastertrue
    Water:Publictrue
    Waterfront Features:River Fronttrue
    Window Features:Insulated Windowstrue
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Listing Courtesy:
Matt Smith Realty
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