Before and After – Wow Factor in Cincinnati
December 6, 2021
4209 Virginia Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45223 $
4209 Virginia Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45223
OHU50K featured this abandoned house back in December 2020 when it was listed at $45,000. It had been vacant for years. I greatly admire Second Empires, but since it had no interior photos, I thought it would be a hard sell. Fortunately, I was wrong. It sold in March 2021 for $25,000, was fixed up, put back on the market for $259,000, and just sold for $255,000.
I was so excited to see the beautiful job completed on the home! And done so quickly! It took us 20 years to get our house restored. Of course, my husband and I did everything ourselves, and with jobs and 7 kids, that was no easy task. The new owner of this Cincy home performed an enormous amount of work on the property and gave it new life. Hope you love seeing the Before and After as much as I did!
I’m not a purist on every house I hope gets saved, so I appreciate the balance of old and new the owners performed on this one. What do you think?
BEFORE
4209 Virginia Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45223 $45,000 Sold for $25,000
This is the sweetest little Second Empire ever, but it needs someone to love it again.
AFTER
4209 Virginia Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45223 $259,000 Sold on 11/04/2021 for $255,000
3 bd
2baths
1,472 sqft
Build date 1890
8 Comments
Liane Jensen
I’d love to know how much money it took to fix it up?
machokid
this house is on a busy street in a hot neighborhood. i wouldn’t have made all of the same choices they did in design, but i still think the house turned out amazing. i’m so pleased someone took this house and worked so hard on it. love driving by and seeing it!
Jim Bremer
I wish more of the original details could have been saved, HOWEVER, I think I would much prefer to see the house lived in and loved again instead of sitting vacant.
gloria holdrege
This home looks fantastic! I do love the dichotomy of the old and new. The historical outside pulls you in wanting to see the interior, only to find the 21st-century design. I am sure that the inside was too degraded to restore it to its original 1890s look. I would love to know the budget for the work done. Thank you for the update, it keeps me inspired!
Carla Haller
‘Hot neighborhood’?? Is this ‘Over the Rhine’ by any chance??
Jillian
Brilliant! Refreshing to see modern elements while keeping it period correct. Great choices and awesome work.
MichaelG
First off, I always like to see an old house of an interesting design and history is restored. I love the way the owner restored it. I have been looking at real estate listings in Cincinnati lately and it to me is so sickening to see that so much in the houses that have been redone, EVERYTHING in the house is some shade of gray. That to me is a style that has gone well beyond jumping the shark. This house looks great. A job well done.
Sage
The outside looks amazing! I love the mixture of old & new. They appear to have salvaged a decent amount of original items. I like that they repurposed old doors as barn doors on the 1/2 bath and master closet, though I’d have preferred to see the original door hung normally on the 1/2 bath. I’m a bit confused as to why they made a dining room in what appears to be a foyer. I would have reduced the island a bit & placed the table in front of the windows, overlooking the back yard. I like that they left the laundry area ready for the new owner to personalize, but wonder why there’s no doors. Also wonder what happened with the double closets in the secondary bedroom. I think I’m loving this trend of placing a claw foot tub inside a tiled, glass door shower. Overall, it’s bright & airy, the floors are beautiful and the price seems good, though I don’t know the area. In the Charlotte area of NC the house would definitely sell for over that asking price.