2705 FORDHAM RD
Alexandria, VA 22302

Description:

Charming four bedroom plus two and a half bath 1939 brick colonial located in sought-after Braddock Heights. Many features including a formal living room with classic archway, delightful bay window, wood-burning fireplace plus built-in bookcases. The separate dining room boasts a lovely archway, corner cupboard and wonderful bay window. A comfortable family room includes a bead board ceiling and lots of space for relaxing and watching football games. The kitchen offers an eat-in breakfast room with a terrific view of the spacious rear yard. The upper level features four bedrooms and two full baths. Three of the bedrooms have ceiling fans and one bedroom features a skylight. The lower level offers a paneled recreation room, abundant bookshelves, plus a workbench and storage. Perfect for the avid gardener, the flat rear yard features roses, azaleas, lilies, forsythia, camellia, wisteria, quince, hydrangea, Japanese maple and a towering silver maple. Improvements include: New fireplace firebox, new liner, two new chimney caps (6/2026); rear peak of roof, eyebrows & eaves (reroofed in 2025); refrigerator (8/2023); stove (2/2023); furnace 3/2021; air conditioning (7/2020); dishwasher (6/2020); water heater (6/2020); front porch tiled floor & wall of second floor hall bath (3/2010); master bathroom taken down to studs and totally renovated (2/2009); clothes washer and dryer (2009). Don’t miss this absolute gem!