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Extraordinary & Luxurious Packer Park Home For Sale!

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3222 S Sydenham St-MLS-17Rarely offered 25 Foot wide, CORNER, Brinton Estates home with 3- CAR Parking, driveway, Custom finishes throughout and huge rear yard, side yard, and 2nd floor deck!!

This Extremely high end home has it all!! The lot size is 28′ x 76′; the home is 25′ wide!!!! Best floor plan and finishes in the area! Several entertaining spaces! Custom Bar, media room and Den on the 1st level with access to a 28″ wide outdoor patio and side yard.

Second floor living space has a wide open living room area drenched in sunlight and an extra-large dining room open to the rest of the floor plan.

3222 S Sydenham St-MLS-9The custom kitchen has 42 inch flat panel modern cabinetry, granite counter-tops, granite back-splash, 48 inch wide commercial grade stainless steel freezer and refrigerator, stainless steel dishwasher, trash compactor, 48 inch wide professional series stainless steel Thermidor gas oven and range with a 48 inch wide professional vent hood system.

15 FOOT LONG GRANITE ISLAND WHICH COMFORTABLY SEATS 12!!!!

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Some other amazing features include: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, wide plank hardwood floors throughout, Custom wood railings throughout, 3 inch and 4 inch designer recessed lighting throughout, speakers hardwired in almost every room, custom woodwork, crown moldings, beautiful baseboards and solid wood doors throughout.

Top-notch security system with multiple security cameras on the exterior front, rear and side. Several storage closets and storage areas.

Three nicely sized bedrooms each with custom shelving closet systems and tons of natural light. Master bath has marble tile double vanity huge walk-in shower with seamless glass doors and multiple shower heads.

Double glass doors leading to a Double-wide deck perfect for entertaining and dining alfresco. Absolutely amazing set up!

3222 S Sydenham St-MLS-19Truly an exquisite and showcase home located in a tremendous area, walking distance to the Navy Base business center, multi acre green park (FDR Park), Broad street, the sports complex and all of the amazing amenities South Philadelphia and Center City have to offer!!!

3-CAR PARKING!!! One of a kind opportunity!
3222 S Sydenham St, Philadelphia, PA 19145  –  $550,000
Contact Jim Onesti for more info 215.440.2052 or jonesti@mccannteam.com

BHHS Fox & Roach Main Office 215.627.6005

Packer Park and The Philadelphia Navy Yard: A Match Made in Heaven!

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When people think of the Philadelphia business world, they automatically think of the busy streets and skyscrapers of Center City. What people don’t know is that many Philadelphia businesses choose to do their hustling and bustling in the quiet and scenic, Philadelphia Navy Yard. Just outside of Packer Park, this steadily developing business campus hosts 143 businesses and over 11,000 employees. The location is perfect, the atmosphere is serene and the area offers every convenience and amenity imaginable. Now, I love all areas of Philadelphia equally but after spending the majority of my time working in the a fast-paced, Center City environment, the peaceful, waterfront of the Navy Yard looks very appealing.

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Well, as you can imagine, all of these new opportunities at the Navy Yard are keeping South Philly Realtors busier than ever! The boom at the Navy Yard has caused a high demand for nearby Packer Park homes. The two areas complement each other perfectly as the navy Yard provides new resources, sports complexes and a beautified waterfront to Packer Park residents while Packer Park provides a gorgeous, family friendly place for Navy Yard employees to live. We are seeing a steady increase in highly motivated buyers thanks to all of these new employees and the future of Packer Park is looking very bright!

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For more info contact Jim Onesti BHHS Fox & Roach and The McCann Team
215.440.2052 or jonesti@mccannteam.com

Fantastic New Listing in Packer Park!

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11Large and very well maintained 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath South Philadelphia home sitting on an 18’x84′ size lot boasting driveway parking, full finished basement and more!!1

This home features 3 large bedrooms – including a master bedroom with private tile bath, hardwood flooring under the carpeting, tons of storage and more! Modern eat-in kitchen offers newer appliances and cabinetry.

This home also has newer windows, roof, central air and heater. The finished basement hosts a wet bar, powder room and storage space, plus an entrance from the rear driveway.

All located in excellent condition! This location, just off Packer Ave has plenty of parking 22
(in addition to your own private driveway) and has easy access to all major highways and Center City.

Just one block from the subway and public transportation, and just a few blocks from FDR Park – 100 acre greenpark managed by the Fairmount Park Commission with lakes, streams, tennis courts, playgrounds and more. The homes on this sought after block rarely come on the market – don’t miss your chance!!

