On the market: A three-bedroom twin on a secluded Ardmore street for $399,900
“There are windows everywhere; there is light everywhere,” the owner says. ”It doesn’t feel sterile. It feels like it gives you a hug."
William Sylk was born and raised on the Main Line, and there was little doubt that he would return from a job in northern California and get into the family auto business as a finance manager.
When the time came in 2013, the three-bedroom, one-bath twin on a sycamore-lined side street in Ardmore was a natural.
Asked what sold him, he answers in one word: charm.
“There are windows everywhere; there is light everywhere,” he says. ”It doesn’t feel sterile. It feels like it gives you a hug. It feels like it’s 100 years old in a good way.”
But Sylk and his fiancée, Gabriella Drexler, are moving to Coatesville, so they can have more room, be closer to Sylk’s place of business in Newark, Del., and start a family in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.
The twin’s Tudor white-painted exterior and black-framed windows reflect a farmhouse aesthetic, along with original hardwood floors, wood-burning fireplace, and cast-iron radiators. The house was built in 1925.
The kitchen has been remodeled with custom cabinetry, stainless-steel appliances, a gas stove and convection oven, granite countertops, and under-cabinet lighting.
Three sides of the 1,352-square-foot house are lined with double-paned windows, central air has been installed, and new wiring supports 200 amp electrical service.
It has a private garage and driveway parking in addition to ample street parking, and the property is richly landscaped with perennials. Sylk says the street has little through traffic, adding to a feeling of seclusion.
The house is close to the Suburban Square shopping center and the Ardmore train station, with service to both Regional Rail and Amtrak.
The house is listed by Steffi Freedman of Compass RE for $399,900.