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Under $75K Thursday – c.1880 Fixer Upper in Seneca Fall NY Under $60K

Posted on December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 by [email protected]

5 Barker St, Seneca Falls, NY, 13148 $59,900

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If, like me, you can’t resist a yellow fixer upper home with white trim, then this home calls your name. The kitchen paint job is rather startling, but the floor-to-ceiling cupboard is a keeper. The home is located in Seneca Falls, a historic town along a branch of the Erie Canal and the birthplace of women’s rights. Seneca Falls is also thought to have been the inspiration “Bedford Falls”, the fictional town in Frank Capra’s classic film It’s a Wonderful Life.

4bed
1bath
1,712sqft
0.23acre lot
Year Built 1880
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Presented by: Cheryl Bonnell
Brokered by: Coldwell Banker Finger Lakes

REALTOR COMMENTS

Fixer upper back on the market! Only because the town will not allow it to be converted to a duplex. Spacious home with good bones ready for your own personal touch. High ceilings, French doors 2 bay windows. Exterior painted 2019. Water heater 2017. Ramp and deck- 2018. Newer electric panel box. Some bathroom updates. All appliances stay. Pleasant, deep backyard. First floor bathroom, bedroom and laundry. Walk to downtown, library, etc.

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3 thoughts on “Under $75K Thursday – c.1880 Fixer Upper in Seneca Fall NY Under $60K”

Sherry Hood says:

December 17, 2020 at 11:36 am

I’m glad they didn’t let them turn it into a duplex. Love yellow and white!!
Sopha Wandee says:

December 17, 2020 at 4:43 pm

Beatuiful!! One day I’m going to buy one of these houses you post. I look ever day on here searching for my perfect home!
Jean michelli says:

December 19, 2020 at 11:10 am

Love the area. Lived there in the early 90’s. Winters are beautiful, cold, and snowy. Summers are surrounded by the finger lakes. Amazing!

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I know. I grew up in Idle Hour in Oakdale, New York, the former estate of William Kassam Vanderbilt. A 900-acre tract along the Connetquot River and Great South Bay of Long Island was my playground. Narrow meandering streets with wooden bridges running over man-made canals, a turn-of-the-century conservatory, a clock tower, a carriage house, and brick chicken coups and stables rehabbed into homes called The Artist Colony dotted the lush land surrounding Vanderbilt’s 1899 mansion. The estate had long been broken into half acre plots with an eclectic array of newer homes, but my best friend lived in Vanderbilt’s old billiard and pool hall.

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