409 N West St Alexandria, VA 22314

Open House Sunday (6/8) 2:00-4:00PM. Normally when you purchase a historic Old Town home, there's a trade-off between historic charm and modern conveniences. Not here at 409 N West. This move in ready 1909 Federal home was custom built by local Alexandria legend-even the original 115-year old building permit is on hand to inspect! Charming built ins, soaring ceilings with chunky millwork, bright open spaces, heart pine floors and clean, contemporary finishes are married with heated kitchen tile floors and a two-way gas fireplace which the living room and dining share. Skylights throughout the upper level and the cutest little half bath on main level for your dinner guests. The fully fenced backyard is perfect for fido-it also happens to be a lush urban oasis. The location is super convenient. Plenty of parking right out in front of the home. Just four block walk to Braddock Metro Station, and just several blocks to countless Old Town favorite restaurants and shopping: Call Your Mother, Thompson Italian, Rising Sol Yoga, Spill the Tea, Starbucks, Goodies Frozen Custard and much more. Upgrades completed by current owner include: Porch painted and crawl space renovated (2025); new fence and Landscaping (2024); and new attic insulation (2022). Former stewards of 409 N West completed the following work per former listing agent: "Interior paint (2020), kitchen renovation (2018) that included new refrigerator, wine fridge, sink, and garbage disposal; cabinets; quartz countertops; light fixtures; sliding glass French door, new dual HVAC and tankless hot water heater (2017), custom shed (2017), under stairs closet built (2017), nest thermostat (2016), gas fireplace conversion (2016), new heated wood grain tile in kitchen continuing into subway tile half bath (2016), new fence and patio (2014), semi-conditioned crawl space (2013), updated bathrooms (2012), 100 year old heart pine floors throughout (original upstairs, "new" 100 year old pine installed downstairs) (2012), storage in attic accessible through pulldown stairs (2012), custom closets in primary bedroom (2012), custom blinds and plantation shutters in bed rooms (2012), built-in shelves in living room (2012), new pipes throughout (2012), siding and storm windows (2009-2011), copper downspout in front of house (2009), white flat roof and mansard (2009), crawl space inspected by a structural engineer ( 2009), main support beam reinforced with a steel beam and added supports around the fireplace, repointed most of the foundation."