Richmond Real Estate
Style: Dutch Colonial
Dates: 1920's - 40's
Description: Very tradtional, Colonial American architectureal features. In Richmond, they vary little from the norm. Upon entry to either a center Hall or entry foyer, you'll find a Large, front-to-back,rectangular room, with oak floors, and a fireplace centered on the outside wall. Large, double-hung, sash windows welcome loads of natural light into rooms normally offering 8.5-9.0 ft ceilings. Usually brick and slate construction, with deep window sills, plaster walls, deep architectural moldings usually including chair rail in Dining Room and crown in the Living room. Size of living room is usually the same as that given over to the Dining Room AND kitchen. Family rooms usuallyt result froma porch expansion or outright addition At about 2200 sq ft, before addition, these efficient homes offer 3 nice sized bedrooms and often 2-2.5 baths. Kitchen renovations have routinely occurred in home sizes in excess of 2400sq ft.
Lot sizes are generally more square, allowing for side driveways that access a garage in the rear corner of the property. Almost all occurrences are in established neighborhoods that offer mature landscapes that can be quite beautiful if well maintained over time. Those landscapes appearing to be quite new, generally are, and homes behind thes scapes have propably been purchased for renovation and resale. Depending on neighborhood, and price point, this may be a benefit to the home.
Services like recycling, trash removal etc., are more often than not, curbside. Fencing is hit or miss with the wider and deeper lots that were offered by builders of these homes.
Floor plans are traditionally, center hall in orientation, with Living room to one side, and the dining room and Kitchen on the other. This plan usually affords for a half bath to exist behind the stairwell and between the kitchen and rear of the living room. This also creates great 'entertaining flow' between all first floor public rooms. Upstairs, usually at the top of the stairs, is the hall bath typically configured as tub w/shower, comode and single basin sink. Quite often the master is directly above the Living room, sharing the same size, but allowing for a larger closet and en-suite bath--tho this usually is shower without tub. Don't expect lavish spaces accorded to any of these upstairs rooms unless the orignal build footprint was in excess of 2800 sq ft., which is fairly uncommon during this building period which favored more Craftsman based architectural styles.
Typical facade can lend itself to comparisons with New England barns, the dutch Colonial Style has endured for centuries. Most often seen as a 3-window upstairs, it con sometimes have 5. First floor comprised of single, large sash window (with divided lights, as above) appearing on either side of a deeply set, center entry door. As with the 5-window upstairs version, there would be a pair of windows to either side of the entryway. This doorway usually opens onto a shallow,but wide foyer space with staircase to 2nd floor, coat closet and access to either the Living or Dining Rooms that flank it. Neighborhoods comprised of Dutch Colonials usually have 'car-width' side yards and deep rear yards, well scaped and treed,and comparatively, shallow front yards. Neighborhoods also tend to have sidewalks, and plantable parkway strips between them and the curb. Most often these neighborhoods are closer in to City centers, providing quick and easy access to many shopping and greenspace amenities, transportation cooridors and recreational resources.
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