3114 S 13th Street – 3 Bed/2.5 Bath – $305,000. For more info contact Jim Onesti 215.440.2052 or jonesti@mccannteam.com

Packer Park is Trending UP!

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pic1Driving through Packer Park this morning I couldn’t help but notice yet another third story addition being added!!

This particular one was located at 3137 Croatan Place but is really only one of many we have spotted all over the neighborhood!

In addition to all of the additions being added, it seems that more and more three story homes are being built in general in the area. We also spotted a few others on Forrestal just the other day!

It is clear that Packer Park is a neighborhood filled with families that want to stay. Unlike so many of the other Center City and surrounding neighborhoods, Packer Park is filled with families that would rather stay in the home they love, in the area they know, and expand the size of the current home to fit their growing families! Most Center City neighborhoods are filled with mostly young professionals and very few children, Packer Park is mostly made up of large families with many children!

Packer Park has seen a lot of new activity this year, from the New Construction at Geary Estates (10 New Construction homes with finished basements, which sold out in record time due to the high demand) to these new additions being added all over!! Rumor has it that another exciting project is heading to the neighborhood and bringing with it 20 to 30 new construction homes by the end of 2015! Stay tuned for more info on that!

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If you would like more information on moving your family to the Packer Park area or if you have outgrown your current home and would like finding a new one, contact us today!

Jim Onesti 215.440.2052 or jonesti@mccannteam.com

Packer Park Perk #2: Golf, Fishing and Outdoor Activities!!

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3One of Packer Park’s highly underrated attractions is its super close proximity to FDR Park in South Philadelphia.

When we sell homes in the area to out-of-town Buyers they are blown away by the underused green oasis within walking distance to our Neighborhood. It is definitely a huge selling point to be able to bike, jog, walk and golf nearby. In addition buyers love that the baseball/softball fields, kids playground, skateboard park, fishing, picnic & tennis areas, dog walking, nature walks and so much more are all within a couple of blocks of Packer Park!

Which other neighborhood in the city can boast that it is located two blocks away from a 348 Acre urban Oasis with a Golf course, about 125 acres of buildings, picnic areas, pathways for walking, landscaped architecture, and a variety of recreation areas placed within about 77 acres of natural lands including ponds and lagoons?

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Bordered by the South Philadelphia Sports Complex on South Broad Street, Interstate highway-95/Philadelphia Naval Yard and Pattison Avenue/ Packer Park residential neighborhood. Many Philadelphians enjoy it as a green “Oasis” for a variety of recreational activities.

2The park was built to the design of Olmsted Brothers, the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted in the early 1900’s. The parkland was reclaimed mostly from marshlands of Greenwhich Island one of several islands in the area created by river channels present in the 1700 and 1800’s. The use of the park for the Sesquicentennial Exposition in 1926 and subsequent improvements have moderately changed the original design, keeping the main character of the park west of Broad Street. The original plan of the Olmsted Brothers still remains highly visible and significant west of Broad Street. The official name was changed from League Island Park to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in the late 1940s and a golf course was constructed. The park’s boathouse, gazebo and American Swedish Historical Museum are reminders of the 1926 Exposition. In 2000, the park was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

For more information on buying and selling in Packer Park, contact Jim Onesti today!
jonesti@mccannteam.com or 215.440.2052 Direct

Recent Packer Park Sales…

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Address Beds Baths Sold Price Settle Date
1908 Geary  4 2.5 $485,000 8/21/2013
1815 Hulseman 3 2 $315,000 6/28/2013
1904 Geary 3 2.5 $482,000 8/28/2013
3170 S 18th 3 1.5 $248,000 5/31/2013
3521 Reserve 3 2.5 $308,000 8/23/2013
1620 Croatan 3 1.5 $335,000 11/8/2013
3010 Smedley 3 1.5 $277,000 5/14/2013
1818 Packer 3 1.5 $245,000 7/25/2013
3230 Chaucer 4 2.5 $350,000 6/11/2013
3514 Reserve 4 2F/2H $367,000 7/26/2013
1526 Curtin 3 1.5 $295,000 7/11/2013
3129 Croatan 3 1.5 $250,000 11/18/2013

For more information on any of these sales or to find out what your home is worth, contact me today! Jim Onesti. 215.440.2052 or jonesti@mccannteam.com

Fantastic Packer Park Home For Rent!!

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pp1Gorgeous Packer Park Home For Rent!!

This is a 3 bed/2.5 bath home with Garage & Driveway Parking!

This fantastic home, located in The Reserve features a huge kitchen, tile baths, hardwood floors, spacious rear yard and deck! For only $2,500 per month this home comes with all of the bells and whistles that one could hope for!

Available 6/30/13             2754 Square Feet             Lot Size: 35×78

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